Sound: whistles, voices and the six-a-minute signal
30 min
Mist has come down on the plateau and visibility is twenty metres. You stop for a moment and, somewhere off to the left, faint and thin, you hear a whistle. A pause. Another blast. Another. You count without meaning to. Is that someone in trouble, a group keeping together, or a shepherd working a dog? And if it is someone in trouble, what do you do: shout back, go towards…
In this lesson
The International Mountain Distress Signal: six a minute
How to send it
Common mistakes
Replying: three a minute
If you hear someone else's distress signal
Using a whistle well
Choosing and carrying one
Blowing it
Group signals
Voice, calling and listening
Calling efficiently
Answering searchers
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