Page 37 of 87 · newest first
A 76-year-old Edinburgh grandfather was lost for eight days in the Highlands after attempting to walk from Glenfinnan to Knoydart on the Cape Wrath Trail. Bad weather caused him to lose his way, damaging his equipment and preventing communication. He was found on his eighth day by the local estate owner and deer stalkers, and was treated at Belford Hospital.
Outcome: located after eight days, treated at hospital
A mountain biker sustained an injury after colliding with a tree while cycling in the woods at Healey Nab. Team members attended the scene to provide initial medical assessment and care before safely assisting the individual out of the woods.
Outcome: Transported to hospital for further care
A walker collapsed during a steep ascent to Glenridding Dodd above Glenridding village on Sunday morning. Team medics assessed the casualty as stable, and they were evacuated by stretcher using a technical rope system, then handed to ambulance crews for further care. This was the seventh callout for Patterdale MRT in six days.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher and handed to ambulance crew
A walker sustained a lower leg injury on Beinn a Choin above Inversnaid on Loch Lomond and was stretchered off the hill by Loch Lomond Rescue team. The casualty received treatment on the hillside and was evacuated by stretcher and Landrover before being transferred to hospital by ambulance.
Outcome: casualty stretchered off and evacuated to hospital by ambulance
A lone walker became confused and lost on the fell above Hartsop on Friday evening, spending the night in cold and wet conditions whilst suffering suspected hypothermia. Found by passing walkers the next morning, the casualty was assisted to a car park and provided with warm drinks, food, and dry clothing by the rescue team. Patterdale MRT described the walker as extremely fortunate to have survived the night.
Outcome: casualty found by passing walkers, assisted to car park, treated with warm drinks and dry clothing, discharged to rescue team care
The remains of Thomas Robb, a farmer who went missing in August 2012 from the Carron Valley area, have been found in woodland near Fintry after 13 years. Mr Robb, aged 74 and living with dementia, had failed to return from a visit to Duncannon Fort. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
Outcome: remains found after 13 years
A 70-year-old hiker fell into a tributary of Loch Fiag near Ben Hee and was swept away by fast-moving water. He managed to self-rescue and raise the alarm. Assynt Mountain Rescue Team attended and found him warming himself; he was assessed by a team doctor and returned safely to his accommodation.
Outcome: casualty self-rescued, assessed by team doctor, returned safely to accommodation
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team attended two callouts on the evening of 16 September. First, they assisted a child from a school group experiencing an asthma attack while wild camping on Place Fell; the child was assessed, treated and escorted back to the outdoor centre. Later that night, six team members assisted three young walkers who had become crag-fast on Striding Edge.
Outcome: child treated and escorted to outdoor centre; three walkers assisted down fell
A 76-year-old hillwalker became lost while attempting a strenuous trek across the Scottish Highlands. After being missing for eight days in adverse weather conditions, he was eventually found by local residents and rescue teams.
Outcome: Found alive after eight days missing
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation responded to three separate callouts in the Carneddau and Glyderau mountains between 15–16 September during stormy weather. All three incidents involved walkers who were either unaware of weather warnings or inadequately prepared for the conditions; all casualties were safely assisted off the mountain.
Outcome: all casualties rewarmed, provided equipment/food, and safely escorted down
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue assisted two injured cyclists in separate incidents at Glentress over two weeks in mid-September. Both casualties were treated and evacuated with support from Scottish Ambulance Service. The team also responded to a false alarm SOS call from the Ettrick Valley.
Outcome: both casualties treated and evacuated
A woman in her 50s suffered a lower leg injury while descending Ben Stack in Sutherland and was unable to continue. She was treated at the scene and stretchered to an all-terrain vehicle provided by the Reay Forest Estate, then transported by ambulance to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher and ambulance to hospital
Two groups of walkers required rescue from Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) on 14 September as gale force winds approached, with one group cragfast on Crib-y-Ddysgl ridge and another in difficulty on Snowdon Ranger Path. Despite yellow weather warnings and forecasts of winds exceeding 60mph, some walkers were inadequately prepared, including those wearing trainers. All parties were safely evacuated by Llanberis and Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Teams.
Outcome: all walkers rescued safely and evacuated
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue responded to two separate incidents involving cyclists at Glentress over a period of time. On September 14th, an injured mountain biker was treated and evacuated by the team alongside ambulance staff. A second incident occurred on September 18th, where the team assisted with the extraction of another injured cyclist.
Outcome: Injuries treated and evacuated
Mountain Rescue Team attended an incident on Grindleton Fell following a call from North West Ambulance Service regarding a male experiencing chest pain. Due to inaccessibility for ambulance staff, the team assessed the situation and safely extracted the individual using a Mountain Rescue Bell stretcher before handing him over to waiting paramedics.
Outcome: Handed over to Paramedics
A search was initiated for a 23-year-old man from Cambridgeshire who went missing after travelling to Puzzlewood in Gloucestershire on 11 September. Emergency services and Severn Area Rescue Association located a body at the site on 12 September. The circumstances of death were not being treated as suspicious.
Outcome: body located; death not suspicious
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called to Great Mell Fell on 11 September after a walker slipped on steep, wet ground whilst descending. Although uninjured, the casualty had reduced mobility and was unable to continue safely, so the team provided shelter and evacuated them by stretcher.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher
A man suffered a significant lower leg injury after falling on Zaines Ladder at Devil's Pulpit near Killearn on Tuesday morning. Lomond Mountain Rescue Team attended and treated him at the scene before he was transferred by stretcher to Royal Alexandra Hospital.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to Royal Alexandra Hospital
Outcome: A mountain rescue team attended to a group of people who had climbed The Cobbler. One individual sustained a dislocated knee near the summit, and the team provided assistance.
Oldham Mountain Rescue Team assisted with two separate incidents on 8 September. A man who fell on a slope near Uppermill was immobilised and evacuated by stretcher to hospital, and later that morning a woman with an ankle injury at Tandle Hill Country Park was assisted to an ambulance.
Outcome: both casualties evacuated to hospital by ambulance
Mountain Rescue Team members responded to assist with a dog walker who had fallen into the River Lune on Thursday afternoon. The individual sustained a head injury and required assistance being moved from the riverbank to an ambulance parked on the road.
Outcome: Transported safely by emergency services
Volunteers from Glenelg were called out to assist with the recovery of a cow that became stuck in a peatbog near Glenelg. After an hour and a half of effort involving digging and careful pulling, the animal was successfully brought to safety.
Outcome: Successful rescue
Mountain Rescue volunteers were called out to assist with a cow that had become trapped in mud within a ditch. The team successfully used equipment and a harness to safely remove the animal.
Outcome: Successful rescue
Outcome: The cow was safely freed.