Under Equipped

[Daletownrunner]

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/lakes/...18c52952-ds#//

Scary.. should they be made to pay for a call out if their rather unsuitable clothing and footwear puts them in a precarious situation? I would say yes.

[William Clough]

Unbelieveable! Yesterday I had the misfortune to be taken off the hill by KMRT and the coastguard helicopter. I had full kit and used my suvival bag to keep warm. The best £3 or 4 you will ever spend. At no time was I ever cold, don't think it won't happen to you. It might!

[GeoffB]

Unbelieveable! Yesterday I had the misfortune to be taken off the hill by KMRT and the coastguard helicopter. I had full kit and used my suvival bag to keep warm. The best £3 or 4 you will ever spend. At no time was I ever cold, don't think it won't happen to you. It might!

It's lucky you weren't dressed like you are in your avatar photo!!

Get well soon Mark.

[DrPatrickBarry]

Get well soon Mark.

Likewise Mark.

[BritNick]

When climbing Place Fell on Saturday on the shortened Lakes Mountain 42 I passed a bloke in jeans who seemed more interested in capturing dramatic selfies than his own safety.

[ba-ba]

I wonder how many people not that aware of fell running look at us in our shorts and vest/T-shirt and small bumbag (they don't know how well equipped we all are!..) and think we are under equipped. I also wonder how many times I've used the phrase 'all part of the fun'...

A favourite story is of a ranger descending to Pen y Pass and stopping a couple of men ascending in smart-casual wear and giving them a bit of a telling off. Turns out they were members of the 1952 Everest mission out for a short walk before a reunion at the Pen y Gwryd.

Get well soon Mark, hopefully nothing too serious!

[DrPatrickBarry]

Turns out they were members of the 1952 Everest mission out for a short walk before a reunion at the Pen y Gwryd.

Well they should have known better