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.
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…
Crag-Fast Sheepdog near Cader Idris
Shortly after 11:00 a.m. on Thursday 20th May, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of a crag-fast sheepdog near Cader Idris. Working dog Tess became stuck on the walls of Tal y Llyn pass the previous day. The farmer had scrambled down the steep and slippery ground to within sight of…
Lost Walkers on Cader Idris
Shortly after 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday 18th May, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of a party of four lost on Cader Idris. The party, a group of friends from the London area, had started out from Minffordd at around 4:30 p.m. to climb the mountain. Their hope was for a…
Leadership appointment follows Mountain Rescue election
Mike Park MBE was elected as the new Senior Executive Officer (SEO) of Mountain Rescue England and Wales at the charity’s online AGM on Saturday (15 May 2021). The SEO role leads the national mountain rescue organisation, supported by an Operations Director (Mike Margeson OBE), Liaison Officer (Mike France MBE), President (Ray Griffiths MBE) and…