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Police and inform them of his safe return. As I cannot contact the aircrew directly, I call ARCC to allow them to make contact with them. The aircraft returns and lands at the RV. I brief the crew and request they ‘fly high’ and make radio contact with all
hill parties to return to base. We have a great relationship with air rescue crew and they agree to fly all hill teams off the hill before they return to base saving us several hours of walking.
17:00 HOURS
After thanking all search teams, Dundonnell MRT head to a local hotel for a meal.
18:30 HOURS
I return home and start bath and bed time with my kids. At 8pm I head off to bed having been awake for 36 hours.
THE NEXT DAY
I complete a write-up of the rescue for Scottish Mountain Rescue statistical records. I then write a short press release and publish this to all our press contacts. A post of the incident is put on our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
MONDAY
I respond to emails and phone calls at work about the rescue as journalists prepare a story.
FOLLOWING SUNDAY
I hold a short debrief around the call-out at our next exercise.
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