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.
Head Injury on Cader Idris
Shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Saturday 4th Jan, Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team was requested to assist a Welsh Ambulance Service crew attend to an injured walker on Cader Idris. The 32 year old man had taken a short tumbling fall close to the slate bridge at the top of the Minffordd steps, and had…
Cockermouth team rounds the year off with 3 more callouts
After an unusually quiet December, Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out four times over the Christmas period. Firstly,at 15:24 on 20th December the Team was called to assist two males who had become benighted just below Great Gable in Windy Gap. The Team was about to start a training session in Cockermouth, so two…
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…