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.
Leg Injury on Cader Idris
Shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Sunday 29th August, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of third-party reports of a man with a “broken leg” on Cader Idris. Unable to contact the casualty directly, a group of Team volunteers was dispatched to investigate based on the information available, and the casualty was…
Sheep Rescue – Greenside Beck
August 29, 2021 2:01 pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was made aware of a sheep stuck in the ravine in Greenside Beck by the farmer who requested the Team’s assistance to get it out safely. A Deputy team leader who lives locally went and assessed the location and decided it required a full rope rescue…
Ankle Injury Aira Force
August 28, 2021 14.21 On Saturday 28th August 2021 at 14.21 hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police to a report of a 32 year old female who had fallen in Aira Force whilst walking around the waterfalls. The report given was that she had heard a loud snap when falling. The…
HF HOLIDAYS HELPS FUND DIGITAL RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR LOCAL MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
This week, Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were very pleased to announce a significant donation in the funding of their planned new radio communications system. Leading walking & activity tour operator HF Holidays donated £16,582 from their Pathways Fund to help replace the Team’s existing analogue radio system with digital one. As a co-operative society…
Ankle injury near Ruthwaite Lodge
August 19, 2021 15:45 At about 15:45 on Thursday 19th August a 43 year old woman injured her ankle while walking in the Grisedale valley with her family. With no phone signal, the husband and son walked down to Cruck Barn holiday cottage to raise the alarm, before returning to the casualty site. Patterdale Mountain…
Lost on Hart Crag
August 19, 2021 16:08 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called at 16:08 on Thursday 19/08/2021 to assist a husband and wife who had been walking the Fairfield Horseshoe when they became disorientated in cloud and started to descend NE from Hart Crag towards Hartsop Above How. The Team used the GPs on the couple’s phone…
Lost on Helvellyn
August 18, 2021 4 pm At 16:03 on Wednesday 18/08/2021 the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by the police to a family party of 3 who had become lost while trying to descend from the summit of Helvellyn in cloud. The Team contacted the party and identified their location via the GPS on the…