Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
General => General Chat => Topic started by: Rugged Track on March 10, 2020
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We all like to wild camp and have adventures, I am no different. Please just be careful people while wild camping on Islands when using canoes, especially loading with gear. Water and wind is unpredictable at times and can change rapidly. Saturday morning when I got to the Lifeboat station I was on shore crew. Thankfully are were rescued safely. It was a large operation, involved were that I was aware of:
Portaferry RNLI Lifeboat (pick up 6 included 2 on an Island and retrieved gear and most canoes)
Bangor & Portaferry Coastguard S&R teams,
Hazardous Area Response Team.
Air Ambulance helicopter
Rescue 199 Coastguard Helicopter from Preswick, Scotland (winched 2 from another Island)
1 emergency response ambulance
3 emergency ambulances
See official press release report from RNLI below video click the first picture.
https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2020/march/08/portaferry-rnli-launch-to-kayakers-in-difficulty?fbclid=IwAR2AE7Y-JLqlSulUTNuaAE1hhW8yVewOiL7AdGBW1cCZ2LbAhsxfOx8JO74
Coastguard pictures
https://www.facebook.com/231121433593809/photos/pcb.2857143864324873/2857128654326394/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/231121433593809/photos/pcb.2857143864324873/2857128670993059/?type=3&theater
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https://www.facebook.com/231121433593809/photos/pcb.2857143864324873/2857128947659698/?type=3&theater
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