For over thirty years John Allen was an active member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team & for most of them acted as Team Leader. In ` Cairngorm John` (his call sign when in contact with Search & Rescue helicopters he recalls the challenges of mountain rescue & the many changes he has seen & been a party to. His book is filled with exciting accounts of real life rescues, discussions of mountain rescue topics such as hypothermia, first aid, & the use of helicopters & search & rescue dogs. Peoples with interesteing characters his accounts are at all times humane & the book is laced with humour.