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Climber dies and another injured after 2,000ft fall on Ben Nevis

A climber has died after falling 2,000ft during an avalanche on Ben Nevis. His companion was taken to hospital after a rescue operation lasting eig...

01 January 2023

Pair rescued after getting lost descending from climb on Raven Crag in Borrowdale

Two climbers were rescued after getting lost descending from a route in the Borrowdale Fells. The men called for help after topping out on the Corv...

11 October 2021

Influx of Peak District visitors helps keep Edale rescuers busy

Rescuers in the Peak District have experienced a busy period as large numbers of day visitors and holidaymakers flocked to the area.

11 July 2021

Police rescuer urges Scottish hillgoers to go properly equipped

Some hillgoers are taking to Scotland’s mountains without adequate equipment and skills, a police rescuer said.

21 August 2020

Climber suffers broken leg in Ben Nevis avalanche

A climber was rescued after being injured in an avalanche on Ben Nevis. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team was alerted on Wednesday after the incident i...

27 February 2020

Ben Nevis avalanche victim's family visits site as team pleads for search for ice-axes

Rescuers have taken relatives of one of the men who died in the avalanche on Ben Nevis last week to the site of the incident.

18 March 2019

Hypotherimic climber in serious condition after Glen Coe rescue

A climber is in a serious condition in hospital after being airlifted from a Glen Coe mountain. Police said the 57-year-old Nottinghamshire man is ...

10 March 2019

Cragfast Ben Nevis climbers brought to safety in 'epic' 18-hour rescue

Rescuers brought two climbers to safety from Ben Nevis’s North Face after they got stuck. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team described the 18-hour ope...

07 February 2019

Injured Tryfan walker 'very fortunate' his shouts for help were heard

An injured man stranded on a Snowdonia mountain in freezing conditions was ‘very fortunate’ to have his shouts heard.

28 February 2018

Climber airlifted from Ben Nevis after suffering significant injuries in fall

A man was airlifted to hospital after falling on the UK’s highest mountain. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Saturday to the incid...

14 March 2022

Cragfast climbers winched from Old Man of Stoer as waves batter sea stack

Two climbers were plucked to safety by a rescue helicopter crew after getting stuck on a sea stack in Sutherland.

25 September 2021

Three Sca Fell climbers rescued in nine-hour operation after ropes jam

Three climbers stranded on England’s second-highest mountain were rescued in a 9½ operation. Passing walkers reported hearing shouts for help an...

31 August 2020

Peak District climber rescued after getting wedged in rocks

A climber had to be rescued after getting jammed in rocks on a Peak District route. In a separate incident, a man who was belaying on a route was i...

21 June 2020

Teen airlifted after suffering injury on Fleetwith Pike via ferrata

A teenager in search of thrills on a Lake District attraction had a bigger adventure than planned when he had to be rescued.

28 October 2019

Third climber dies after Ben Nevis avalanche

A third climber has died after an avalanche on Ben Nevis. Police said the two people injured in the incident on the North Face on Tuesday had been ...

12 March 2019

Two climbers rescued after spending night on Glen Coe mountain

Two mountaineers have been rescued after spending the night on a Glen Coe mountain. The pair were reported overdue when they failed to return from ...

09 March 2019