sgnas Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 from bbc news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
python Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 bloody hikers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top90 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Seeing the reasons for some of the call outs makes you realise just how stupid some people are !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 And these are the competent people who thought it was a good idea to ban recreational off roading on the counrtys Rupps and Byways . I bet if they were stranded in the back of beyond they would love to see a 4x4 vehicle . One choice 7 letter word starting with W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Walkers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Nice try Mark , Just swap the L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
python Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 is there a hikers forum that we can go into and tell them how stupid they are,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OilIT Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 One couple wanted a helicopter because they were late for a dinner party. oh PLLLEEASE I do wonder about some people, ' im late for dinner, - sod the poor people who put their lives at risk to come out', or the fact that somebody somewhere will be really suffering because they have to wait because i called the service out as my ankles hurt .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Notice the BBC terminology ……………………..’ Hikers’ ……….. Now if it were drivers then the beeb would use ‘4x4 drivers ’ and not ‘drivers’……………… The title of thread on here should be renamed ‘inconsiderate Ramblers’ or even ‘inconsiderate bobble hats’ ………….because that is what the article alludes to…… Come on guys…play these folk at their own game……………. Rant over………… Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimfoo Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Here people can get charged for the cost of their rescues although at least in my state, a hunting or fishing license has a fee in it's price which can cover the cost. I remember driving up a 13 mile trail to see some remarkable rock formations. About 9 miles up, the hiking trail joined back up with the trail. A man was standing there, waving us down. He needed a ride. He was from California(sea level) hiking at 9500 feet elevation, had almost nothing with him and it was already 2:00 P.M. and he hadn't even reached the formation. We picked him up and drove up the trail. He was so exhausted that he just stayed in the car while we hiked the last mile to the rocks. We drove him back down and he gave us $20 for our trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan kemp Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I was once a "hiker". Did lots of walking, climbing and scrambling in the mountains. One time we were on the top around Haweswater in low cloud and drizzle. As we walked we heard a faint cry of "help, help" some where off the footpath. I walked towards the cry and a 6'4" tall guy came stumbling towards me on two walking sticks (the cripple type, not the modern"walker accessory"). He had a tiny woman with him, both in thier 50's. He had severe arthitis, god knows how he got up there but they were well and truly lost. I carried his pack, and mine and helped him down the steep bits. It took us 3 hours to get down, should have been 45 mins. Gave him a lift to his car 5 miles away. When they got out they never said thanks, kiss my arse or nothing. When my wife got into the front seat, it was filthy where he had sat in his wet and muddy clothes. They were up there trying to find an eagles nest which had been reported in some twitchy rag!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco tony Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 When my wife got into the front seat, it was filthy where he had sat in his wet and muddy clothes. Remeber reading somewhere that this type of affliction can cause incontinence, you sure about the mud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92.9 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 One couple wanted a helicopter because they were late for a dinner party. I wonder if they were related to the person I read about that dialled 999 and requested an ambulance because he wanted a lift into town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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