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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:20 am 

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Could this be the accident that caused the helicopter rescue many of us watched from Cromlech on the Sunday after annual dinner?

http://www.thebmc.co.uk/helmetcam-slide ... ain-rescue

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:59 am 

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JamesWoodman wrote:
Could this be the accident that caused the helicopter rescue many of us watched from Cromlech on the Sunday after annual dinner?

http://www.thebmc.co.uk/helmetcam-slide ... ain-rescue

I hadn't put two and two together, but you could be right :?


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:03 am 

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Yeah, I think that is the same incident! Pretty scary video. It made me cringe, a lot!

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:13 pm 
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f**k that is frightening

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:37 pm 
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It was certainly on the right day at the right time in the right area!

Its interesting that in the article he says the key thing he would have done differently would be to take his more technical axes to ensure better axe placements...


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