teams recently went to the aid of a dog that had found itself stuck on a crag during a hike – and then helped to re-open a road after a fallen tree had blocked it. The double incident took place in a popular hiking area in the UK and started when a man went for a hike on a hill route of some 10 miles on Monday. He followed the Coledale Horseshoe route in the English using his but while descending steep ground his Border Collie became stuck on a ledge.
Unable to safely climb back up to the dog the man was forced to call emergency services and the mountain rescue team from the local town of Keswick was scrambled. Members of described conditions as “blustery” as they went to the animal’s aid using ropes and a purpose-made dog rescue bag. The man was said to be cold but otherwise fine.
It was as the team, with the hiker and his dog, tried to make their way back along a road near to hills that they faced a second emergency. The foot of Whinlatter Pass, which is a notoriously steep road linking two settlements, had been shut due to a fallen tree. The blocked road meant a very long detour home, so the team members spent more of their volunteer hours moving the large limb from the road.
A spokesperson for Keswick MRT said: “Our urgent call of dinner gave strength for team members to pull the offending limb aside." . But things do not always go to plan as is sometimes the case when or need to be rescued.
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