Peak Rescue Team Launches Book

Glossop Mountain Rescue Team - coincidentally the team most likely to rescue the OM editor should his DWR treatment fail on the hill - has launched a book with all proceeds going to support the team.

Titled "999... Mountain Rescue please", the book which has a foreword by none other than Sir Rannulph Fiennes, is a collection of all the rescue call-outs made by the team in its 50-year history topped up with entertaining anecdotes and tall stories from the team's annals.

'Hopefully you will have a chuckle, enjoy a very light hearted insight into the team and buy this book so we can raise some money to keep on rescuing,' say the team.

'50 years means a lot of lives saved, a lot of fun, a lot of downed pints, a lot of lifelong friends made and a few tragically lost. Mind you, it also means a lot of trudging through mud and snow, a lot of spare time spent training and lots of time spent rattling tins on the street for funds. Oh, and a whole load of time spent faffing. But we wouldn't miss it for the world... '

As you're almost certainly aware, mountain rescue in England and Wales is funded completely by public donations and proceeds from sales of the book will go to support the Glossop team. It's at a point where its funds have been severely depleted by the costs of building a new HQ, which is due to open in early July 2007, so donations are badly needed.

You can order the book directly from the team's web site for £7.99 plus postage and packing, see www.gmrt.org.uk for full details and help make the moors a safer place for OM editors and other Peak District walkers.