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several people climbing up the side of a snow covered mountain with backpacks and skis

March 13th, Mount Hood, Two Climbers, one 50 the other 34 fell about 200 feet in the Leuthold Couloir area of the mountain shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday and were seriously injured. One climber called 911 & used his garmin to pinpoint their location. Initial Rescue efforts failed because of winds over 50mph on the mountain during the night. 4 teams of 32 were able to save one of the climbers, the other was deceased on the mountain. PJs were involved in the rescue, TOML. Have a great weekend.

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a man climbing up the side of a mountain in red jacket and black pants with harness on

As an avid hiker, you don’t often think about what could happen if you’re in danger and who would come get you? 🚨 Mountain Rescue is a completely voluntary emergency service. They receive no government funding, no member is paid and every bit of resource they require has to be fundraised through charitable donations. ⛰️ In 2023, UK Mountain rescue teams had an average of 100 call outs a year per team. As volunteers, the @uknewsar team attend emergency call outs - all while doing their full…

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a man in a life jacket and helmet is wading through flood waters with his back to the camera

Huge swathes of the North of England, including parts of Manchester and Leeds and their satellite towns, were under up to 6ft of water after a month's rain fell in a single day.

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Atop one of the world's most dangerous mountains, former special forces soldier Nirmal Purja MBE was just days in to his world-record attempt to climb all 14 peaks of the Himalayas in seven months when he learned that a fellow climber was missing.

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a group of people in red jackets standing on a trail surrounded by tall grass and trees

As an avid hiker, you don’t often think about what could happen if you’re in danger and who would come get you? 🚨 Mountain Rescue is a completely voluntary emergency service. They receive no government funding, no member is paid and every bit of resource they require has to be fundraised through charitable donations. ⛰️ In 2023, UK Mountain rescue teams had an average of 100 call outs a year per team. As volunteers, the @uknewsar team attend emergency call outs - all while doing their full…

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a man in red jacket and safety gear standing next to an adult on a zip line

As an avid hiker, you don’t often think about what could happen if you’re in danger and who would come get you? 🚨 Mountain Rescue is a completely voluntary emergency service. They receive no government funding, no member is paid and every bit of resource they require has to be fundraised through charitable donations. ⛰️ In 2023, UK Mountain rescue teams had an average of 100 call outs a year per team. As volunteers, the @uknewsar team attend emergency call outs - all while doing their full…

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two men in red jackets are walking through the woods

One day you might need Mountain Rescue ⛰️🆘 We take emergency services for granted in the UK but did you know that Mountain Rescue is completely voluntary. The team DON’T receive any payment from the government, NO FUNDING for any of their equipment and is completely self funded through charitable events. Nature can be wildly unpredictable, no matter if you’re a complete novice to the outdoors or a mountain leader - there may come a time when you need to call upon mountain rescue. Teams…

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people climbing up the side of a mountain with their hands in the air and one person on the ground

PLEASE DONATE TO OUR FUNDRAISER 🚨 When we aren’t in the workshop we are often out in the fells, rescuing people, as volunteers on Kendal Mountain Rescue Team 🗻 As keen climbers and mountaineers we’ve always appreciated that mountain rescue exists and wanted to use our skills to help. We’ve been volunteering on mountain rescue for three years, spending lots of our spare time training on topics such as medical, rope work and searches 🤓 We also fundraise, and next week we are walking 40…

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