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.
Several calls for Cockermouth Team over the weekend
Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out on 17th July at 11:40, when reports were received of a female who appeared to be stuck on a ledge above Warnscale Bottom. Vehicles were dispatched to the area to try and pin down the location of the casualty. As the Team was nearing Gatesgarth, a second call…
Busy Weekend for Mountain Rescue Team
The good weather brought a busy few days for Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team. Shortly before 1:00 p.m. on Friday 16th July call-handlers from the Team were made aware of an injured man on Graig y Bwlch near Dinas Mawddwy. The man, in his 60’s, had spent the early part of the morning photographing…
Helly Hansen announces four new mountain rescue partnerships
Working together with Mountain Rescue England and Wales, and Scottish Mountain Rescue, Helly Hansen has signed partnerships with four new teams from across the UK: Assynt and Arrochar in Scotland, North of Tyne in England, and Western Beacons in Wales. Helly Hansen and the new teams have one common goal: to save lives in the…
Gowbarrow Fell missing person
July 15, 2021 4 pm At around 1600 hrs Cumbria Police requested assistance from the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team with regard concern for the welfare of a woman who had not returned to an agreed location after a walk. The missing person had been on a walk on Gowbarrow Fell with her husband and decided…