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Keep up to date with everything going on in mountain rescue around England and Wales, contact Jonathan Caswell via pr@mountain.rescue.org.uk.
Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team hosts BRIT ROCK FILM TOUR 2018
Following the huge success of previous film events, Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team are very pleased to host Brit Rock Film Tour 2018 to help raise funds for the team. Join us for an awesome evening of climbing films. This is a fundraising event hosted by CVSRT with a percentage from tickets sales going…
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…