rescue

Rescuers spared 'epic' search as missing fellrunner found in bed

Mountain rescuers were spared a major search after a fellrunner was found safe and well – in bed. Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team and...

27 June 2011

Search dog leads rescuers to lost Snowdon walkers

A party of walkers on Wales’s highest mountain were rescued after getting lost in thick cloud on steep ground.

25 June 2011

Forest airlift for injured mountain biker

A mountain biker was airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries on a forest ‘black route’.

22 June 2011

Horse rider airlifted after mountain rescue team treatment

A horse rider was treated by a mountain rescue team after injuring herself in a fall from her animal during an annual event.

20 June 2011

Armed forces climbers airlifted from Nevis with serious injuries

Two climbers who were seriously injured in a fall on Ben Nevis today were members of the armed forces.

14 June 2011

Walker airlifted after Lakeland fell slip

A walker was airlifted from a Cumbrian fell after injuring her leg. The 51-year-old woman from Bath slipped on the path up Red Pike from Ennerdale....

12 June 2011

Night rescue for Peak District mountain biker

A mountain biker was rescued after getting lost on one of the Peak District’s highest fells. Three mountain rescue teams were involved in the sea...

06 June 2011

Rescued mountain pair in trainers were 'totally ill prepared'

Two students who were rescued after getting stuck on a Snowdonia mountain were totally ill prepared, rescuers said.

03 June 2011

Walker's phone picture helps rescuers find injured man

Mountain rescuers used technology to put them in the picture during a search for an injured walker on the Lake District fells.

03 June 2011

Woman airlifted after breaking ankle on Lakeland fell

A walker was airlifted from a Lakeland fell after injuring herself in a fall. The 67-year-old woman from Warwickshire was coming off High Crag when...

27 June 2011

Injured caver airlifted after underground abseil fall

A caver was airlifted from a fell after suffering injuries in an underground fall. The 22-year-old man injured both ankles when he lost control dur...

25 June 2011

Walker suffers head and back injuries in Kinder fall

A walker was airlifted from the Peak District’s highest fell after suffering serious injuries in a fall.

20 June 2011

Three Peaks challenger airlifted after leg fracture

A walker was airlifted from a fellside after suffering a suspected broken leg. The 43-year-old man was taking part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks cha...

18 June 2011

Rescue launched as two Nevis climbers injured

Two climbers have been injured on Britain’s highest mountain. The men were on Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis’s north face when they sustained their i...

14 June 2011

Man airlifted after Cuillin injury

A man was rescued after injuring himself near a peak on the Cuillin on Skye today. Members of the Skye Mountain Rescue Team went to the aid of the ...

08 June 2011

Rescuers help injured walkers on Cumbrian fells

Mountain rescuers were airlifted on to a Lakeland fell to help a walker who had fallen and injured herself.

05 June 2011

Police name French walker who died on Nevis

Police have named the walker who died after being airlifted from Ben Nevis on Sunday. Arnaud Alexandre Romain Albagnac, 22, from Aveyron in souther...

03 June 2011

Walkers tackling Lakeland fells 'without skills to get back down'

Mountain rescuers say walkers are taking to the Lakeland hills without the skills to find their way safely off the fells.

02 June 2011

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