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A search was underway for a 23-year-old walker from London reported missing on Ben Nevis. He was last seen around 10am on Monday and failed to return to his accommodation in Fort William. The search involved Lochaber and Glencoe Mountain Rescue Teams, the RAF, search and rescue dogs, and a Sea King helicopter.
A 43-year-old man missing from hills near Tyndrum was found deceased during a large-scale search operation involving multiple rescue teams. The body was recovered in the area of Ben Oss after he was reported missing on 21 March.
Outcome: body recovered
A group of three inexperienced walkers became stuck in winter conditions on Ptarmigan Ridge, Ben Lomond, during a seven-hour rescue operation. One casualty sustained a minor injury from a fall on ice, and the group was rescued by 22 volunteers from Lomond Mountain Rescue Team after being provided with microspikes and guidance down the mountain.
Outcome: all casualties rescued and brought to safety; one treated for minor injury
A walker died after falling approximately 1,000ft from the Ptarmigan ridge on Ben Lomond in winter conditions. He was airlifted from the scene by Royal Navy Sea King helicopter. The incident prompted Lomond Mountain Rescue Team to warn walkers about the continued winter hazards on Scottish mountain tops despite milder conditions at lower elevations.
Outcome: casualty fatality
Four walkers fell approximately 130 feet into Coire Eòghainn on Ben Nevis after straying from the tourist path during a blizzard descent. One casualty self-evacuated to Glen Nevis where he was picked up by a member of the public and taken to hospital; the other three were met by rescuers while walking down with non-serious injuries.
Outcome: one casualty taken to hospital, three walked down with non-serious injuries
A climber suffered head and neck injuries in a fall on the east face of Aonach Mòr on Saturday. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team and Nevis Range Ski Patrol attended, and the casualty was airlifted by RAF Sea King helicopter to Belford Hospital in Fort William, then transferred to Glasgow by Royal Navy helicopter.
Outcome: airlifted to hospital by RAF Sea King, transferred to Glasgow by Royal Navy Sea King
Two experienced climbers from Suffolk were caught in an avalanche on Coireag Dubh Mor in Torridon on Friday night. One climber was found walking out to seek help on Saturday afternoon, but the other was discovered deceased. Mountain rescue teams and coastguard helicopter assisted in the search despite severe weather conditions.
Outcome: one climber killed, one climber survived
A 75-year-old woman with dementia went missing from Drummond Grange Nursing Home in Lasswade on the evening of 29 January. An extensive overnight search involving police, Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue, police dog handlers and helicopters was launched. She was found safe and unharmed in the grounds of the nursing home at 11.15am on 30 January after approximately 14 hours.
Outcome: found safe and unharmed in nursing home grounds
A rescue dog named Rauour, working with Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team, located a critically injured woman trapped in tree roots during a blizzard near Innerleithen in January 2015. The unconscious casualty was suffering from advanced hypothermia and was airlifted to hospital by Royal Navy helicopter. The dog's detection skills proved instrumental in finding the casualty in thick forest conditions where a larger ground search team would have been less effective.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital by Royal Navy helicopter
Two climbers became cragfast on Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis's North Face on Saturday evening. After a night on the mountain, they were winched to safety by a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter the following morning in good condition.
Outcome: both climbers winched to safety uninjured
A Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Land Rover overturned on icy roads near Aber village while the team was searching for a missing hiker on Pen y Fan. All four occupants were uninjured and able to continue the search on foot. The missing walker was subsequently located safely.
Outcome: all four occupants uninjured; vehicle lost; missing walker found safely
Outcome: Search ongoing
A mountain biker failed to return from a ride in the Cheviots on 15 January 2015 in severe winter weather. Multiple mountain rescue teams and a RAF helicopter conducted an extensive overnight search in extreme conditions, which was scaled back at 11am on 16 January with no sightings reported.
Outcome: search suspended overnight pending further information
A 19-year-old Durham University law student disappeared after leaving a nightclub in Durham city centre on Wednesday night and was last seen on CCTV near Framwellgate Bridge heading towards the riverbank. Specialist search and rescue teams from Teesdale and Wearside were searching the River Wear, with police treating it as an active missing person investigation with growing concerns for his safety.
A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter was forced to make an unscheduled landing at the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team base after suffering a technical failure while assisting in a rescue operation on Ben Nevis. Two climbers were located safe and well in Observatory Gully by the rescue team with helicopter support, despite demanding weather conditions with winds gusting to 90mph.
Outcome: climbers located safe and well
A 62-year-old walker from the South of England died on Helvellyn after becoming missing on 8 January 2015. He was found on the mountain's headwall on 10 January, having apparently lain there for approximately four days, and was pronounced dead at the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team base. A large-scale search involving 62 mountain rescuers, multiple teams, search dogs, and a Royal Navy helicopter was coordinated across two days.
Outcome: body recovered and pronounced dead
Five people were caught in an avalanche on Ben Nevis caused by a cornice collapse in No. 4 gully. All involved managed to walk out with only one minor injury reported. The incident involved support from multiple mountain rescue teams and helicopter assistance.
Outcome: all walked out with one minor injury
A 47-year-old climber was caught in an avalanche in the Liathach area of Glen Torridon and sustained serious injuries. He was located by Torridon Mountain Rescue Team with support from Coastguard and RAF helicopters, and was airlifted to hospital.
Outcome: casualty airlifted to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries
Mountain rescue teams from the Border Search and Rescue Unit, Tweed Valley, and Northumberland responded overnight to assist dozens of motorists stranded by heavy snow at Carter Bar on the A68 between Scotland and England. Working with police, volunteers used specialist vehicles to help tow cars and lorries to passable sections of road so journeys could resume.
Outcome: vehicles towed to passable road sections, motorists assisted
A 25-year-old runner became separated from a group of six in the Lairig Ghru area of the Cairngorms whilst wearing only shorts, trainers and a running top. Found by Cairngorm Mountain Rescue after five hours in subzero conditions and heavy snow, he was suffering from hypothermia and close to losing consciousness. He was warmed and airlifted to safety by RAF helicopter Rescue 137.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by helicopter after being warmed by rescue team
A couple became lost and stranded on a steep escarpment above Craig y Cilau in the Brecon Beacons and were rescued by Longtown Mountain Rescue Team in darkness. They were uninjured but tired, hungry and thirsty, and were provided with food, drink and warmth before being guided to safety. The post also reports a separate incident on Table Mountain where a woman suffered a shoulder injury and was evacuated by stretcher.
Outcome: couple guided to safety uninjured; woman with shoulder injury evacuated by stretcher
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team responded to two incidents over the weekend. On Saturday, a woman slipped and injured her ankle at Pasture Bottom, Hartsop and was stretchered off the fell to hospital. On Sunday, a man fell and injured his knee on Stoney Cove Pike and was evacuated by stretcher with assistance from neighbouring teams.
Outcome: both casualties stretchered off and transported to hospital
A man in his 60s from Lincolnshire was rescued near the end of his multi-stage Pennine Way walk after an old knee injury recurred and worsened between Windy Gyle and Auchope Refuge Hut. Border Search and Rescue Unit members evacuated him by stretcher and Land Rover, completing the operation in less than two hours.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher and Land Rover
A father and teenage son were rescued after becoming lost in the Mourne Mountains during a camping trip. They went missing for 13 hours after poor weather conditions caught them by surprise on Monday, but made the correct decision to pitch their tent and wait for help. Both were found exhausted and suffering from mild hypothermia but were otherwise uninjured.
Outcome: both rescued, exhausted and mildly hypothermic