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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.
Ankle injury Beda Fell Knott
July 11, 2021 12.37pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police at 12.37hrs on Sunday 11th July to a female in her early sixties who had slipped whilst descending from Beda Fell Knott down to Dale Head Farm in Martindale. Due to there being no mobile phone coverage in the area the lady’s…
Cragfast couple above Deepdale Hall
July 5, 2021 6.45 pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called at about 18:45 on Monday 5th July to assist a couple from Harrow in Middlesex who had become stuck descending the fell above Deepdale Hall. Team members ascended to their location and walked the pair off the fell before returning them to their…
Collapsed Walker on the Aran Ridge
Shortly before 10:00 a.m. on Saturday 3rd July, call-handlers from Aberdyfi Search and Rescue Team were made aware of a collapsed walker on Aran Benllyn, south of Llanuwchllyn. The walker was part of a well-equipped and experienced mountaineering club group walking the Aran Ridge from Llanuwchllyn to Dolgellau. He collapsed suddenly, and resuscitation attempts by…