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Walker stretchered from Helvellyn slopes after suffering head injury
A walker was stretchered from a Lake District fell after injuring himself. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 1.35pm on Saturday whe...
Adventurer Zac Poulton joins Lake District felltop assessors team for winter
A top adventurer and Everest summiteer has joined the team that will provide safety information for winter hillwalkers in the Lake District.
Man dies and another seriously hurt in two 650ft Striding Edge falls in two days
A man has died and another was seriously injured in two incidents on successive days on Striding Edge on Helvellyn.
Wasdale team risks being swept away in swollen stream during Scafell Pike rescue
Mountain rescuers risked being swept away in torrential mountain stream when they were called out to help a family group on the slopes of England’s highest mountain.
John Muir Trust agrees to take over Helvellyn from national park
Conservation charity the John Muir Trust is in line to take over management of England’s third highest mountain.
Injured walker rescued after Patterdale team alerted while manning display trailer
A Lake District rescue team was called out to an injured man on a fell after being alerted during its Easter public event.
Lake District mountain assessors start new winter season with added safety hints
Two of the Lake District’s busiest walkers begin their winter season again today. The national park’s felltop assessors will make the ascent of...
Earlier nightfall catches out Helvellyn walkers rescued from Swirral Edge
Rescuers pledged to try harder to educate hillgoers about earlier nights after a pair of walkers had to be rescued from England’s third highest mountain.
Drunk man abuses rescuers after five-hour night operation on Helvellyn's slopes
Rescuers had to contend with an abusive drunk casualty who was found near England’s third-highest mountain in a five-hour night-time operation.
Lakeland felltop assessors celebrate 30 years of service that began with 10p pieces
The man who pioneered the Lake District’s daily winter weather reports revealed the service relied on a pocketful of 10p pieces when it began.
Blencathra rescue follows Helvellyn callout for Keswick team
A man was rescued from Helvellyn and a woman brought to safety after getting stuck on Blencathra on Wednesday.
'I was going through the air with eyes closed' – walker recalls Striding Edge fall
A walker who blacked out and fell 30ft while traversing Striding Edge on England’s third-highest mountain has recalled her ordeal.
Three teams in operation to bring hypothermic Helvellyn walkers to safety
Three mountain rescue teams were called out to bring a group of walkers to safety from England’s third-highest mountain after they were discovered suffering from hypothermia on its summit.
Helvellyn walker suffers multiple injuries in fall from Striding Edge
A walker suffered multiple injuries in a fall from Striding Edge on Helvellyn. The woman fell 30ft from the ridge on England's third-highest mounta...
Meet the men who climb a Lake District mountain every winter day – for your safety
As thoughts turn to turkey and mince pies with the approach of Christmas, spare a thought for the man who will be pulling on his boots on Christmas Day to make the ascent of England’s third highest mountain, no matter what the weather.
Walkers raise £1,500 for mountain rescue with night traverse of Striding Edge
A group of intrepid walkers took to a notorious Lake District ridge by night to raise cash for mountain rescue.
Wanted: intrepid hillwalkers willing to tackle Striding Edge by torchlight
It’s a classic Lakeland ridge that’s on the to-do list of many hillwalkers. Striding Edge’s grade-one scramble leading to England’s third-h...
Rescue helicopter called in to airlift injured Striding Edge walker with diabetes
A rescue helicopter was called in to airlift an injured walker from a Lake District fell after her condition deteriorated as she was being stretchered to safety.
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3 Off-duty rescuer uses emergency shelter to help injured Helvellyn walker
4 That's a wrap: team rescues wild camping film students in difficulties on fell
5 Work on 'dreaded' stretch of Coast to Coast Walk paves way for National Trail opening
6 Rescuers offer guidance after callouts to Lakeland wild campers
7 On test: Danner Mountain 600 EVO boots reviewed
8 Work to begin on demolition of Culra Bothy ahead of rebuilding in 2026
9 Building work begins on first of two 'seasonal' rescue helicopter bases
2 New West Yorkshire national nature reserve will include Brontë moorland (4)
3 Rescuers offer guidance after callouts to Lakeland wild campers (4)
4 Heading for the winter hills: should you pack your crampons or micro-spikes? (3)
5 Rebuild of Culra Bothy will be charity's most expensive project to date (3)
6 Last-minute festive stocking fillers? Here are a few ideas (3)
7 Man dies in 70m fall from Sharp Edge on Blencathra (2)
8 Work on 'dreaded' stretch of Coast to Coast Walk paves way for National Trail opening (2)
9 The Angry Corrie founder Dave Hewitt dies, aged 64 (2)
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