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Airlift for hypothermic campers as 11 teens rescued from Lakeland fell

Three teenagers were airlifted from a Lake District mountain after suffering the effects of cold and rain.

29 October 2014

Warning as dislodged rock leads to 20ft fall for Tryfan scrambler

A mountain rescuer warned loose rocks are becoming more common on the hills, after a man was injured while scrambling on a Snowdonia peak.

17 September 2014

Walker airlifted from Aberglaslyn Pass after dizzy spell leads to hip injury

A walker was airlifted to hospital after falling in Snowdonia. The woman, in her 50s, was walking on the Fisherman’s Path along the edge of Afon ...

08 September 2014

Rescuers called out to three separate Tryfan incidents as walkers get stuck

A family group was rescued after getting stuck on a Snowdonia mountain. The four were tackling the North Ridge of Tryfan when they strayed on to st...

28 August 2014

Climber dies in fall from Tremadog crags

A climber has died after falling at a popular Snowdonia crag. The man fell while climbing on Valerie's Rib on Craig Bwlch-y-Moch on Tuesday evening...

06 August 2014

Body of man discovered by walker on Snowdon

The body of a missing walker has been found on Wales’s highest mountain. Another walker spotted the man near the summit of Snowdon yesterday. ...

31 July 2014

Girl airlifted from Snowdonia mountain after 230ft fall

A girl was rescued from a Snowdonia mountain after surviving a 230ft fall from a ridge. The 17-year-old was with a group making her way down to the...

14 July 2014

Eight-stone rottweiler coaxed from Snowdonia cliff as walkers rescued

An eight-stone rottweiler had to be rescued from a Snowdonia crag after getting stuck with its owner.

25 June 2014

'Daring acrobatics' as stuck scrambler winched from Snowdonia crag

An experienced walker and climber had to be rescued after he got stuck on a route in Snowdonia. The 65-year-old from Manchester was tackling a scra...

31 May 2014

Two children and a dog among group rescued from Tryfan scramble route

Two children and a dog were among a group who had to be rescued from a scrambling route in Snowdonia in deteriorating weather.

28 October 2014

Walker airlifted to hospital from north Wales hillside after leg injury

An injured walker was airlifted to hospital after gashing his leg badly in a fall on a north Wales hillside.

13 September 2014

Lost Lakeland walkers found at car after overnight search by 80 rescuers

A major overnight search involving 80 volunteer mountain rescue team members ended when two missing walkers were found at their car.

30 August 2014

Prince William to train as East Anglia air ambulance pilot

Prince William is to take up a new job as an air ambulance pilot, Kensington Palace has announced. The Duke of Cambridge, who is patron of Mountain...

07 August 2014

Four rescued from Tryfan after straying on to steep crags

A mountain rescuer warned that increasing numbers of walkers are going astray on a Snowdonia mountain after four people were led to safety from a rescue blackspot after getting stuck on steep ground.

06 August 2014

Llanberis team founder John Ellis Roberts dies in climbing fall

One of the founders of a Snowdonia mountain rescue team has died in a climbing accident in the Llanberis Pass.

18 July 2014

Father and son airlifted from Tryfan after getting stuck on climbing route

Two climbers had to be airlifted from a Snowdonia mountain after they got stuck. A man and his 24-year-old son, from Cheshire, were tackling the Gr...

30 June 2014

Injured man airlifted from Carnedd Llewelyn after night on mountain

A man was rescued from a Snowdonia mountain after spending the night on the hill. The 77-year-old man was found by a passing walker at lunchtime on...

19 June 2014

Injured walker airlifted to hospital after Tryfan fall

An injured walker had to be airlifted to hospital after straying on to a mountain face described by rescuers as ‘unforgiving’.

25 May 2014

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