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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.
Mountain Rescue Box Ransacked amidst surging callout numbers
Pic 1 – Ransacked Kit Pic 2 – New Signage put on Stretcher Box Amidst a surge in call-out numbers on and around Scafell Pike in May, and across the region more broadly, the Mountain Rescue Stretcher box at Mickledore, between Scafell and Scafell Pike, was ransacked over the Bank Holiday weekend just gone, with…
Leg injury Hallinhag Wood
May 29, 2023 4:22 pm At lunchtime on Monday May 29th Patterdale Mountain Rescue team was tasked by Cumbria Police to an incident in Hallinhag Wood, on the shore of Ullswater, below Hallin Fell. A 34 yearr old man had taken a stumbling fall, sustaining a wound to his leg. Because of the location of the…
Collapsed Walker on Cader Idris
Shortly after 4:00 p.m. on Tues 23rd May call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search & Rescue Team were made aware of a collapsed walker on Cader Idris. A group of 6 walkers had come across an unresponsive lone male in his sixties beside the Minffordd path just below Llyn Cau. The group called for help and started CPR which…