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Medical Emergency/Rescue Southern Uplands

Cheviot Hills (between Mozie Law and Windy Gyle)

Saturday, 17 January 2026

Outcome: The runner was safely transported to the Border Hotel at Kirk Yetholm after a six-hour rescue effort.

Teams involved

Border SAR Unit — team website ↗
Dundonnell MRT — team website ↗

Sources

Mountain rescue teams save stricken Montane Spine Race runner in Northumberland news · chroniclelive.co.uk
Family’s gratitude after injured forestry worker rescued near Cannich - Ross-shire Journal news · ross-shirejournal.co.uk

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