In the news
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.
Lucky escape for climber at Thurlstone Quarry
Tonight (04/07/18) Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 20:36 to Thurlstone Quarry near Penistone to assist Yorkshire Ambulance Service with an incident that ranks no1 in the lucky to be alive charts! Two friends had been planning some climbing routes in the quarry previously and had been visiting for the past 6/8 weeks…
Missing walkers on Cader Idris
At around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday 3rd July, Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team call-handlers were made aware of two overdue walkers on Cader Idris. The pair, a man and a woman in their early 20s and visiting from USA, had made an early start on the Minffordd path up the mountain and had reached the summit shortly…