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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.
Woman lost on Great Dodd
Thursday 29/08/2019 14:05 On Thursday 29/08/19 at around 1400hrs Cumbria Police received a call from a female in distress who had fallen in a bog and had then made her way to the shelter cairn on Great Dodd. Patterdale MRT team leader then spoke to the woman over the phone. She had become disorientated due…
Man sustains head injuries after fall at Red Screes
Wednesday 21/08/2019 14:30 On August 21st at around 1230 the team responded to an incident on Red Screes where an 84 year old male walker had taken a tumbling fall following a gust of wind. The man sustained head and hand injuries. Due to his age and memory loss following the incident, air evacuation support…
Man unwell after swimming in Ullswater
Sunday 25/08/2019 13:39 At 13:30 on Sunday the North West Ambulance service called Patterdale MRT to help them treat and evacuate a gentleman who was feeling unwell at Geordies Crag near Howtown. The gentleman, who had gone for a swim to cool down, had started to feel unwell and collapsed on the walk back to…
Concerns for Camper on Cader Idris
At around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday 22nd August, call handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were alerted to concerns raised about the well-being of a man camping on Cader Idris. A hill-party was dispatched to make a welfare check, and the man, in his 50’s and from the Manchester area, was found unconscious in…