SOS... nurses need help!!
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Some of you may know Im a nurse.
I work in a Children's A&E and 8 members of staff have got together to raise money for our department and for the Shooting Star Hospice.
We're going to do the National 3 peaks 24hour challenge in June this year
Does anyone have any walkie talkie radios we could borrow for the first week of June?
Thanks
Lisa
I work in a Children's A&E and 8 members of staff have got together to raise money for our department and for the Shooting Star Hospice.
We're going to do the National 3 peaks 24hour challenge in June this year
Does anyone have any walkie talkie radios we could borrow for the first week of June?
Thanks
Lisa
VerySideways said:
We have lots of these PMR radios at work - let me know how many you need to borrow and i can supply the radios and chargers for your use for a week, no problem (as long as you don't need more than about 20!).
Ditto 
just confirmed. You can now have about 40 
Hi Pete
hope the show went well and you got some sleep 
Boshly said:
VerySideways said:
We have lots of these PMR radios at work - let me know how many you need to borrow and i can supply the radios and chargers for your use for a week, no problem (as long as you don't need more than about 20!).
Ditto just confirmed. You can now have about 40 Hi Pete
hope the show went well and you got some sleep 
Does anyone else think PH is a little broken this morning? Perhaps the servers had a heavy night
Yep, it's broken.
You probably won't need PMR radios for the three peaks and if I learnt anything when I tried to do it that the people that did best were those that were only carrying the bear minimum safety equipment. Well that and those that realised that walking 20miles is very different to walking 26 miles up and down three mountains.
If you want any advice about the preperation we should have done and didn't let me know...
You probably won't need PMR radios for the three peaks and if I learnt anything when I tried to do it that the people that did best were those that were only carrying the bear minimum safety equipment. Well that and those that realised that walking 20miles is very different to walking 26 miles up and down three mountains.
If you want any advice about the preperation we should have done and didn't let me know...
VerySideways said:
Like practising on hills rather than flat ground?
'hills' don't really do it as I can walk up most of them without passing out even now, it's the walking up at some point steep slopes (where you're lifting your whole legs up - if that makes sense) for 1hr+ that is the killer and then doing it again.
I think my best advice would be go to Snowdon as it's easy in a weekend and in a lovely part of the world, do an easy path on saturday and then try and do another path on sunday before heading home. You'll soon know what you're in for, this should be done ASAP for those that are seriously thinking of doing it.
nonuts said:
VerySideways said:
Like practising on hills rather than flat ground?
'hills' don't really do it as I can walk up most of them without passing out even now, it's the walking up at some point steep slopes (where you're lifting your whole legs up - if that makes sense) for 1hr+ that is the killer and then doing it again.
I think my best advice would be go to Snowdon as it's easy in a weekend and in a lovely part of the world, do an easy path on saturday and then try and do another path on sunday before heading home. You'll soon know what you're in for, this should be done ASAP for those that are seriously thinking of doing it.
Both the sensible option.
If god had meant us to walk like that, he wouldn't have given us the ability to invest such things.
OP: Always happy to donate if you want to post a link up?
zhead said:
Helicopter. Ski lift. SPERMBANK.
Both the sensible option.
If god had meant us to walk like that, he wouldn't have given us the ability to invest such things.
OP: Always happy to donate if you want to post a link up?
Im sure theres a bikini nurses out fit shoot somwhere in this thread........... Both the sensible option.
If god had meant us to walk like that, he wouldn't have given us the ability to invest such things.
OP: Always happy to donate if you want to post a link up?
Wow,
Thanks everyone for the offers.
There are 10 of us doing the challenge, so probably 4 or 5 radios would be plenty!
Sorry to now be typically blonde, but whats a PMR radio? And why would we need or not need these on the peaks?
What we want is something to radio ahead to our drivers/cooks about 20 mins (1/2 mile ish) away so we are ready to leave and we have hot food!
We are just getting our just giving page set up, so I will post a link as soon as I have it, thanks for all your kind offers there too!
Kieran, long time no see! Yes my hubby got me in to PH a couple of years ago, sadly I don't have a car fit for PH purpose, and I haven't been on a drive for ages, but I love it, when I can go!
Hows wife and little one? Where are you working now?
Thanks everyone for the offers.
There are 10 of us doing the challenge, so probably 4 or 5 radios would be plenty!
Sorry to now be typically blonde, but whats a PMR radio? And why would we need or not need these on the peaks?
What we want is something to radio ahead to our drivers/cooks about 20 mins (1/2 mile ish) away so we are ready to leave and we have hot food!
We are just getting our just giving page set up, so I will post a link as soon as I have it, thanks for all your kind offers there too!
Kieran, long time no see! Yes my hubby got me in to PH a couple of years ago, sadly I don't have a car fit for PH purpose, and I haven't been on a drive for ages, but I love it, when I can go!
Hows wife and little one? Where are you working now?
anonymous said:
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Not actually PMR, more accurately these radios we're all offering conform to PMR446 - more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMR446VerySideways said:
We have lots of these PMR radios at work - let me know how many you need to borrow and i can supply the radios and chargers for your use for a week, no problem (as long as you don't need more than about 20!).
Thanks to everyone who has offered radios. And to everyone prepared to donate, just as soon as we get our just giving page set up... few technical issues!!
But I will put up a link.Pete, can I accept your offer and borrow 5 radios? Think its best if I borrow them all from one person.
We'll be leaving Surrey on Monday 31st May. I know thats May bank holiday, not sure if there are any drives planned that you'll need them for, but if not perhaps I can pick them up from you over the bank holiday weekend?
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