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Accident at araps on news Sunday 9/3 10-Mar-2015 At 2:57:34 PM Justcameron

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Thanks Sabu.

On 10/03/2015 Sabu wrote:
>Some things I personally took away:
>2) Extra hands are always needed. Initially having extra people in the
>gully would've just resulted in people being in the way, particularly in
>this scenario as the gully is steep and narrow, however, once he needed
>to be carried out every extra pair of hands was appreciated.
>3) Even if you're not an expert there are things you can help with such
>as ferrying gear up to and from the site (the ambos had a lot of kit and
>it was a steep climb for them), looking after climbing partners/ friends
>as they are likely to be in shock and relaying information to assist with
>communication between those arriving and those on site.

This is something I was certainly wondering about on the day - at the time I was hanging out in the pines doing not much but was torn between "go and offer any help carrying stuff as required" vs "don't be nosy - you'll just get in the way"

In the end I didn't come and help out. Is it generally the case with arapiles rescues that extra hands will be useful?