Cairngorm John: A Life in Mountain Rescue
John Allen
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SHORT LISTED: The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 2009
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For over thirty years John Allen was an active member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and for most of them acted as Team Leader. In ‘Cairngorm John’ (his call sign when in contact with search and rescue helicopters) he recalls the challenges of mountain rescue and the many changes he has both witnessed and been a party to. His book is filled with exciting accounts of real-life rescues, discussions of mountain rescue topics such as hypothermia, first aid, and the use of helicopters and search and rescue dogs. Peopled with interesting characters his accounts are at all times humane and the book is laced with humour
John Allen was born in 1942 in Knightswood, Glasgow. He is a qualified pharmacist and ran a successful business in the Highlands of Scotland that eventually included six shops. From 1972 to 2007 he was a member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and leader for much of that time. He received an MBE for services to mountain rescue from her Majesty the Queen in 2001.
INTRODUCED BY SIR CHRIS BONINGTON
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ISBN: 978-1-905207-24-4
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