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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.
Man with back & leg injury
Saturday 18/01/2020 13:29 While members of Patterdale MRT were on a winter training weekend in the Cairngorms, members of RAF Leeming MRT were called by Cumbria Police to rescue a man who had fallen while scrambling on Striding Edge. The man, who had fallen approximately 10-15m close to the bad step””,22/01/2020,post,publish,Judy,Whiteside,Man slipped at Lantys Tarn,…
Two walkers lost in fog on Cader Idris
At around 3:30 p.m. on Thurs 10th Jan, call handlers from Aberdyfi Search and Rescue Team were made aware of two walkers lost in fog on Cader Idris. The man and woman, from the Welshpool area, had climbed the mountain via the Minffordd Path and having reached the top, took a break in the summit…
Head Injury on Cader Idris
Shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Saturday 4th Jan, Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team was requested to assist a Welsh Ambulance Service crew attend to an injured walker on Cader Idris. The 32 year old man had taken a short tumbling fall close to the slate bridge at the top of the Minffordd steps, and had…
Cockermouth team rounds the year off with 3 more callouts
After an unusually quiet December, Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out four times over the Christmas period. Firstly,at 15:24 on 20th December the Team was called to assist two males who had become benighted just below Great Gable in Windy Gap. The Team was about to start a training session in Cockermouth, so two…
Two-vehicle RTC in snow and ice on Kirkstone Pass
Sunday 15/12/2019 10:57 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police to assist with the extraction of a gentleman who was stuck in his vehicle after a two car crash on the northerly decent of Kirkstone Pass. The Team arrived on scene alongside the Air Ambulance, the Fire Brigade and North West Ambulance service…