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missing person, injured biker, fall from height Southern Uplands
Whitburn, Heartlands (West Lothian), Glentress Forest, Blackford Hill (Edinburgh)
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue assisted in three separate incidents over two days in October 2023. These included locating an missing 82-year-old man near Whitburn after 60 hours outdoors, evacuating an injured mountain biker from Glentress Forest, and rescuing a teenager who had fallen from height on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh.
Outcome: missing man found alive, mountain biker evacuated by stretcher to Royal Edinburgh Hospital, teenager rescued by multi-agency response
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