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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.
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…
Injured rider at Dyfi Bike Park
Shortly before 1:00 p.m. on Saturday 21st December. call handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were requested to assist the Welsh Ambulance Service crews in assisting an injured mountain bike rider near Machynlleth. The 15 year old male suffered serious leg injuries in a fall from his bike on the down-hill trails at Dyfi…
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…