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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.
Injured woman on Cader Idris
Just before 5:00 p.m. on Sunday 7th October, Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were requested to help the Welsh Ambulance Service attend to an injured woman on Cader Idris, near Dolgellau. The 76 year old woman, from Sutton Coldfield, was part of a walking group making its way down the Pony Path from a successful…
8 hour operation to reach crag-fast climbers on Cader Idris
At around 2:20 p.m. on Sun 5th August, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of a man and his 13 year-old daughter who had become crag-fast on Pencoed Pillar in the Cader Idris range near Dolgellau. The pair had set out to scramble up Pencoed Pillar on Cader Idris, but the route…
Helicopter drops in with boost for Mountain Rescue Team
On Saturday 4th August, volunteers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team received a very welcome boost to their charity’s funds as the Coastguard helicopter R936 dropped in to deliver a cheque for £5000 The individual Coastguard helicopter bases, operated by Bristows Group on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, were requested to nominate a…
Another busy day around Cader Idris
Just after 3:00 p.m. on Thurs 23rd Aug, Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team was requested to assist a Welsh Ambulance Service crew with the transportation of an injured cyclist. The man, in his early forties and from Kent, had lost control of his bike on a steep and slippery section of road above Arthog, near…