Keswick Mountain Rescue Team

Walkers aid woman stuck on Sharp Edge, Blencathra

A group of walkers helped a woman who was stuck on a notorious Lake District scramble route. The 27-year-old got cragfast on Sharp Edge on Blencath...

01 May 2015

Injured fellrunner and unwell walker airlifted from Lakeland mountains

A fellrunner was airlifted from a Lake District mountain after falling and injuring his head. The 53-year-old from the Peak District was running on...

20 April 2015

RAF Valley Sea King carries out 10,000th rescue on busy Snowdonia Saturday

The crew of the search and rescue Sea King helicopter based at RAF Valley on Anglesey carried out the flight’s 10,000th rescue over the weekend when it went to the aid of an injured walker.

05 April 2015

Boy, 10, stretchered from Winlatter Forest after mountain bike crash

A boy was rescued from a Lake District forest after injuring his leg in a mountain biking accident. The 10-year-old was with a school group on the ...

24 March 2015

Lakeland walker rescued after getting stuck near The Bishop on Barf

Rescuers were called out to a Lakeland fell to help a walker stuck on steep ground. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was alerted about 1.15pm on Saturd...

02 March 2015

Climber dies in hospital after fall on Helvellyn

A man has died after being airlifted from Helvellyn following a fall. The climber was found unconscious at the foot of the mountain’s headwall ab...

19 February 2015

Walker Lynda Teall thanks rescuers and air ambulance crew after Lakeland fall

A walker who was airlifted to hospital after badly breaking her ankle on a Lake District fell has thanked her rescuers.

25 January 2015

Injured climber airlifted after fall on Helvellyn winter route

A climber was injured in a fall close to where a walker fell to his death at the weekend. The mountaineer was tackling a winter route on Browncove ...

22 January 2015

Man who died on Helvellyn might have lain on mountain for four days

Details have been released of the massive search for the missing man who died after being found on Helvellyn.

12 January 2015

Everest Base Camp leader Chris Harling: 'Today my tears came'

A mountain rescuer caught in the Nepalese earthquake has described the desperate situation at Everest Base Camp.

28 April 2015

Rescue for Walla Crag walker after trip leads to broken wrist

A walker was rescued after breaking her wrist at a Lake District beauty spot. The 57-year-old woman was with her husband at Walla Crag in Borrowdal...

06 April 2015

Coast to Coast walker, 70, seriously injured in Borrowdale fall

A walker was seriously injured when he fell while tackling the Coast to Coast route through the Lake District.

31 March 2015

Rescuers' winter warning for hillwalkers after four rescued from Helvellyn summit

A rescue team warned hillwalkers that severe winter conditions are still affecting the Lake District summits, after a group had to be rescued from England’s third-highest mountain.

21 March 2015

John Chadwick named as climber who died after Helvellyn fall

Police have named the climber who died after falling on Helvellyn earlier this week. John Chadwick, 68, of Gamblesby in the Eden Valley, was found ...

20 February 2015

Lost Ullock Pike walkers email photo in bid to help rescuers find them

Two lost walkers were asked by rescuers to send a photograph to try to pinpoint their location on a Lakeland fell.

16 February 2015

Two winter climbers injured in separate falls on Helvellyn range

Two winter climbers were injured in separate incidents on the Helvellyn range. Rescuers were called out first to aid a 21-year-old student from Lan...

24 January 2015

Helvellyn walker dies of injuries after 1,000ft fall

A walker has died after falling from England’s third-highest mountain. A rescue team spokesperson said the injured man died of his injuries overn...

18 January 2015

Fatigued walker helped from Base Brown by rescuers

A woman was helped to safety from a Lake District fell after getting into difficulties. The 40-year-old, who rescuers said had a medical history, w...

12 January 2015

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