Rescued Climbers Branded 'Disgraceful'

The pair had to be rescued after becoming stuck on the climb in force eight gales with around 25 rescue workers plus two RNLI lifeboats involved in the operation.

Remarkably, the Dorset Echo reports that this was the second time in a fortnight that one of the pair had been rescued from the same location.

A Portland Coastguard spokesman is quoted as saying: "These guys were given a really good talking to. They are putting other people's lives at risk. They really should know better than to climb in these sorts of conditions."

The paper points out that keeping the rescue helicopter airborne for an hour costs £4,000 making this an expensive operation and threatening to revive the thorny debate over the funding of mountain rescues.

Full story at www.thisisdorset.net.