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Gruesome image shows hiker who was impaled on walking pole but trekked 10 miles down to avoid cost of helicopter evacuation (vt.co)

submitted 5 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

In the UK the mountain rescue air ambulance is free to use. As far as I understand it, that the pilots are actually RAF pilots assigned to the rescue teams as part of their training. Putting them in the rescue helicopters kills two birds with one stone. Many rescuers are volunteers, and the service is funded via tax and public donations.