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A 60-year-old walker died on An Teallach in Wester Ross after being reported overdue from a walk. His body was discovered by Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team and an HM Coastguard helicopter around 8.45am. There were no suspicious circumstances.
Outcome: body recovered
A 46-year-old man from Yorkshire has been missing in Wester Ross since 1 May 2019. Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team conducted further searches in Fisherfield Forest on 26 July with a search dog, but no new evidence was found.
Outcome: ongoing search, untraced at time of report
The team responded to a casualty with a traumatic injury on Ben Vrackie yesterday afternoon. The post wishes the individual a speedy recovery and acknowledges assistance from R951.
Outcome: Casualty treated/recovered
Two climbers were found with hypothermia after being reported overdue from a climb. Following an extensive search involving multiple agencies, one of the individuals sadly passed away; the other remains in stable condition.
Outcome: One fatality, one stable
Two climbers were found hypothermic after being reported overdue from a climb in the Three Sisters ridges of Glencoe. They were located following an extensive search involving multiple agencies, and one man was airlifted to hospital in a life-threatening condition.
Outcome: One casualty hospitalized; the other stable.
Mountain Rescue Service (SSSART) were called to assist another local team regarding a female with a broken ankle near Llyn Llagi. The casualty was assisted by multiple teams and subsequently carried to the Coastguard helicopter for evacuation.
Outcome: Evacuated by Helicopter
The team responded to assist North Wales Police in searching for a vulnerable missing person near Arenig Fawr bothie. After initial searches at the first location, a second party searched another bothie in the Dolgellau area before the operation was stood down. The individual was later found safe and well.
Outcome: Person located safe and well
Two hillwalkers died after falling on Ben Hope in Sutherland. Their bodies were discovered by a Coastguard helicopter crew on the north-west side of the mountain after concerns were raised on Tuesday afternoon. Multiple mountain rescue teams, police, and emergency services were involved in the search and recovery operation.
Outcome: two fatalities, bodies recovered
A 42-year-old walker slipped and broke his leg near the top of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh on snowy conditions. Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team, along with police, ambulance, fire and rescue services, and a Coastguard helicopter, worked together to lower the casualty down the steepest section using rope rescue techniques before carrying him to an ambulance at Dunsapie Loch.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher via multi-agency rope rescue
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue attended a mountain bike incident on a steep hillside near Innerleithen on Sunday afternoon. The rider sustained a leg injury in a fall and was evacuated by stretcher to the roadside before being transported to hospital.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to roadside and taken to hospital
A multi-agency response was launched following a crashed glider high up on The Cheviot in Northumberland. The operation involved personnel being airlifted to the site and culminated in a stretcher lowering for the pilot to be transferred to a waiting helicopter.
Outcome: Pilot was taken to hospital and is recovering.
A paraglider crashed near Stirling on Dumyat in the Ochil Hills. The Ochils Mountain Rescue Team and Ambulance Service responded to the scene, and a helicopter was used to airlift the individual to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
Outcome: Rescued and transported to hospital
A missing person was reported on 30 December after his car was found abandoned at Ardgartan car park in Glen Croe near Arrochar. Despite an extensive seven-day search in extreme terrain by Arrochar and Police Scotland mountain rescue teams, the man was not located and police continued their enquiries.
Outcome: not located after seven-day search
A teenager was reported missing after failing to return from a late-night walk near Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders. Following an extensive overnight search involving mountain rescue teams, police, and dog handlers, the young person was located by a police officer on a minor road near the village at 6am after having taken a wrong turning in the forest.
Outcome: found safe by police officer
A sheep stranded on a steep cliff near Bull Ghyll at Honister Pass for three weeks was rescued by Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team volunteers. The team used fixed climbing cables and a metal bridge to reach and safely bring down the animal.
Outcome: sheep successfully rescued
A mountain biker sustained serious injuries after falling during an event in the Mourne Mountains. The incident occurred during an organised event in the area.
A 16-year-old fell fatally while walking on Stac Pollaidh north of Ullapool on 26 August 2018. Emergency services were alerted after he was reported overdue, and his body was recovered by Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team with assistance from a coastguard helicopter.
Outcome: fatality
A teenager hiking in the Mourne mountains was struck by a sheep that fell from a crag near Hare's Gap on Slieve Bearnagh. He was evacuated by seventeen Mourne Mountain Rescue Team members and taken to hospital, where he was treated and discharged. The sheep was believed to be uninjured.
Outcome: casualty taken to hospital, treated and discharged
The team was called out to the Ben Lawers area to search for two missing hillwalkers. The individuals were successfully located using SARLOC technology and subsequently walked off the mountain by team members.
Outcome: Found/Safe
A 17-year-old got into difficulties while swimming at the Blue Pool in a disused quarry at Bishops Itchington on 26 July and died. His body was recovered the following day. The pool, located within a former limestone quarry, had warning signs in place but swimming had continued despite efforts by the site operators to prevent it.
Outcome: fatality
A 58-year-old walker died after falling on Carn Mor Dearg in Lochaber on Monday 16 July. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team and a Coastguard helicopter attended but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Outcome: casualty pronounced dead at scene
Mountain rescue teams were called out to assist with the recovery of a body from Horrocks Moor near Smithills. Fifteen team members attended alongside police colleagues and used a stretcher to carry the person approximately 400 metres across the moor to an awaiting ambulance.
Outcome: Recovery completed
Two ambulances became stranded in heavy snow on Foxcote Lane near Stourbridge on 4 March 2018. Severn Area Rescue Association volunteers assisted in freeing both vehicles, which were blocking access to patients requiring emergency care. All patients were eventually reached and provided medical care.
Outcome: both ambulances recovered and towed to main road; all patients reached and treated
An elderly couple aged 70 and 71 living in a remote home near West Linton became isolated when heavy snowdrifts up to 12 feet high surrounded their property. They were rescued by police officers and Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team after losing heating due to depleted firewood supplies. The couple and their two dogs were safely freed and are now staying with friends.
Outcome: couple freed safely with their two dogs, now staying with friends