Safe in the hills - a Mountain Rescue Website

I recently registered on the WalkingWorld.com website and have been sent an email about the website created for the Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team.

This is a mountain rescue team providing services over the Howgills, the North Western Yorkshire Dales, part of the North Pennines and the Orton Fells as well as Kirkby Stephen.

The website aims to educate walkers through the experience of the rescue team. There is short concise advice on topics from preparation all the way through to rescue (the part you hopefully will never need). Below some of the advice, there are books that are recommended for further information. There is also a link for practical courses run by the team.

The website is very new, with development beginning earlier this year. So I imagine that much more information will be added to the site in future. It's also possible to make a donation to the team directly from the page - something you might think about doing especially if you're intending hill walking in this region!

To visit the Safe in the Hills website, click here.

For more information about mountain rescue and the important work that they do, visit their site here.