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Western Beacons Mountain Rescue was called out early on July 21st to assist with a man suffering from a lower leg injury near Upper Brynamman. A joint effort involving mountain rescue and the Mid and West Wales Fire Service constructed a technical rope system to safely raise and extract the casualty.
Outcome: Transported to hospital for further medical attention
The team was called out on 17 July to assist other mountain rescue teams with what initially appeared to be a straightforward stretcher carry. Upon arrival, it became apparent that rope work was necessary for the extraction, requiring full integration of medical, ropes, and stretcher disciplines from all involved parties.
Outcome: Casualty safely moved to allow others to return to work
Outcome: The missing person was safely airlifted from the hill and later returned to their family.
A walker fell 20ft from a waterfall near Sgwd Gwladus in the Brecon Beacons, sustaining a serious leg injury. Members of the public used mobile phone camera flashes to guide a Coastguard helicopter to the scene in the heavily wooded ravine. The casualty was winched to safety and airlifted to Swansea Hospital.
Outcome: casualty winched to safety and flown to Swansea Hospital
A hillwalker was found deceased after slipping and falling while traversing a mountain ridge near Dundonnell. The incident occurred on Sgurr Fiona, one of the Munro summits within An Teallach.
Outcome: Fatality
Outcome: The missing person was located and taken to an ambulance for further support.
Police requested assistance in searching for a lost 16-year-old who was camping overnight. The team focused their search east of the River Plym and successfully located the young person relatively quickly. He was found safe and in good health.
Outcome: Found Safe
The team responded to assist Devon and Cornwall Police with a search for a high-risk missing person near Derriford. After assembling at B&Q on Tavistock Road, the police reported that the individual had been found safe and well.
Outcome: Person found safe and well
The team responded to an incident involving heavy rainfall and potential flooding across the peninsula. They were deployed to various locations, including a caravan park at Notter Bridge, where the River Lynher had flooded homes and required evacuation. Working with multiple agencies, they successfully rescued eight individuals and two dogs.
Outcome: Eight people and two dogs rescued.
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
A 56-year-old man fell approximately 100 feet on Gribin Ridge in Snowdonia and was rescued by Ogwen Valley mountain rescue team. A doctor who was walking nearby provided initial assessment of his injuries. The casualty was airlifted to hospital with cuts and other injuries.
Outcome: airlifted to hospital by rescue helicopter
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
Four climbers died in an avalanche in Number 5 Gully on Ben Nevis on Tuesday of the previous week. Two French climbers aged 41 and 32, and a 43-year-old Swiss climber were killed; a 30-year-old Swiss climber survived. Family members were subsequently taken by Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team to view the accident site.
Outcome: four casualties, one survivor
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.
Two men died in separate falls on Wee Binnian and Slieve Commedagh in the Mourne Mountains on Sunday during high winds. A third man suffered a broken ankle in a separate incident and was rescued. The deaths are attributed to exceptional wind conditions that caught walkers unaware.
Outcome: two fatalities at scene, one casualty with broken ankle rescued
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