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A nineteen-member Mourne Mountain Rescue Team responded to a police alert for a high-risk missing person in the Mournes on Thursday night. The operation lasted approximately two hours, after which the person was located and transferred to hospital for assessment.
Outcome: person located and transferred to hospital for assessment
Emergency services including lifeboats and a helicopter were deployed to the River Severn near Arlingham and Frampton-on-Severn in search of a missing person. Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA) land search teams and a lifeboat from SARA Sharpness were called to assist police coastguard in the search operation.
Two swimmers became trapped for three hours in a gorge at Finnich Glen near Killearn while canyoning through the Carnock Burn. They were unable to climb out of the 80-foot gorge and were rescued by Lomond Mountain Rescue Team with assistance from police and Scottish Fire and Rescue. The woman was suffering from mild hypothermia but both casualties were checked by paramedics and released.
Outcome: both rescued safely by mountain rescue; woman with mild hypothermia treated and released
A group of approximately 70 Army cadets from England, including 58 children aged 12 to 17, encountered treacherous weather on the Mourne Mountains in County Down. An emergency operation was launched involving coastguard, ambulance, helicopter and mountain rescue teams; 17 children were stretchered off the mountain with 16 cases of hypothermia and minor injuries including ankle injuries and cold-related conditions reported.
Outcome: 17 casualties stretchered off the mountain and treated; no serious or life-threatening injuries reported
A man fell approximately 230 feet from the PYG path on Snowdon and died as a result of his injuries. Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team attended the incident and recovered the body from the cliff face, with the operation taking four hours and 38 minutes.
Outcome: fatality
A male walker, thought to be in his 20s or 30s, fell approximately 30 metres to his death on Tryfan while attempting to descend a gully on Heather Terrace. He was discovered by a woman and her three teenage sons at around 16:00 BST. Mountain rescue believe he slipped while trying to find a route around rock steps that make the gully impassable.
Outcome: casualty died from injuries sustained in fall
A 73-strong group of Army cadets encountered difficulties during a training exercise in the Mourne Mountains in treacherous weather. Eight cadets were taken to hospital with ankle injuries and exposure-related conditions; 17 required stretcher evacuation. All were subsequently discharged and returned to their base camp.
Outcome: eight cadets hospitalised with ankle injuries and exposure; all discharged and returned to camp
Two men became stranded on Crib Goch ridge on Snowdon and were rescued by Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team volunteers using ropes. They were winched aboard a coastguard helicopter from St Athan and safely descended.
Outcome: rescued by helicopter and lowered safely
Two hikers were rescued from Slieve Bearnagh in the Mourne mountains after falls on steep rocky ground. One man suffered head and back injuries after falling near granite slabs, and a second was injured while attempting to assist. Both were airlifted to hospital by Coastguard helicopters.
Outcome: both casualties airlifted to hospital by Coastguard helicopters
A woman slipped and injured her ankle while attempting the Fisherfield Five Munros near Dundonnell on Friday afternoon. After crawling for several hours, the pair spent the night on the mountain; her partner walked five hours to raise the alarm on Saturday morning. The woman was airlifted by Coastguard helicopter to hospital for treatment, with support from Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team.
Outcome: airlifted by Coastguard helicopter to hospital for treatment
A climber died after falling on Tower Ridge, Ben Nevis on Saturday morning. The Coastguard rescue helicopter recovered the casualty from the difficult location and transferred them to an ambulance, but they had sustained fatal injuries.
Outcome: casualty recovered but died of injuries sustained in fall
Three climbers became cragfast on the Orion Face of Ben Nevis during poor weather conditions. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team successfully rescued them by lowering a rescuer from the summit, finding the group 200m below the top of the route and leading them back to safety.
Outcome: all three climbers brought to safety and led back to summit
A 73-year-old woman and her son became lost in cloud on the Glyderau in Snowdonia after weather deteriorated during their walk. Mountain rescuers from multiple teams spent nine hours locating them above Llyn y Cwm and safely escorting the exhausted mother down to the road at Nant Peris, with helicopter support standing by.
