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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.
Man collapsed below The Rake, Glenridding
Saturday 28/12/2019 12:35 Members of Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police, Saturday 28 December, to a gentleman who had collapsed below The Rake above Glenridding. On arrival at the casualty site the team assessed the gentleman before stretchering him off the fell and bringing him back to his holiday accommodation in Glenridding. The incident…
Injured Walker above Tal y Llyn Pass
Shortly after 4:00 p.m. on Sunday 29th December, call handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of an injured walker above the Tal y Llyn pass near Dolgellau. The injured woman, a visitor from the Netherlands, had injured her ankle whilst on a hill walk that had started in Dinas Mawddwy. She…
Two-vehicle RTC in snow and ice on Kirkstone Pass
Sunday 15/12/2019 10:57 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police to assist with the extraction of a gentleman who was stuck in his vehicle after a two car crash on the northerly decent of Kirkstone Pass. The Team arrived on scene alongside the Air Ambulance, the Fire Brigade and North West Ambulance service…