Patchell's boys voted to choose Scottish Mountain Rescue (SMR) as their house charity this term and in order to support the charity, we wanted to demonstrate how difficult it can be to get a 'casualty' back to civilization.

As such, on Sunday 16th November, we plan to carry a 'casualty' (CCF dummy) to and from the summit of the quarry. The boys will give up their Sunday afternoon to safely carry the weighted dummy on a stretcher to and from the summit, a total distance of 7.5 miles / 12 km (half of which is up-hill!).

As a school that engages in and benefits a great deal from being in the outdoors, we know that - despite it all - things can and do go wrong and we should quite rightly support the men and women of the Scottish Mountain Rescue.

Scottish Mountain Rescue represents 26 volunteer Mountain Rescue Teams (including two Search and Rescue Dog Associations (SARDA), Scottish Cave Rescue Organisation and the Search And Rescue Aerial Association – Scotland (SARAA – Scotland) with over 850 volunteers. We also represent an additional three Police teams and one RAF team.

Scottish Mountain Rescue, founded in 1965 as The MRCofS, is the representative and co-ordinating body for member Mountain Rescue Teams in Scotland. The organisation, an independently registered charity is administered by a volunteer Executive Committee, supported by three members of staff.

We facilitate the provision of a civilian mountain rescue service in Scotland and liaise closely with the Scottish Government, Police Scotland and Fire and Rescue Services, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Scottish Ambulance Service, and other partner agencies involved in Land based search and Rescue.

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