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BlackBerry helps rescuers find lost walker

Mountain rescuers used a BlackBerry smartphone to help them find a walker who was lost on a Lakeland fell.

12 August 2011

Missing walker was on the bus home

Members of a Lakeland mountain rescue team spent two hours searching for a missing walker who was found safe and well – on a bus.

05 August 2011

Walker dies after gill fall

A walker has died after falling into a gill in Cumbria. The 61-year-old man was with his wife and a friend when he slipped from a narrow path above...

02 August 2011

Walkers treated after Dales fell rescues

A walker was rescued from one of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks after suffering a knee injury in a fall. The 16-year-old boy slipped into a ditch above ...

22 July 2011

Airlift after walker breaks leg in Dales fall

A walker was airlifted from a fell in the Yorkshire Dales after suffering a suspected broken leg in a slip.

13 July 2011

Walker winched from falls after slip leads to broken ankle

A walker was winched from a national park beauty spot after slipping and breaking her ankle. The 72-year-old Australian woman, described as an expe...

11 July 2011

Night-time rescue for lost Coast to Coast walker

A walker attempting the Coast to Coast route had to be rescued last night after getting lost in the Lake District.

09 July 2011

Injured climber and walker airlifted after falls

A climber was airlifted from a ridge after falling on Britain’s highest mountain. The woman was on Observatory Ridge on Ben Nevis’s north face ...

03 July 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

Missing hillwalker found safe and well

A keen hillwalker who had been missing from his home since Tuesday has been found safe and well. Richard Lyon had not been seen since he left for w...

13 August 2011

Family pays tribute to mental-health boss who died in walking fall

The family of a fellwalker who died after falling into a Cumbrian gill said he inspired affection in everyone who knew him.

03 August 2011

Injured walker airlifted after fellside slip

A walker was airlifted from one of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks after slipping and breaking her wrist. The 65-year-old fell off the path at Force Gill...

27 July 2011

Grateful injured walker's partner buys rescuers a round

Mountain rescuers were treated to a round of drinks by the grateful partner of a rescued woman. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team enjoyed the unexpec...

19 July 2011

Rescuers find body of missing hillwalker

A retired headteacher has died while hillwalking in the Highlands. Police were alerted at 10.30pm last night, Monday, when William Johnston was rep...

12 July 2011

Fellwalker's knee injury leads to night rescue

A walker was rescued after injuring himself on a Lakeland fell. The 17-year-old suffered a dislocated knee while walking on the fells above Butterm...

09 July 2011

Walker suffers head injury in Lakeland tumble

A walker was flown to hospital after suffering a head injury when she tripped. The 52-year-old Carlisle woman was with friends when she fell on to ...

04 July 2011

Injured walker airlifted after 100ft fall

A walker was airlifted to hospital after falling from a Lakeland path. The 57-year-old woman from Essex tumbled about 30m (100ft) from a rock outcr...

02 July 2011

Moorland trails follow haunts of notorious highwayman

Walkers and mountain bikers have the chance to travel on moorland tracks once stalked by a dangerous highwayman.

24 June 2011

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