It is nine on a Sunday evening in November. A walker has slipped on wet rock above a side valley and cannot put weight on one ankle. She has a warm layer, a survival bag and a head torch, but no phone signal. At home, her partner knows she "went to the Lakes for the weekend". He will not start to worry for hours, and when he does, nobody will…
In this lesson
A route plan and a callout time
What to put in it
The callout time
Closing the plan
How searches actually work
Where they start
How ground teams search
How aircraft search
Choosing a signal site
How to choose
Visible and close: both or neither
Common mistakes with signal sites
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