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William works as part of a four man team waiting at the bottom of a cliff as a stretcher is brought down at an angle on a guiding line. The method is used when lowering casualties on to rocky terrain.

Prince William volunteers with Mountain Rescue

12th December 2005

Prince William joins an RAF Mountain Rescue team in Wales as part of his programme of work experience.

William works as part of a four man team waiting at the bottom of a cliff as a stretcher is brought down at an angle on a guiding line. The method is used when lowering casualties on to rocky terrain.



In this exercise, part of William's role is to keep the carrying frame safe William works as part of a four man team waiting at the bottom of a cliff as a stretcher is brought down at an angle on a guiding line. The method is used when lowering casualties on to rocky terrain. William and another novice make their way down the rock face with a ballast-filled stretcher representing an injured person. Prince William was one of several novices using Holyhead Mountain in Anglesey, North Wales to practise emergency life-saving and rescue skills. In December 2005 Prince William joined an RAF Mountain Rescue team in Wales

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