Incident reports

Two ambulances and a mountain rescue team were blocked by illegal parking while responding to incidents near Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. The first incident involved emergency crews attempting to help someone in trouble on Ben Lomond on Saturday, and the second occurred at Callander Crags on Sunday. Poor parking obstructed emergency access in both cases, with a car owner charged following the second incident.

Outcome: emergency response delayed by illegal parking; details of primary incident outcome not specified

Mountain Rescue was called out on 18th September to assist with an injured horse rider in woodland at North Anston. The casualty sustained injuries after a fall, presenting with pain in her lower back, hip, and shoulder. She was subsequently immobilized and transported via mountain rescue stretcher to the road head.

Outcome: Transported to medical care

Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team assisted Police Scotland in searching for a missing 22-year-old man in the Dingwall area. The person was located safe and well, and the search was stood down at approximately 10:30 am.

Outcome: missing person found safe and well

A 12-year-old girl fell from a rope swing in a wooded area of Glodwick, sustaining fractures to both arms and a knee injury. Oldham Mountain Rescue Team assisted with extraction from the steep location using their Alphin stretcher, and the casualty was treated and evacuated successfully.

Outcome: casualty treated and evacuated by stretcher

A walker with a lower leg injury was assisted by Assynt Mountain Rescue Team on Suilven. The casualty was extracted by Stornoway coastguard helicopter during a break in the clouds, and team members accompanied his wife to the car park.

Outcome: casualty evacuated by helicopter

A dog fell into a 20-foot-deep pothole on Saddleworth Moor near Dovestone Reservoir and was successfully rescued by Oldham Mountain Rescue Team. The team used the incident to warn walkers about the hazards of exploring such holes without proper experience and equipment.

Outcome: dog rescued and reunited with owner, shaken but otherwise uninjured

A walker fell and injured her back and arm at Sgwd y Pannwr waterfall in the Brecon Beacons. She was winched into a coastguard rescue helicopter and airlifted to hospital. Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team assisted with the rescue.

Outcome: airlifted to hospital by coastguard helicopter

A group of four walkers required rescue on Cairn Toul after becoming lost and suffering from exposure during a 24-hour walk. Mountain rescue teams located the party in the early hours when they were found to be wet, cold, and one individual was hypothermic.

Outcome: All rescued safely but tired

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team was called to assist a family of three after the father fell in moorland near Dovestone in the Saddleworth countryside. All three were safely located and helped down from the steep ground, with the father receiving assistance from team members. The incident lasted approximately two hours and fifteen minutes.

Outcome: casualty and family assisted off moorland safely

A walker in a group of nine ascending Tryfan suffered a panic attack and extreme exhaustion, becoming unable to descend. The man was airlifted by helicopter to safety after being located on the west face of the mountain. The rescue team noted the group lacked equipment, experience and route knowledge.

Outcome: casualty airlifted by helicopter to mountain rescue base

Emergency crews responded to reports of an injured climber on Mitre Ridge at Beinn a’ Bhuird. The operation involved multiple teams and culminated in the successful airlift of two climbers to safety.

Outcome: Two climbers safely rescued; one treated for shoulder injury.

Mountain rescue teams were called out to assist in rescuing a young Labrador that had fallen down a deep and narrow slip near Torfaen, south Wales. The operation required setting up a rope system and involving specialists from two different cave rescue teams to safely bring the dog back to the surface.

Outcome: The dog was safely rescued and reunited with its owner.

A 65-year-old woman was rescued from the base of Clun Gwyn waterfall in the Ystradfellte waterfalls area of the Brecon Beacons after sustaining a suspected fractured leg, hip injury and hypothermia. She was extracted by rope and stretcher and taken to hospital by ambulance.

Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to hospital

A 33-year-old man from Dornoch was reported missing on 25 July 2020 after travelling to Ben Loyal for hill walking. Assynt Mountain Rescue Team joined family, friends and volunteers in an extensive search, focusing on steep rocky terrain on the north side of the mountain where his car was found at a trailhead.

The team responded to an injured walker who had sustained fractures to both ankles after landing awkwardly while crossing a stream in the Fleets Pond area of Barnsley. Due to limited access, the casualty was carefully carried on a stretcher across streams to reach the ambulance.

Outcome: Transported to hospital

A group became lost in poor weather at Dovestone near Greenfield, with one member unable to walk. Oldham Mountain Rescue Team located them at Wimberry Rocks using telephone direction-finding and PhoneFind technology. Two walkers descended under their own power while the third was carried on a stretcher and transported to hospital by ambulance.

Outcome: two walkers descended uninjured, one casualty evacuated by stretcher to hospital

A climber was rescued by a Scottish mountain rescue team in a dramatic operation. The post references press coverage but does not provide further details of the incident.

Outcome: rescued by mountain rescue team

Two mountain rescue teams were called out on 13 June 2020. Details of the incidents are not available from the provided source material.

Three hillwalkers from Motherwell became lost in mist on The Cobbler in Arrochar and were rescued by Arrochar Mountain Rescue Team. All three were safely escorted down the mountain and met by police at the base, where they were issued fines for breaking lockdown travel restrictions.

Outcome: all three located and safely escorted down the mountain