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Rescuers searching for a missing man found a body on Ben Loyal in Sutherland on Friday morning. The man had been reported missing on 27 July, with his car discovered at a walker car park the following day. A Coastguard helicopter assisted in recovering the body from the mountain.
Outcome: body recovered
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 black Labrador named Carla fell into a deep, narrow ravine on moorland near Varteg in Torfaen. After being discovered by members of the public, volunteers from Longtown Mountain Rescue Team and South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team worked for seven hours to safely lower a caver into the crack and retrieve the dog. Carla was reunited with her owner uninjured.
Outcome: dog rescued and reunited with owner uninjured
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.
A six-year-old girl fell into a pool above Llanberis Waterfall and was washed over the 100ft drop. A bystander pulled her to safety before mountain rescue arrived. She was conscious and alert when paramedics transported her to hospital for treatment.
Outcome: conscious and alert, transported to hospital for treatment
Angela Frost, 50, went missing from Lees, Oldham on 11 July 2020. Oldham Mountain Rescue assisted Greater Manchester Police in searching woodland, steep terrain, and stream banks over two days with dogs and a drone, but the missing person was not located.
Outcome: not located by end of search
Two separate incidents in Snowdonia: an ill-equipped camper in his 20s was lost 10 feet from a path near Llyn Bochlwyd at night and was quickly located by rescuers; separately, a woman sustained a suspected broken ankle on Drosgl and was evacuated by helicopter.
Outcome: lost camper returned to roadside; injured walker evacuated by Coastguard helicopter
A walker suffered a badly fractured ankle in a fall on Saddleworth Moor near Dovestone Reservoir on Sunday afternoon. The air ambulance, paramedics and 20 volunteers from Oldham Mountain Rescue Team attended and evacuated her by stretcher to hospital after approximately two hours and twenty minutes.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to hospital
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
Five people were rescued from a boat with engine failure that was taking on water in the mouth of the River Wye near Chepstow. Two lifeboats from Severn Area Rescue Association responded and managed to restart the engine, reduce the water ingress, and escort the vessel safely back to Beachley Slip.
Outcome: vessel escorted safely back to Beachley Slip with crew assistance
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
Oldham Mountain Rescue Team responded to two women with leg injuries on Saddleworth Moor near Holme Clough who were unable to walk. Both casualties were airlifted by Coastguard helicopter to Huddersfield for assessment and treatment. The team was also involved in rescuing a lamb trapped in a quarry crevice on the same day.
Outcome: two casualties airlifted by helicopter to Huddersfield; lamb rescued and reunited
Central Scotland mountain rescue teams responded to multiple incidents over the weekend following easing of lockdown restrictions. Arrochar MRT assisted a lost walker on Beinn Narnain and evacuated a climber who fell 30 metres on Creag Tharsuinn, while Lomond MRT handled three call-outs including an injured walker near Conic Hill and a missing person search.
Outcome: lost walker found path independently, fallen climber evacuated by helicopter to Glasgow hospital, missing person search conducted
Two mountain rescue teams were called out on 13 June 2020. Details of the incidents are not available from the provided source material.
A man fell into a walled-in river in a steep wooded area in Hyde and was heard shouting for help. Oldham Mountain Rescue Team located him at the bottom of a steep bank and, with medical assistance, evacuated him safely via stretcher. He was transported to hospital with multiple injuries.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher and transported to hospital
A paraglider suffered a serious open fracture to his left ankle after twisting his leg and falling into a gully while launching in the Lomond Hills in summer 2020. He was attended by Ochils Mountain Rescue and airlifted to hospital, where doctors successfully saved his foot. He has since recovered and is now considering joining the mountain rescue team.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital; foot saved by medical intervention
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
A search and rescue operation was launched on 15 May near South Cerney in the Cotswolds after a man was reported missing. The body was recovered from a lake at Cotswold Water Park in the early hours of 16 May. The death was not being treated as suspicious.
Outcome: body recovered from lake
A 55-year-old woman from Cinderford in the Forest of Dean went missing on 23 April 2020 after last being seen in the Soudley area. Gloucestershire Police, the National Police Air Service helicopter, and Severn Area Rescue Association conducted a search operation. The woman was subsequently found.
Outcome: found
A young woman sustained a lower leg injury while walking on Blackstone Edge near Littleborough on Easter Saturday evening. She was treated at the scene and stretchered down by Oldham Mountain Rescue Team in a three-hour operation involving 18 personnel.
Outcome: casualty stretchered to ambulance for onward transport
A man from Birmingham, dressed inadequately in jeans and a t-shirt, became stranded on a steep and rocky gully on the west face of Tryfan while taking photographs. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue team deployed and successfully escorted him off the mountain on Monday, 23 March.
Outcome: rescued and escorted off mountain by Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue team
An experienced fell walker fell 600ft down Pillar mountain in the Lake District after slipping on ice near the summit. He was halted by snow debris just 20ft from a cliff edge and sustained a broken neck, head lacerations, and a chipped elbow bone. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team, the Coastguard, and the Great North Air Ambulance evacuated him by helicopter to hospital, where he underwent neck surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.
Outcome: airlifted to hospital by helicopter; expected full recovery after neck surgery