Mountain Rescue - Softcover

Bob Sharp; Judy Whiteside

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904524397 ISBN 13: 9781904524397

Publisher: Hayloft Publishing, 2005

About this title

Product Description

Looks at several aspects of mountain rescue in the UK, with brief history, and also many examples of real-life rescues.

About the Author

BOB SHARP has been involved in Scottish mountain rescue for almost 30 years and has attended around 250 rescues during this period. He is team leader of the Lomond MRT, which operates in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park in Central Scotland. At national level, he is Vice Chair and former secretary to the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland. In a wider context he has served on the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, Scottish Mountain Leader Training Board and the Scottish Mountain Safety Forum. In his professional capacity, Bob is a Reader in Sport Studies at Strathclyde University with specialist interests in research methods and skill psychology. He is an active climber, qualified mountain leader and 'Munroist'. In 2009 Bob Sharp was awarded the Distinguished Service Award for his services to Mountain Rescue. JUDY WHITESIDE has been involved at local, regional and national level of mountain rescue for six years. A non-operational team member, she is secretary of the Rossendale & Pendle MRT, based in Lancashire and edits Mountain Rescue, the quarterly magazine of the Mountain Rescue Council of England and Wales. In her professional life, Judy is a freelance art director/copywriter and illustrator with 30 years experience in advertising and marketing. She is a keen walker and skier.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hayloft Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904524397
• ISBN 13: 9781904524397
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264