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A two-year-old cane corso mastiff named Loki went missing near Kinlochbervie in the Highlands on 7 July after running away during a camping trip. He was found seven days later by a passer-by on a cliff ledge and rescued by Assynt Mountain Rescue Team on 14 July, appearing uninjured despite surviving on rainwater.
Outcome: dog rescued uninjured from cliff ledge
Ochils Mountain Rescue Team responded to a call in the Tillicoultry area of Ochil Hills on Sunday afternoon. Volunteers attended to a hiker who had sustained a serious leg injury before safely carrying them off the hill for ambulance transfer.
Outcome: Transported to hospital
A mountain biker sustained a potentially broken ankle whilst pushing their bike through boggy terrain on the track below Melbreak in Loweswater. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team attended, provided pain relief and splinting, and carried the casualty half a mile to meet an ambulance at Kirkgate Farm.
Outcome: casualty carried to Land rovers and transferred to ambulance at Kirkgate Farm
Ogwen Valley mountain rescue team attended an incident on 12 July involving a party of four walkers who became stuck in the waterfall gully area on the north ridge of Tryfan after one member experienced a panic attack. The team located the group approximately 600 feet from the summit and assisted them back to the main path and down to the road. The team has noted an increase in similar panic attack incidents on Tryfan and has issued guidance to visitors about the mountain's navigation difficulties and exposure.
Outcome: group assisted off mountain
The team attended an incident in the Yelverton area on December 15th to assist with a search for a high-risk missing person. After four hours of searching across Clearbrook and Meavy up to Burrator Dam, the individual was not found during the initial search. The police continued their efforts overnight and located the person safely the following morning.
Outcome: Person located safe and well the following day.
A woman was lost in woods on the Isle of Arran and was successfully rescued by helicopter using thermal imaging technology. The rescue was covered in local press reporting.
Outcome: rescued by helicopter
A walker sustained a serious head injury after falling down a mountain in the Northwest Highlands. Rescue teams were able to reach the casualty despite low cloud cover and successfully prepared them for airlift.
Outcome: Transported to hospital after rescue efforts
A woman became lost whilst walking in woodland on the Isle of Arran on 6 July 2024. Police Scotland's Air Unit located her using thermal imaging and a helicopter landed in a nearby clearing. The woman was provided with first aid and conveyed to hospital; she was cold and tired but otherwise unharmed.
Outcome: located by police helicopter, conveyed to hospital, cold and tired but unharmed
A woman in her 20s injured her ankle while attempting to cross a swollen burn south of Quinag car park during a rock spotting trip in Sutherland. Assynt Mountain Rescue Team attended with eleven members, provided pain relief, and evacuated her by stretcher to an awaiting ambulance.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to ambulance
A hillwalker fell approximately 15 metres down a steep rocky section near the summit of Sgurr na Carnach, Five Sisters of Kintail on Saturday, 6 July 2024, sustaining a serious head injury. Mountain rescue teams from Glenelg and Kintail attended, and the casualty was airlifted to hospital by rescue helicopter after being stretchered down from the ridge.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital by rescue helicopter
Mountain rescue teams were called out on Saturday afternoon following an incident near the summit of the Five Sisters of Kintail. A hillwalker sustained a serious head injury after falling down a steep section of rock. Following initial efforts hampered by low cloud cover, rescuers successfully stabilized and airlifted the injured person to hospital.
Outcome: Hospitalised
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team responded to two separate incidents within six hours on 3 July 2024. The first involved an injured hillwalker above Ettrick Kirk who was evacuated by stretcher, whilst the second concerned a lost cyclist between Eddleston and Romanno Bridge who was located sheltering in a hut and assisted to safety by police and a local farmer.
Outcome: injured walker evacuated by stretcher; lost cyclist located and assisted to safety
A walker became disoriented after leaving the path on Hallin Fell whilst attempting to reach the summit. Patterdale MRT guided them back to the lakeshore through high bracken, and the walker was able to complete their journey independently.
Outcome: walked off uninjured
A mountain biker suffered a serious injury on a trail at Glentress in the Scottish Borders. Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue extracted the casualty by stretcher and they were airlifted by Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Outcome: evacuated by helicopter to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
A professor sustained serious injuries after falling approximately 100 feet down a scree gully while hiking in the Scottish Highlands. He was located and subsequently airlifted to safety by the Torridon Mountain Rescue team.
Outcome: Injured (Broken wrist, vertebrae, and ribs)
A person fell from Dean Rocks above Dovestone Reservoir on Sunday afternoon and was rescued by air ambulance with assistance from Oldham Mountain Rescue Team and neighbouring teams. The casualty was immobilised and winched by Coastguard helicopter to hospital. The team also responded to a separate medical incident above Greenfield Reservoir the same day.
Outcome: casualty winched by Coastguard helicopter and flown to hospital
A 14-year-old school pupil injured his leg during a guided activity at Afon Ddu gorge near Dolgarrog in Conwy. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue established a rope rescue system, provided first aid, and stretcher-evacuated the casualty from the gorge to a roadside handover.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to roadside handover
A hillwalker fell a significant distance while walking on Dumyat on 16 June 2024 and became stranded in a gully. Emergency services, mountain rescue, and a BASICS Scotland doctor worked together to extract the casualty using technical rope rescue systems before they were winched aboard a coastguard helicopter and flown to hospital.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital by coastguard helicopter
A walker slipped on wet rock along the Crummock Water lake shore path and hit their head. Unable to get up and having waited half an hour in the rain, the casualty was found by passing runners who called for help. The walker was assessed, warmed, and transported to West Cumberland Hospital for treatment.
Outcome: casualty transported to West Cumberland Hospital for treatment
Two separate mountain rescue incidents occurred in the Mournes on Saturday. A walker suffered a leg injury from a fall on Slieve Bearnagh Summit Tor and was airlifted by Irish Coast Guard helicopter, while another walker who became ill during descent from the Gap of Pollaphuca was rescued and transferred to hospital by UK Coast Guard helicopter.
Outcome: both casualties airlifted by helicopter and transferred for medical care
Brecon Mountain Rescue Team responded to two separate incidents on Pen y Fan within a week in June 2024. On 15 June, a missing walker was located by event organisers and safely escorted off the hill. On 22 June, a casualty with head and knee injuries was treated and transported to medical assistance.
Outcome: missing walker located and walked off safely; injured walker transported to medical assistance
Mourne Mountain Rescue Team responded to two separate incidents on the Mourne Mountains on Saturday. One casualty sustained a leg injury following a fall, while another person fell ill. Both were rescued during helicopter operations.
Outcome: both rescued by helicopter
A team was called out to assist a walker who had become cragfast on the steep slopes of Stuc a’chroin. With assistance from other teams and walkers, the casualty was guided down safely without injury.
Outcome: Safe and uninjured
A geology student in her 20s sustained a lower leg injury after slipping on steep ground near Loch Assynt during field work. Assynt Mountain Rescue Team attended and evacuated her by stretcher to the roadside for medical care.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to medical care