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Radio Cumbria,6 mins
Patterdale robot trousers
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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team are trialling the 'right trousers', to lift the rescue burden. If it proves a success in the field, this could become a regular sight on the fells, as the technology becomes cheaper, taking the strain of lugging a heavy rucksack off the back of volunteers.
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