Police in Scotland are urging hill-goers to make sure they are prepared for all eventualities, after a recent series of mountain rescue incidents in the Highlands. A torch and spare batteries are essential for walkers and climbers heading into the […]
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A walker was stretchered from a Lake District fell after a medical emergency. Rescuers said the man developed what they described as a sudden and potentially serious medical condition while ascending Walla Crag with another man. Rescuers stretcher the walker
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Ochils Mountain Rescue based in Allo Central Scotland got a call in the early hours of an injured casualty in the Myretoun area. Members of the mountain rescue team worked along a rescue helicopter from the Maritime and Coastguard agency
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Buxton Mountain rescue was called out yesterday to reports of a couple who had found themselves off-path and on quite steep and slippery ground. However as the team arrived the couple had managed to find a safe way thanks to
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On Wednesday 12th October a kayaker was dramatically winched to safety in challenging white water conditions. The HM Coastguard helicopter from Inverness set off after Aberdeen Coastguard received a report around 6pm saying that a man was in difficulty and
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On Saturday Northumberland Mountain Rescue was called out to reports of a woman who had injured herself where bouldering. Six members who had been attending the World Extreme Medicine Course in Wooler was called out. I guess practical is sometimes
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From the most haunted castle in Britain to Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top House, there’s so much to visit in the Lake District Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park(Image: PA) While some families will be jetting off abroad this half-term thanks to
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Dartmoor mountain rescue was called out on Sunday to reports a woman had fallen on boggy ground. The team arrived within 20 mins to find the woman suffering from a painful arm injury after falling. The woman was found
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If it’s not raining it’s not training was the mentality of the Holme Valley Mountain Rescue as the latest teams members were put through their Winter Casualty Care Exam. The exercise took place on Pule Hill above Marsden in West
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Buxton Mountain Rescue was called out on Saturday to helped a walker who had slipped and needed medical attention. The walker who was out in the Goyt’s Clough area of the Dark Peaks slipped on Saturday an injured their leg.
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