Several books have been written and indeed published on the subject and history of the Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service. What has, so far, not been written or published is a ‘Troops’ story, the grueling and ever arduous journey each one of hundreds of like-minded young men endured on the ‘Path to Whensoever’.
The manuscript is the story of my personal journey along that incredible path.
It concentrates on the process and development of a complete novice into a ‘Troop’, that is a mountaineer, within the Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service, who has gained the mental resolve, knowledge, skill and physical stamina that enables him to search for hours on end in the most severe weather and mountain environment.
A mountaineer within the system who has met the criteria required of the motto of the official Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Crest, WHENSOEVER.
Although the manuscript concentrates on my personal journey to attain the standards demanded of the service motto, a small variety of call-out incidents are described as seen through the eyes of the subjects, hopefully to allay the, at times, unjustified denigration of victims by an uninformed press.
The manuscript is the story of my personal journey along that incredible path.
It concentrates on the process and development of a complete novice into a ‘Troop’, that is a mountaineer, within the Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service, who has gained the mental resolve, knowledge, skill and physical stamina that enables him to search for hours on end in the most severe weather and mountain environment.
A mountaineer within the system who has met the criteria required of the motto of the official Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Crest, WHENSOEVER.
Although the manuscript concentrates on my personal journey to attain the standards demanded of the service motto, a small variety of call-out incidents are described as seen through the eyes of the subjects, hopefully to allay the, at times, unjustified denigration of victims by an uninformed press.
