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The Thomas Stretcher was one of the most widely used [3] Mountain Rescue stretcher in the UK until the early 1970s, when it was superseded by the Bell Stretcher.. Modified Thomas Stretchers are still in regular use by at least one English Mountain Rescue Team.
A Stokes basket, also called a Stokes stretcher or Stokes litter, is a metal wire or plastic litter widely used in search and rescue. [ 1 ] Originally designed by Charles F. Stokes , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] these baskets have been notorious for spinning under the downdraft from the rotating helicopter blades. [ 5 ]
He is credited with inventing the first all-metal ice-axe and an eponymous lightweight foldable alloy stretcher called MacInnes stretcher, widely used in mountain and helicopter rescue. He was a mountain safety advisor to a number of major films, including Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Eiger Sanction and The Mission.
Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. This tends to include mountains with technical rope access issues, snow, avalanches, ice, crevasses, glaciers, alpine environments and high ...
A Washington state rescue team saved a seriously injured climber who had fallen 100 feet on an icy mountain in late January.. The incident occurred northeast of Seattle on Sloan Peak, where ...
Pages in category "Mountain rescue" ... Thomas Stretcher; Tyrolean Mountain Guards This page was last edited on 4 May 2013, at 03:08 (UTC). Text ...
Hamish MacInnes, veteran of Mount Everest expeditions, climbing consultant for such films as The Eiger Sanction and a mountain rescue pioneer, was a well-known resident of Glencoe. [32] MacInnes developed a new design of mountain rescue stretcher whilst living at Allt-na-reigh cottage near the head of the glen; the cottage later belonged to DJ ...
[Warning: Some photos may be considered disturbing to some.] By Eric Sandler "Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will ...