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Mountain rescue teams were called out on Saturday afternoon following an incident near the summit of the Five Sisters of Kintail. A hillwalker sustained a serious head injury after falling down a steep section of rock. Following initial efforts hampered by low cloud cover, rescuers successfully stabilized and airlifted the injured person to hospital.
Outcome: Hospitalised
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue responded to two separate incidents in the Scottish Borders on 3 July 2024. In the first, a 12-member crew assisted an injured hillwalker near Ettrick Kirk, who was evacuated by stretcher. Several hours later, 19 team members helped locate and safely evacuate a lost solo cyclist between Eddleston and Romano Bridge using mobile phone tracking.
Outcome: hillwalker evacuated by stretcher; cyclist safely evacuated
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team responded to two separate incidents within six hours on 3 July 2024. The first involved an injured hillwalker above Ettrick Kirk who was evacuated by stretcher, whilst the second concerned a lost cyclist between Eddleston and Romanno Bridge who was located sheltering in a hut and assisted to safety by police and a local farmer.
Outcome: injured walker evacuated by stretcher; lost cyclist located and assisted to safety
A walker became disoriented after leaving the path on Hallin Fell whilst attempting to reach the summit. Patterdale MRT guided them back to the lakeshore through high bracken, and the walker was able to complete their journey independently.
Outcome: walked off uninjured
A mountain biker suffered a serious injury on a trail at Glentress in the Scottish Borders. Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue extracted the casualty by stretcher and they were airlifted by Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Outcome: evacuated by helicopter to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
A professor sustained serious injuries after falling approximately 100 feet down a scree gully while hiking in the Scottish Highlands. He was located and subsequently airlifted to safety by the Torridon Mountain Rescue team.
Outcome: Injured (Broken wrist, vertebrae, and ribs)
A person fell from Dean Rocks above Dovestone Reservoir on Sunday afternoon and was rescued by air ambulance with assistance from Oldham Mountain Rescue Team and neighbouring teams. The casualty was immobilised and winched by Coastguard helicopter to hospital. The team also responded to a separate medical incident above Greenfield Reservoir the same day.
Outcome: casualty winched by Coastguard helicopter and flown to hospital
A 14-year-old school pupil injured his leg during a guided activity at Afon Ddu gorge near Dolgarrog in Conwy. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue established a rope rescue system, provided first aid, and stretcher-evacuated the casualty from the gorge to a roadside handover.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to roadside handover
A combined rescue team operation was conducted to assist an injured runner. The incident resulted in a successful rescue and evacuation of the casualty.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by rescue team
A runner competing in the Spine Race sustained a lower leg injury while ascending Black Hill on the Pennine Way. Oldham, Woodhead and Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Teams combined to locate, assess and stretcher the casualty 2.3 miles to an off-road ambulance, where he was transferred to North West Ambulance Service for hospital treatment.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to hospital
A hillwalker fell a significant distance while walking on Dumyat on 16 June 2024 and became stranded in a gully. Emergency services, mountain rescue, and a BASICS Scotland doctor worked together to extract the casualty using technical rope rescue systems before they were winched aboard a coastguard helicopter and flown to hospital.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital by coastguard helicopter
A person died after falling from the main face of Glyder Fach in Eryri on 15 June 2024. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation, assisted by Maritime and Coastguard Agency teams, responded to the incident and recovered the casualty by helicopter.
Outcome: casualty died
Two walkers were rescued from the Mourne Mountains on the same day. One fell at the summit of Slieve Bearnagh and was winched to a helicopter by Irish Coast Guard; another took ill at Pollaphuca Gap and was airlifted to hospital.
Outcome: both casualties evacuated by helicopter to hospital
A walker slipped on wet rock along the Crummock Water lake shore path and hit their head. Unable to get up and having waited half an hour in the rain, the casualty was found by passing runners who called for help. The walker was assessed, warmed, and transported to West Cumberland Hospital for treatment.
Outcome: casualty transported to West Cumberland Hospital for treatment
Two separate mountain rescue incidents occurred in the Mournes on Saturday. A walker suffered a leg injury from a fall on Slieve Bearnagh Summit Tor and was airlifted by Irish Coast Guard helicopter, while another walker who became ill during descent from the Gap of Pollaphuca was rescued and transferred to hospital by UK Coast Guard helicopter.
Outcome: both casualties airlifted by helicopter and transferred for medical care
Brecon Mountain Rescue Team responded to two separate incidents on Pen y Fan within a week in June 2024. On 15 June, a missing walker was located by event organisers and safely escorted off the hill. On 22 June, a casualty with head and knee injuries was treated and transported to medical assistance.
Outcome: missing walker located and walked off safely; injured walker transported to medical assistance
Mourne Mountain Rescue Team responded to two separate incidents on the Mourne Mountains on Saturday. One casualty sustained a leg injury following a fall, while another person fell ill. Both were rescued during helicopter operations.
Outcome: both rescued by helicopter
A team was called out to assist a walker who had become cragfast on the steep slopes of Stuc a’chroin. With assistance from other teams and walkers, the casualty was guided down safely without injury.
Outcome: Safe and uninjured
A geology student in her 20s sustained a lower leg injury after slipping on steep ground near Loch Assynt during field work. Assynt Mountain Rescue Team attended and evacuated her by stretcher to the roadside for medical care.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to medical care
A farmer suffered serious injuries in a quad accident on Slieve Muck in the Mourne Mountains on 10 June 2024 and was rescued with his uninjured dog. The farmer was stabilised by emergency responders, airlifted by helicopter to an ambulance, and conveyed to hospital, while the dog was evacuated on foot by police.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital; dog evacuated uninjured
A walker died after falling from the south ridge of Tryfan in Snowdonia on Friday evening, 7 June. Emergency services including the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation, RAF Mountain Rescue Service, and Maritime and Coastguard Agency responded, locating the casualty by helicopter. Despite the rescue effort, the casualty had not survived the fall.
Outcome: casualty died; body recovered by technical rope rescue and helicopter evacuation
A paraglider pilot who launched from Robinson in the Lake District went missing over the weekend and was found dead in a gill above Buttermere following a multi-agency search operation. Cockermouth, Keswick, and Wasdale Mountain Rescue Teams, along with Cumbria Police and search dogs, conducted a recovery operation to retrieve the body.
Outcome: pilot declared dead at scene, body recovered
Land searches for hillwalker Mary Molloy on the Isle of Rum were called off following rescue operations in difficult terrain. Rescuers conducted searches across challenging ground during the incident.
Outcome: land searches called off
An injured walker on the remote Affric ridge above Alltbeith was evacuated by a collaborative rescue involving Kintail and Dundonnell mountain rescue teams. The casualty was stretchered down to below cloud base and extracted by HM Coastguard helicopter from Stornoway to Fort William.
Outcome: casualty stretchered and evacuated by coastguard helicopter to Fort William