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Dales walker Graham Sugden makes Upper Wharfedale team history as 1,500th casualty

A Yorkshire Dales walker unwittingly became part of a rescue team’s history after he fell on the hills above Littondale.

25 August 2017

Ogwen Valley rescuers called to two separate groups of walkers stuck on Tryfan

Rescuers who were called out to help a group of walkers stuck on a Snowdonia mountain were alerted to a second party in trouble on the same peak.

22 August 2017

Patterdale rescuers launch boat in search for 'intoxicated' couple on Ullswater

Members of a Lake District mountain rescue team took to the water in the early hours of Wednesday after a domestic incident was reported on Ullswater.

16 August 2017

Yorkshire Dales caver airlifted after suffering serious injuries in Gaping Gill

A caver was airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries in the Yorkshire Dales. The Cave Rescue Organisation was alerted about 11.40pm a...

15 August 2017

Ogwen Valley rescuers in four-hour rain-sodden mountain search after hoax calls

Rescuers in Snowdonia spent more than four hours searching in heavy rain after a series of hoax calls were made to police.

14 August 2017

'I was going through the air with eyes closed' – walker recalls Striding Edge fall

A walker who blacked out and fell 30ft while traversing Striding Edge on England’s third-highest mountain has recalled her ordeal.

11 August 2017

Rescuers' phone knowledge pinpoints walker's position after Cadair Idris injury

A rescue team used its knowledge of the mobile phone network to correctly find an injured walker after it was given an inaccurate location.

11 August 2017

Lost dog Bjarya rescued after spending night on Cadair Idris

A lost dog was rescued after spending a night on a Snowdonia mountain. Bjarya, which belonged to a visiting couple from Belgium, was reported missi...

07 August 2017

Three teams in operation to bring hypothermic Helvellyn walkers to safety

Three mountain rescue teams were called out to bring a group of walkers to safety from England’s third-highest mountain after they were discovered suffering from hypothermia on its summit.

06 August 2017

Cadair Idris walker airlifted to hospital after serious finger injury

A woman was airlifted from a Snowdonia mountain after suffering a serious injury to her finger. Rescuers examining her realised she risked losing t...

25 August 2017

Ignore Wainwright's Barf route, plead rescuers, after third incident of stuck walkers

A rescue team urged hillwalkers to ignore a route described by author Alfred Wainwright, after the third incident this year involving people getting stuck at the site.

21 August 2017

Lakeland walker rescued after injuring head in Scarth Gap fall

A walker was rescued after injuring her head in a fall on a Lake District mountain. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 5pm on Tuesd...

16 August 2017

Rescuers praise walkers who helped injured man after Hay Stacks fall

Rescuers have praised walkers who helped a man who fell 10ft on a Lake District mountain. The 56-year-old from the Wirral was walking alone when he...

14 August 2017

Major 13-hour Dartmoor search called off after lost walkers located at bus station

A major search on Dartmoor lasting more than 13 hours was called off when rescuers learnt the two lost walkers at the centre of the operation had been picked up from a bus station.

13 August 2017

'Are we in trouble'? Wayward Scout group rescued from Cairngorms bothy

A group of Scouts was airlifted from a remote bothy after being reported missing in the Cairngorms. The Inverness Coastguard helicopter located the...

11 August 2017

Fresh Sharp Edge warning after walker rescued from 'precarious position'

A walker was rescued after getting stuck on steep ground on a notorious Lake District accident blackspot.

08 August 2017

Wasdale team risks being swept away in swollen stream during Scafell Pike rescue

Mountain rescuers risked being swept away in torrential mountain stream when they were called out to help a family group on the slopes of England’s highest mountain.

07 August 2017

North-East rescue teams responded to a dozen incidents in July

Two volunteer rescue teams in north-eastern England responded to a dozen incidents in July. Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team and N...

06 August 2017

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