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A 25-year-old man fell into a frozen river at Devil's Pulpit in Finnich Glen, Stirlingshire, whilst walking. After hauling himself onto a rock, he texted his family and managed to alert emergency services before losing consciousness. He was rescued by Lomond Mountain Rescue Service and treated for hypothermia.
Outcome: rescued and treated for hypothermia by Scottish Ambulance Service
Two men were rescued from the Brecon Beacons after becoming lost in severe cold conditions with snow and ice on the hillside. Both were found uninjured and were able to walk off the mountain with support from rescuers before being given warm refreshments.
Outcome: both walked off the mountain uninjured with team support
A man with hypothermia was rescued from the summit of Corn Du in the Brecon Beacons after rescue teams were called on Sunday evening. Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team located him with assistance from a search dog and police drone. He was assessed medically and safely evacuated.
Outcome: casualty evacuated safely after medical assessment
A climber in his 60s suffered a suspected broken ankle when a boulder fell on his leg while ascending Dolmen Buttress on Glyder Fach in Snowdonia. He crawled for two hours on his hands and knees to the summit with assistance, then was stretchered down and evacuated by helicopter to hospital.
Outcome: evacuated by helicopter to Ysbyty Gwynedd Bangor for treatment
A female walker in her 50s fell on Quinag in Sutherland on Friday afternoon and sustained serious leg injuries to her ankle and knee. Assynt Mountain Rescue Team located the casualty and stretchered her downhill, where she was airlifted by helicopter to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness for treatment.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital by helicopter; fractured ankle and soft tissue damage diagnosed
A mountain rescue team responded to assist an injured dog walker. The casualty was successfully rescued and assisted by the team.
Outcome: casualty assisted by mountain rescue team
An injured dog walker slipped on a grass slope at Dowry Reservoir in Denshaw on 30 November, injuring his knee and becoming unable to walk. Oldham Mountain Rescue Team attended with fourteen members, assessed and treated the casualty, and carried him on a stretcher to the road for transfer to ambulance care.
Outcome: casualty treated on site and evacuated by stretcher to ambulance
The team was conducting a monthly search and rescue exercise in Exmoor National Park when they were called out by Avon and Somerset Police to assist with a high-risk missing person search near Chard. Thirty team members deployed alongside colleagues from Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue, along with assistance from Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England.
A walker departed from Pen-y-Pass hostel on Snowdon on Wednesday and was reported missing on Thursday morning. Mountain rescue teams and the coastguard helicopter located his body on Bristly Ridge, Glyder Fach, after he had fallen approximately 200 feet. The casualty was recovered and stretchered down the mountain.
Outcome: body recovered
Four walkers became disorientated in darkness near Threshwaite Mouth in Hartsop after not carrying torches. They were located by a group of scouts who escorted them to the valley floor, and mountain rescue volunteers assisted them back to their car at Kirkstone Pass. The incident prompted a safety reminder about winter darkness and the importance of proper equipment.
Outcome: located by scouts and escorted to safety, returned to car with mountain rescue assistance
Police and rescue teams searched the River Severn for Emily Bomken, a 39-year-old woman reported missing on 12 November 2022. Officers expressed concern for her welfare and appealed for public information to help locate her.
While responding to a callout on Exmoor National Park, the team was diverted to assist with a high-risk missing person search in the Somerset Levels. The missing individual was eventually located safe and well by the combined teams.
Outcome: Person found safe
The team was deployed with other agencies to assist an injured walker along the South West Coast Path. The ambulance crew were able to evacuate the casualty while the team was on scene.
Outcome: Evacuated
Two people were airlifted to hospital by Coastguard helicopter following a rescue on Pen Cerrig Calch near Crickhowell in challenging wet conditions. The operation involved Longtown Mountain Rescue Team alongside colleagues from Brecon and Central Brecon teams, as well as Dyfed-Powys Police and the Welsh Ambulance Service. Both casualties were taken to Newport Grange Hospital for further medical treatment.
Outcome: two people airlifted by Coastguard helicopter to Newport Grange Hospital
Three Royal Military Academy Sandhurst cadets were rescued from Pen Cerrig Calch in the Black Mountains after being exposed to unpredictable weather conditions during an exercise. The multi-agency rescue involved Longtown, Brecon and Central Brecon Mountain Rescue Teams, a Maritime and Coastguard Agency helicopter, police and ambulance services. Two casualties were airlifted to hospital and one transported by road.
Outcome: two airlifted to Grange University Hospital Cwmbran, one transported by road to Prince Charles Hospital Merthyr
A walker was injured at Daisy Nook and required rescue by the team.
Outcome: rescued
A woman suffered an ankle injury while on a dog walk at Daisy Nook and was rescued by the Oldham Mountain Rescue Team with assistance from the North West Ambulance Service. She received medical treatment and was evacuated by stretcher to an ambulance. The operation took approximately one hour and 45 minutes.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher
The team was called out by Avon and Somerset Police to assist with a search operation. The search concerned a high-risk missing person located in Street.
Assynt Mountain Rescue Team was called out to search for missing man David Bennett on the northern shores of Loch Assynt. The team worked alongside police, coastguard and fire service, deploying thermal imaging drone technology. The man was traced and located during the operation.
Outcome: person traced and located
A walker twisted his knee and became unable to walk after a fall just below the summit of Haystacks. Keswick and Cockermouth mountain rescue teams attended and carried the casualty down on a stretcher in a three-hour operation.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher
The team was called out by Avon and Somerset Police to assist with a search operation. The search concerned a high-risk missing person located in Yeovil.
A woman fell approximately 40 feet down an embankment into a gorge at Finnich Glen (Devil's Pulpit) in Stirlingshire on the morning of 17 October 2022. Despite the significant fall, she was left virtually uninjured but unable to exit the waterlogged terrain. She was extracted by mountain rescue volunteers using rope techniques and did not require hospital treatment.
Outcome: extracted by rope rescue, no hospital treatment required
A 24-year-old climber fell approximately 10 metres on Striding Edge in the Lake District and sustained back, pelvis and ankle injuries. Despite initial poor weather preventing air ambulance rescue, he was treated by Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team volunteers, placed in a full body splint and successfully winched to safety by coastguard helicopter during a break in the weather. Two companions were walked off the fell after becoming cold and mildly hypothermic.
Outcome: casualty hoisted to safety by coastguard helicopter and evacuated
Three young scouts fell approximately 30 metres on Slieve Binnian in the water slabs area whilst part of a large group undertaking a mountain pursuit challenge. One sustained potentially serious injuries and two others were injured during the fall or whilst attempting to help. All three were evacuated by mountain rescue and transferred to hospital.
Outcome: three casualties evacuated by stretcher and ambulance to hospital