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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 with head injuries at Minffordd path on Cader Idris
Shortly after 5:00 p.m. on Saturday 21st July, Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team was requested by Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST) to assist in attending to a man with a head injury a short distance up the Minffordd path on Cader Idris. The man, in his early 60’s and from Gloucestershire, had enjoyed a successful…
Man with broken ankle at Swarth Beck
Thursday 19/07/2018 11:37 At 11:30am on Thursday morning Cumbria Police tasked Patterdale MRT to an incident in Swarth Beck where a young man had fallen approximately 5m into a pool at the bottom of one of the waterfalls. Upon reaching the difficult to access scene the young man was treated for his injuries and his…
83 Year-old Man Rescued From Mach-loop
At around 5:30 p.m. on Monday 16th July, Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team was requested to assist a Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST) crew in moving an injured man off a hill-side to their ambulance.The man, an 83 year-old Belgian, was part of a party plane-spotting on the popular Mach-loop