Lifesavers

Dave Wainwright, 100th Force Support Squadron Outdoor Recreation director, and qualified mountain guide, shows off the survival equipment he and three British firefighters, Alan Coldwell, Chris Gould and Jerry Myles, took with them on the Three Peaks Challenge Oct. 2 and 3. Using this equipment, the four men saved another man's life when they found him alone and unconscious at the top of Mount Snowdon. the man was suffering from hypothermia and frostbite, and the men from RAF Mildenhall put him in their spare clothes and jackets and wrapped him in the orange bivi bags to keep him warm while they called the North Wales Police and mountain rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jerry Fleshman)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Jerry Fleshman
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