In the news
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.
Fall on Striding Edge
November 20, 2021 11.49 hrs Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team, at 11:49 on Saturday 20/11/2021, to a call received by Yorkshire Police regarding a man in his fifties from the London area who had slipped and tumbled about 20 feet whilst traversing Striding Edge. Given the location, the nature of the report and…
Search-Dog support from HF Holidays
This week, the Search & Rescue Dogs Association Wales (SARDA Wales) was very pleased to announce a £5k donation from the HF Holidays Pathway Fund to help fund key projects. SARDA Wales is a voluntary organisation that trains and operates search dogs for use in conjunction with Search & Rescue operations in mountain, rural and…
Head Injury Hartsop
November 15, 2021 15.20 hrs The Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police at 15.20hrs on Monday 15th November to a report of an elderly male who had fallen whilst walking and sustained a head injury in the Hartsop area around Threshwaite Cove. The team mobilised a Landrover to locate the man…