Sir, – Am I alone in thinking that those intrepid walkers and mountaineers who decide to climb or hike in wintry conditions, sometimes in the face of sound local advice, owe our brave mountain rescue teams a huge thank you? Oh, and also meeting the full cost of the rescue operations, similar to that applied to other folk who call out the fire brigade. – Yours, etc,
PATRICK JUDGE,
Dún Laoghaire,
Co Dublin.