Mountain Rescue Magazine Winter 2021

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WELCOME TO ISSUE 75: WINTER 2021 Mountain Rescue is the only official magazine for mountain rescue in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Judy Whiteside 07836 509 812 • editor@ mountain.rescue.org.uk

Andy Simpson 07836 717 021 • media@ mountain.rescue.org.uk

A collection of guidelines and information for teams and team members, relative to these challenging times – recently updated 4

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Reporting from a virtual Greek ICAR: Chris Cookson reports from the online international congress 2020

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Remembering those we lost in 2020: Perhaps the greatest number of obits we’ve had yet in one issue, including The Fox of Glencoe, Hamish MacInnes 27 40 43 Navigation: Following the science with Nigel Williams Macdonalds to Munros to the Mera Glacier: Sean McBride’s diary of an overweight mountaineer

Cover story Solitary team member takes in the view during a Penrith training session at Blea Tarn in December © Tim Sanders.

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OBITUARIES: 27-35 SARLOC: 42-43 WELLBEING: 46-47 FROM THE ARCHIVE: 50-61 WHO’S WHO: 56-57 what’s in at a glance

CORONAVIRUS: 4-13 ICAR: 16-17 EDITOR’S BIT: 18 ALAN HINKES: 22-23 IN THE NEWS: 24-25

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