Hi, Friday, February 4, 2005, 7:06:40 PM, Tom wrote:
> How wonderfully English.... standard operating procedure. When the brown stuff hits the fan, first thing you do is sit down and brew up. -- Cheers, Bob >>I hate to go OT but a guy was rescued off NZ's tallest mountain the other >>day. He slipped while climbing near the summit and fell about 5 metres. >>If his foot hadn't caught in some rocks on a small ledge he'd have fallen >>1500m further. >> >>He set off his emergency locator beacon and made a cup of tea. A rescue >>helicopter turned up the next morning.