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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.
Scrambler Stuck on Eagle Crag
June 23, 2024 14:01hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted at 14:01 on Sunday 23rd June by Keswick MRT to a 28 year old man who was stuck on Eagle Crag in Grisedale. He had been scrambling on the crag but had strayed from his route and become cragfast. Due to a poor mobile phone…
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Walker injures ankle on St Sunday June 21, 2024 18:00hrs On Friday 21/06/24 at around 18:00 hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out by Cumbria Police. They had received a 999 call from a Penrith Mountain Rescue Team member reporting a young male with an injured ankle on St Sunday Crag. The Penrith member…
Fallen walker Glencoyne wood June 18, 2024 5.30 pm On Tuesday 18/06/24 at 17:30 hrs, the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out by North West Ambulance Service after a report that a female walker had fallen off a cliff and had sustained back/shoulder injuries. The location of the incident was Glencoyne Wood, below Glenridding…
Male with chest pains at Aira Force
June 9, 2024 13:30 hrs On Sunday 09/06/24 at around 1330hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out with regard to a mam with chest pains. The man had been walking down the side of Aira Force with family and friends and started to feel unwell and was complaining of chest pains. A staff member…
Red Bull Hardline Fundraiser
Last weekend Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team was given the opportunity to fundraise at the prestigious Red Bull Hardline mountain biking event near Dinas Mawddwy. It was an amazing couple of days where we benefited from the generosity of all who attended. Special thanks are due to the Atherton family and Dyfi Bike Park for…