I was wondering what people do as a call out, how important do people see them and how do they work out the call out time?
I always leave a call out with someone who knows the call out procedure, it just seems silly not to, but have never changed it if we go to a different cave etc.
The guidelines for University Caving Clubs from the BCA or old NCA say;
A destination note giving adequate details of the trip, i.e. party members, name of the cave, proposed route and time of return should be left with a responsible person who knows how to call-out the rescue team if necessary. This person needs to be informed when all party members are safely out of the cave.
This makes sense but how do you work out what time you are going to leave as the call out time? Especially if you are in a no mobile signal area.
I usecd to add on more time, but I think that is asking for trouble in the case of a necessary rescue.
Ian B
I always leave a call out with someone who knows the call out procedure, it just seems silly not to, but have never changed it if we go to a different cave etc.
The guidelines for University Caving Clubs from the BCA or old NCA say;
A destination note giving adequate details of the trip, i.e. party members, name of the cave, proposed route and time of return should be left with a responsible person who knows how to call-out the rescue team if necessary. This person needs to be informed when all party members are safely out of the cave.
This makes sense but how do you work out what time you are going to leave as the call out time? Especially if you are in a no mobile signal area.
I usecd to add on more time, but I think that is asking for trouble in the case of a necessary rescue.
Ian B