rescue

Rescuers' 'technical black magic' helps find lost pair in Kentmere snowstorm

Two walkers were rescued from a Lake District fell in a six-hour operation as night fell and a snowstorm enveloped the mountain.

14 January 2013

Swaledale rescuers called to help amorous couple in 12ft fall at Hawes

A mountain rescue team was called to help in the rescue of a couple who fell down a steep embankment during a passionate clinch.

14 January 2013

Pair airlifted to safety after getting stuck on Tryfan gully

Two men were airlifted from a Snowdonia mountain after getting stuck on steep ground. The pair had taken a wrong route while descending Tryfan and ...

13 January 2013

Edale team's plea to walkers to carry torch after Win Hill rescue

Mountain rescuers have reminded walkers to pack a torch when they head for the hills after a family called for help after getting lost in the dark.

09 January 2013

Injured Ben Nevis walker airlifted to hospital

A walker was airlifted from Britain’s highest mountain after injuring himself. The 31-year-old man called 999 about 4pm after he slipped and inju...

08 January 2013

Missing High Street walkers found after search by two Lakes rescue teams

Two mountain rescue teams mounted a search for a couple and their dog missing on a Lakeland fell. The Penrith team asked for help from the Patterda...

06 January 2013

Cockermouth rescuers lead lost walker led to safety from Carling Knott

A rescue team went to the aid of a walker lost in low cloud on a Lakeland fell. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 3.15pm today aft...

05 January 2013

Injured Ewden Valley walker airlifted in 'exceptionally difficult' rescue

A walker was winched from a ravine in the eastern Peak District in a rescue described as ‘exceptionally difficult’.

03 January 2013

Four-hour Boxing Day search for Longtown rescuers after hoax call

Rescuers spent hours combing a Gwent mountainside for a missing man on Boxing Day only to find the emergency was a hoax.

02 January 2013

Mountain rescuers help stuck Newlands Pass minibus passengers to safety

Two mountain rescue teams were involved in helping the occupants of a minibus stuck on ice on a Lake District pass.

14 January 2013

Greendale walker rescued by Wasdale team after ankle injury

A walker was stretchered from a Lakeland fell after injuring her ankle. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out today about 11.45am after the w...

13 January 2013

Mountain rescuers use new boat to aid stranded Bassenthwaite pair

A mountain rescue team took to the water in its newly acquired boat to rescue two men stranded on a lake.

13 January 2013

Police name walker killed in Crinkle Crags fall as Stephen Aindow of Southport

Police have named the walker who died after a fall from Crinkle Crags on Saturday. Stephen Kevin Aindow, 47, of Southport, Merseyside, was with fri...

08 January 2013

Lost Pen y Fan walkers rescued after five-hour search

A couple lost in mist on south Wales’s highest mountain were rescued after a five-hour search. The Maltese couple called for help when they could...

07 January 2013

Walker dies in fall from Crinkle Crags in Lake District

A man has died in a fall from a Lake District fell. The walker was with a group making their way down from Crinkle Crags yesterday when the man fel...

06 January 2013

Three callouts in four hours for Ogwen Valley team as mist covers Glyderau

A Snowdonia mountain rescue team was called out three times in less than four hours to help lost and missing people.

05 January 2013

Cave team details nine-hour rescue of man stuck in Ogof Ffynon Ddu

A rescue team has described one of its most difficult rescues of a man trapped for seven hours underground.

03 January 2013

Smartphone software helps find lost Glentress walker after major search

A walker lost in a forest was found by mountain rescuers using specialised smartphone tracking software.

02 January 2013

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