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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.
Knee injury on Striding Edge
June 8, 2023 13.08 On Thursday 8th June at 13:08hrs the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by North West Ambulance Service regarding a report of a woman who had tripped whilst traversing Striding Edge and had sustained a suspected dislocated knee in the fall. The Duty Leader spoke to the informant, established what had…
Mountain Rescue Box Ransacked amidst surging callout numbers
Pic 1 – Ransacked Kit Pic 2 – New Signage put on Stretcher Box Amidst a surge in call-out numbers on and around Scafell Pike in May, and across the region more broadly, the Mountain Rescue Stretcher box at Mickledore, between Scafell and Scafell Pike, was ransacked over the Bank Holiday weekend just gone, with…