Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team members seize opportunity for group training as coronavirus restrictions eased
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MEMBERS of a Ross-shire mountain rescue team relished the opportunity to get out to start group training again at the weekend.
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team covers a huge area in Ross-shire, taking in the famous pinnacles of Stac Pollaidh in the north to Glen Affric in the south and from the west coast peninsulas to Ben Wyvis in the east.
At the heart of the area lies An Teallach, with at least ten summits over 700 metres and three over 1000. Directly south is the so-called "Great Wilderness" of the Fisherfield and Letterewe forests, one of the most remote areas in the UK which attracts mountaineers, climbers and long-distance walkers from all over the world.
The team said that with some Covid-19 pandemic restrictions being eased "it was a great feeling for the team to get out and start group training again".
In small hill parties, it met in three different locations around the area – Ravens Crag, Tollaidh Crags and Glen Marksie, where they practiced rigging skills, lowering and hoisting stretchers and some personal climbing skills "all with some interesting April weather thrown in".
