Monthly Archives: August 2021

Long Gone Mountain Rescue Teams ? HMS Fulmar (Lossiemouth) And a sad day in winter 1954.

Posted on August 31, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

When I joined the RAF Kinloss we met a few and I am sure a some of the climbers from the Navy at HMS Fulmar ( Prestwick) it closed in 1972 . It had an MRT which was a sub … Continue reading →

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Wreckers Slab – from the words of babes ?

Posted on August 29, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

My mate Pete Greening wrote this “While on holiday in Cornwall in Aug 2013 David Whalley (Heavy) enters into the spirit of things by doing his best impression of climber/surfer/visionary/Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, during an ascent of Wrecker’s Slab” I … Continue reading →

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International Dog Day / a special thanks to SARDA !

Posted on August 26, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

A special thanks to all the Search Dogs and their handlers for all the great work they do. Not just in the mountains and wild places but on rural and Urban searches for vulnerable people. I have admired you all … Continue reading →

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Sea King Helicopter Memories.

Posted on August 25, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

My first memory of the. Seaking was getting dropped of on Ben a Bhuird for winter climbing in the late 70’s. After being so used to the Wessex it was so big and we could get many more on the … Continue reading →

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Comments on my blog on “The use of the Stress Bottle before counselling”

Posted on August 24, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

Yesterday I wrote a piece on my blog on the use of alcohol in my early days con Mountain Rescue? Many will know I was at Lockerbie, (270 Fatalities) The Shackleton crash on Harris ( 9 fatalities) and the Chinook … Continue reading →

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The Beinn Eighe Lancaster crash by Doctor Brewster The Moray Mountaineering Club.

Posted on August 21, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

This was given to me a long time ago it was from the Moray Mountaineering Club Journal (1981) This is the story of the search for a missing Lancaster aircraft on Beinn Eighe the article was written 30 years ago … Continue reading →

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Part 2 – The Diary of Joss Gosling from the Lancaster Crash on Beinn Eighe in 1951.

Posted on August 19, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

Joss’s Diary continued. 20 April 1951 The RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team left Kinloss for Kinlochewe to find the weather dull. Saturday 21 April – The weather was really fine it improved, not a cloud in the sky . Five … Continue reading →

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The Diary of Joss Gosling written in 1951 on the Beinn Eighe Crash. Part 1.

Posted on August 18, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

This was from a personal diary of Joss Gosling of the Beinn Eighe crash of the Lancaster aircraft that crashed in 1951. The Lancaster Crash on Beinn Eighe (A copy ) from the original diary of Joss Gosling who was … Continue reading →

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Great effort by Carnethy Hill Running Club all the 282 Munro’s in a day !

Posted on August 16, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

What a great achievement by the Carnethy HRClub all the 282 Munro’s in a day. Carnethy Munros In A Day – 14th August 2021 282 Munros will give over 282 stories.   This story started when Iain Whiteside spotted that the … Continue reading →

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Garbh Bhein – Ardgour a sad tale.

Posted on August 16, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

As a Mountain Rescue Team Leader the worst thing that could happen is a Team member being badly injured or killed. I will admit it worried me a lot during my years as Team Leader and as a Party Leader. … Continue reading →

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