Photo: Fredrik Broman/imagebank.sweden.seSweden's mountain rescue services were called out 133 times this summer to help hill walkers in need. “In Norrbotten the number of operations have doubled on the previous year,” said Stephen Jerand, the police's national mountain rescue co-ordinator, in a statement. READ ALSO: Woman calls out mountain rescue helicopter because she's tiredOne of the reasons behind the increase is that according to police themselves, they have improved their method for compiling statistics. Sweden's mountain rescue has previously reported that their annual budget is under strain because of the unusually high number of summer call-outs, including unnecessary calls by tired walkers. Getting homesick or sore feet is no reason to start a mountain rescue operation, which taxes pay for,” Jerand warned last month.

Source: The Local September 12, 2017 06:45 UTC