In the news
Keep up to date with everything going on in mountain rescue around England and Wales. For press enquiries, contact Andy Simpson, MREW Press Officer, via press@mountain.rescue.org.uk.
Ankle Injury Scandale Pass
May 27, 2021 15:30 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at around 1530hrs to reports of a young person who had sustained an ankle injury on the descent down Scandale Pass. The casualty was part of a Duke of Edinburgh group who were heading toward Glenridding to camp overnight. The group were very well…
Lady lost on Helvellyn
May 23, 2021 8.52 am At 08:52hrs on Sunday 23rd May, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by Cumbria Police to a lady who had become disorientated while ascending Helvellyn via Striding Edge. The lady managed to re-orientate herself when the cloud cleared and was able to continue with her planned route. The team continued…
Walker taken ill on Cader Idris
Shortly before 5:00 p.m. on Sat 22nd May, call handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of a walker having seizures on Cader Idris The party of three had been to the summit of the mountain and had descended via the stone chute to Llyn Cau. During the descent one of the…
Ankle Injury Gowbarrow Fell
May 22, 2021 3:29 pm At 12.26hrs on Saturday 22nd May 2021 the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by Cumbria Constabulary to a female in her mid fifties who had slipped on wet ground whilst walking on Gowbarrow Fell near Dockray. The team responded to the incident in 3 Land Rovers and the casualty…