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@Hendrik
I'm not saying you should go somewhere expecting to call out an air ambulance. I was merely saying that 'difficult to get medical help' doesn't mean you are going to die because the nearest hospital is a hundred miles away with no roads. I 100% agree that you should always make sure you never need one. And yes, I am aware that UK mountain rescue are volunteers and are putting their own lives at risk doing what they do. As someone who is just getting into winter mountaineering, they are gods. It's nice to know they are there but I hope never to meet one (except maybe down the pub!).
That's why I like doing the stuff in the first video (I know I can have a reasonable attempt without killing myself) but watching the stuff in the second (I know I can't do that at all - broken limbs would certainly ensue).