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The Path to Whensoever: Memoir of a RAF Mountain Rescue 'Troop'
Several books have been written and indeed published on the subject and history of the Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service. What has, so far, not been written or published is a ‘Troops’ story, the grueling and ever arduous journey each one of hundreds of like-minded young men endured on the ‘Path to Whensoever’.
The manuscript is the story of my personal journey along that incredible path.
It concentrates on the process and development of a complete novice into a ‘Troop’, that is a mountaineer, within the Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service, who has gained the mental resolve, knowledge, skill and physical stamina that enables him to search for hours on end in the most severe weather and mountain environment.
A mountaineer within the system who has met the criteria required of the motto of the official Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Crest, WHENSOEVER.
Although the manuscript concentrates on my personal journey to attain the standards demanded of the service motto, a small variety of call-out incidents are described as seen through the eyes of the subjects, hopefully to allay the, at times, unjustified denigration of victims by an uninformed press.
The manuscript is the story of my personal journey along that incredible path.
It concentrates on the process and development of a complete novice into a ‘Troop’, that is a mountaineer, within the Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service, who has gained the mental resolve, knowledge, skill and physical stamina that enables him to search for hours on end in the most severe weather and mountain environment.
A mountaineer within the system who has met the criteria required of the motto of the official Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Crest, WHENSOEVER.
Although the manuscript concentrates on my personal journey to attain the standards demanded of the service motto, a small variety of call-out incidents are described as seen through the eyes of the subjects, hopefully to allay the, at times, unjustified denigration of victims by an uninformed press.
255 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 14, 2015
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May 31, 2018
Excellent read
An introduction to a unique armed forces unit. Bound by a set of rules that transcend normal rank and file discipline. These early memories from the early 1960’s will be used by the military historians of the future, when trying to place RAF Mountain Rescue in its rightful place amongst Trenchard’s heroes of the past, present and future.
An introduction to a unique armed forces unit. Bound by a set of rules that transcend normal rank and file discipline. These early memories from the early 1960’s will be used by the military historians of the future, when trying to place RAF Mountain Rescue in its rightful place amongst Trenchard’s heroes of the past, present and future.
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