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Lake District walkers rescued after cannabis man gets high on Scafell range
A walker had to be rescued after getting high while on the Lake District fells. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team responded to the call for help from a ...
Lakeland rescuers' frustration at avoidable callouts as 76 walkers 'unaccounted for'
A mountain rescue team has vented its frustration after members were called away from their dinners only to find the 999 caller was tucking into a meal and glass of red wine at the pub.
Yorkshire Dales walker airlifted to hospital after tumbling 100ft on Ingleborough
A walker was airlifted after injuring herself when she tumbled 100ft while descending one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks.
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.
Man and teenage daughter rescued after getting lost on Cadair Idris
A man and his daughter were led to safety after getting lost in bad weather on Cadair Idris. Aberdyfi Search and Rescue Team was alerted shortly af...
Yorkshire Dales walker dies after collapsing on Pen-y-ghent
A walker has died after collapsing on one of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks. The 68-year-old had started his descent after summiting Pen-y-ghent on Satu...
Injured Lakeland walker's son guides rescuers to scene by torch flashes
A walker was rescued from a Lake District fell after injuring himself in a fall. The Cambridgeshire man, in his 50s, was descending Sourmilk Gill a...
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.
Long stretcher carry for Cockermouth rescuers after walker's Wandope injury
Rescuers had to undertake a long stretcher carry after a walker fell and injured himself on a Lake District mountainside.
Missing Cadair Idris walker found asleep in dark on mountain path
Rescuers who found a missing walker asleep in the dark on a Snowdonia mountain path said the man could have died if weather conditions deteriorated sooner.
Climber freed from Borrowdale rock crack after getting stuck
A climber was released unscathed after a major operation to free her when she became trapped in rocks in Borrowdale.
Hypothermic Lakeland walker airlifted to hospital from Far Easedale
A hypothermic walker was airlifted from a Lake District fell after becoming unwell. The man, in his 70s, was with a group of friends in Far Easedal...
Coast to Coast walker suffers head injury in Greenup Edge fall
A walker was airlifted to hospital after injuring her head in a fall while on the Coast to Coast route in the Lake District.
'Learn to navigate' advice after rescuers sent to wrong Lakeland mountain to aid walkers
A Lake District rescue team extolled the advantages of being able to navigate after it was sent to the wrong mountain to aid two walkers with dogs.
Walkers invited to take Cheviot Challenge to help Northumberland rescuers
A major fundraiser for a mountain rescue team will take place this weekend. The Cheviot Challenge will be staged for the 36th time to help provide ...
Walker suffering heart attack among six bank-holiday callouts for Ogwen team
Several walkers, climbers and a man suffering from a suspected heart attack were among those rescued over a busy bank holiday weekend by a team in Snowdonia.
Déjà vu for Keswick rescuers as pair get stuck on Barf ‘Wainwright route’
A Lake District rescue team was called out to a regular blackspot, just a week after it advised walkers to use an alternative route.
Injured climber Mina Leslie-Wujastyk airlifted after 33ft Malham Cove fall
A top bouldering climber was airlifted to hospital after falling more than 30ft on a climb in the Yorkshire Dales.