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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 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…
Missing group – Helvellyn area
Monday 26/08/2019 21:29 At approximately 21:30 on Monday evening Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to a large family group that were lost somewhere between Raise and Stybarrow Dodd. The group had intended to walk a circular route over the top of Helvellyn but had become lost and disorientated as darkness fell. Having begun…
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…