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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 dies falling from 3,000ft mountain in Snowdonia while on hike with his brothers

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Ankle Injury on Striding Edge

May 6, 2024 8:02 pm On the weekend when Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was celebrating its 60th anniversary, a call from the Police tasked the team to an incident on a section of Striding Edge, known as the “Bad Step”. Initial reports stated that the casualty, a 27 year old man from Hull, had lost his…

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Brecon Mountain Rescue Team helps evacuate woman who fell from horse

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Heroic mountain rescuer helps in Morocco search effort after devastating earthquake

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Mountain rescue team called after woman falls while walking

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Two walkers were descending Haystacks towards Inominate Tarn when one slipped descending a rocky step and took a short tumbling fall landing heavily on their lower back. The Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team made their way in from Dubs Hut at the top of the Honister Mine track. The casualty was assessed, and carefully packaged to…

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Ankle Injury

April 30, 2024 3.30 pm On Tuesday 30th April at 15:30hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by North West Ambulance Service after reports of a man who had sustained a leg injury.   The Team responded in two Land Rovers and members were able to drive to the location which was inaccessible by an…

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Injured walker rescued after mountain rescue team called to incident above the Peak District’s Snake Pass

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Woman rescued after being trampled by cows

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Kayaker Rescued from Ullswater

April 27, 2024 8.12 pm At 20:12 on Saturday 27/04/2024 the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by Cumbria Police to reports of shouts for help heard coming from a kayaker on Ullswater in the vicinity of Howtown.   Team members responded to the call out and proceeded towards the scene in the Team RIB….

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