The BBC is reporting both on radio and on its websitethat a rescue operation is underway on StobBan - 3,750 feet - in the Mamores near Fort William after threeclimbers reportedly fell around 700 feet down the North Gully.The fall was witnessed

from a written description on a pamphlet. They were coming down having met someone higher up, who advised them they were some 20 minutes from the top. They were about to retrace their steps and said they were considering calling Mountain Rescue

and rescue us. When I was a teenager at Whitby, I got cut off by the tide on a crumbling shale sea-stack, and had to sit it out in the blazing sun while everyone else went into town for ice-cream! Now I live an easy walk from Morecambe Bay, I dread to think

hours laterwhen a man fell 30m on Sgurr Nan Eag. Over half the Skye MRT wereinvolved in the first callout, with a further 12 in poor visibilityinvolved in the second rescue. More details from the BBC.OM members are presently on Skye, with a further meet

the Prince as saying: “I did my first mountain rescue the other day. It was amazing after all the training to see it all work in practice. But it was someone with head injuries. Unfortunately, he didn’t survive.” Appropriately William is patron of Mountain

It's been a busy Easterfor Mountain Rescue Teamsin several parts of the country including the Peak District, where theEdale MRT was involved in two incidents involving fallen climbers andSnowdonia, where there were two incidents.New Treatment Used

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calling their behaviour 'disgraceful'.The pair had to be rescued after becoming stuck on the climb inforce eight gales with around 25 rescue workers plus two RNLIlifeboats involved in the operation.Remarkably, the Dorset Echo reports

Looks like good news for mountain rescue teams with the national media reporting that they may be able to effectively reclaim VAT on equipment purchases from April onwards.Mountain rescue in England and Wales is funded entirely by voluntary

Nepal was reportedlyabandoned by her own team after collapsing at about 8300 metres onthe mountain. Thankfully she was found by Canadian climber MeaganMcGrath who initiated a successful rescue with other climbers and ateam of British doctors on a medical