Outcome: both safely rescued and escorted off mountain
A Malamute dog named Storm suffered skinned paws on rough terrain while walking the Pyg Track on Snowdon and was carried off the mountain by Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team volunteers. A vet accompanying the rescue party provided pain relief and dressed the wounds before the dog was transported to Pen y Pass. The operation lasted approximately three hours.
Outcome: dog carried off mountain, treated by vet, transported to Pen y Pass
Four teenage scouts from 1st Tandragee Scout Group came across an injured walker on the Bloody Bridge track in the Mourne Mountains on Saturday morning. They provided first aid using their scarves and a rucksack, then descended to find mobile reception and called mountain rescue. The casualty was treated and evacuated by stretcher to hospital.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to hospital
A woman from Lochgilphead who was reported missing was found deceased in Oban. The incident resulted in a fatality.
Outcome: body recovered
Four Scouts discovered an injured walker with a lower leg injury near Bloody Bridge in the Mournes in June. Unable to contact rescue services by phone or radio, they provided first aid using their neck scarves and fashioned a stretcher from their equipment to carry him down the mountain to a point where they could summon help from Mourne Mountain Rescue Team. The boys were subsequently awarded special recognition for their quick thinking and selfless actions.
Outcome: casualty assisted down mountain by Scouts, evacuated by Mourne Mountain Rescue Team
A 77-year-old man from Machrie on Arran went missing on an evening walk on Tuesday 30 May, last seen near the village golf course at 18:10. Despite an extensive search involving police, Arran Mountain Rescue, RAF, RNLI and coastguard, he remained missing several days later. The man is vulnerable, requires daily medication, and has poor mobility.
An injured walker with a serious lower leg injury was rescued from the foot of Bennan Head cliffs on the Kildonan Coast. The Arran RNLI lifeboat crew located the casualty and worked with Arran Mountain Rescue Team and Coastguard to facilitate evacuation by Rescue Helicopter 999 to Crosshouse Hospital.
Outcome: casualty winched to safety by Rescue Helicopter 999 and transferred to Crosshouse Hospital for medical treatment
A 13-year-old was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after falling approximately 40 feet in a quarry near Cefn Coed, Merthyr. The incident occurred on a Sunday afternoon while the teenager was playing with friends. Three mountain rescue teams, the coastguard helicopter and air ambulance were involved in the two-hour rescue operation.
Outcome: airlifted to University Hospital of Wales with serious injuries
A walker in his late 50s died after slipping and falling down the south gully on Tryfan in Snowdonia while descending with his daughter. A nearby rock climber provided immediate first aid and alerted emergency services, but the man was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. The post also reports a separate incident the previous day involving a walker with a foot injury who was successfully rescued and evacuated by helicopter.
Outcome: casualty died
A woman in her 20s became unable to climb back out of Devil's Pulpit gorge in Finnich Glen after descending a steep slope on Wednesday evening. Lomond Mountain Rescue Team attended and safely extracted her using ropes and pulleys within the hour. The casualty was uninjured.
Outcome: lifted out by rope and pulley system, uninjured
A walker fell approximately 50 metres at the water slabs in Annalong Valley in the Mourne Mountains on Monday afternoon. He sustained serious injuries to his head, neck and chest and was airlifted by Dublin Coastguard helicopter to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. The rescue operation, involving 18 Mourne Mountain Rescue Team volunteers and ambulance service personnel, took approximately 4½ hours.
Outcome: casualty airlifted by helicopter to Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast
A man fell approximately 30–50 metres down the water slabs near Slieve Binnian in the Mourne mountains on 28 April 2017. He sustained multiple injuries including head, neck and chest injuries. He was treated by Mourne Mountain Rescue and airlifted by helicopter to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital in serious condition.
Outcome: airlifted to Belfast Royal Victoria Hospital in serious condition