For over thirty years John Allen was an active member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and for most of them acted as Team Leader. In 'Cairngorm John' (his call sign when in contact with Search and Rescue helicopters he recalls the challenges of mountain rescue and the many changes he has seen and been a party to. His book is filled with exciting accounts of real life rescues, discussions of mountain rescue topics such as hypothermia, first aid, and the use of helicopters and search and rescue dogs. Peoples with interesteing characters his accounts are at all times humane and the book is laced with humour.
| ISBN: | 9781905207244 |
| Publication date: | 22nd April 2015 |
| Author: | John Allen, Robert Davidson |
| Publisher: | Sandstone Press an imprint of Sandstone Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 301 pages |
| Genres: |
Climbing and mountaineering Ambulance and rescue services Diaries, letters and journals |