"Volunteering with Arrochar Mountain Rescue helped shape me" says volunteer Alistair

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By James Humphrey A Helensburgh supermarket worker has said that volunteering with Arrochar’s mountain rescue service has shaped the person he is.Alistair Maclntyre, who works as a retail manager in Morrisons has volunteered for over five years with the charity.The Arrochar Mountain Rescue Team consists of 30 volunteers who are available for 365 days a year and are trained for search and rescue operations in the area.In this year alone, the Arrochar Rescue Team has been involved in 16 callouts and 15 incidents doing 680 hours’ worth of voluntary work.As part of Helly Hansen’s Open Mountain Month campaign which is designed to help encourage and inspire people to get into the outdoors and mountains, Alistair has featured in a video where he gives a few pointers for aspiring hillwalkers and speaks of his pride at volunteering for the rescue team.Alistair explained: “I’m proud to be a part of Arrochar Mountain Rescue because I know that every single person in the team has the exact same drive when that callout comes in and the pager goes off.“Someone’s in need of help and we need to go rescue them, no matter what day it is, no matter what time it is, no matter what the weather is we will always respond.“Every single callout that I have ever been on I’ve taken something different from.“No one callout has shaped who I am, it’s every single callout that has made the person that’s standing here today.“It just teaches an awful lot of skills that I never thought I would have but I do have now.”Alistair explained how he came to be involved.He said: “I saw the Mountain Rescue Team in action one day when I was out private hillwalking with a friend and with me having a love for the mountains, I decided that I wanted to join.