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A walker who had been missing for six weeks in the Scottish highlands has been found, with the help of new Mountain Rescue drone technology. On the 7th September 2023, Police Scotland received a call to report a hillwalker who had not returned after a planned trip in the Glencoe area of the Scottish Highlands….

October 23, 2023 12:30 hrs On Monday 23rd Oct at 12:30hrs the Patterdale MRT responded to their fourth rescue in the space of 18 hours.   North West Ambulance had received a report that a man had slipped off a ledge at Aira Force and was hanging onto a branch.  The Duty leader again called…

October 23, 2023 08:00hrs At 08:00 on Monday 23rd October Cumbria Police requested assistance from Patterdale MRT to search for a swimmer who had not returned to the shore after his regular morning swim with a group.   The team was called and launched the Rescue Rib onto the lake  to go and locate the…

October 23, 2023 06:00hrs On Monday 23rd October at 06:00 hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was requested by Cumbria Police  to provide SRTs (Swift Water Rescue Technicians) to assist with a search for a male who had gone into the river at Warwick Bridge near Carlisle. Team members travelled to the scene where they were…

October 22, 2023 18:25hrs On Sunday evening 22nd October at 18:25hrs the Duty leader at Patterdale MRT was contacted by Cumbria Police regarding reports of two ladies who were lost and unable to move somewhere near Bonscale Pike in the Howtown area.   Contact was made with the couple and their location was pinpointed with…

They might have been tempting fate, but on Fri 13th October, AberdyfiSearch and Rescue Team gathered together to celebrate their 50thbirthday. Originally bearing the somewhat unwieldy name of “Outward Bound SeaSchool, Aberdyfi, Search & Rescue Team” the rescue organization wasofficially convened in September 1973, though had been operating inthis capacity since the mid 1960’s at…