In late summer last year, the team were called to assist with the rescue of an individual, Elliot Metcalfe, who had an incident with a quad bike in a remote location towards the top Westerdale. Elliot had severely damage his spine and required major surgery to pin it back together. He has made incredible progress in his rehabilitation, allowing him…

On Saturday, 5th July, a few of the Search & Rescue and Support members attended the Duncombe Park Steam and Vintage Rally at Helmsley. The Incident Control vehicle and a Land Rover vehicle were present along with the gazebo providing merchandise and information on the team's work. Thanks to those who came by the stand for a chat and hopefully…

5 members of the team attended a RRMT (Remote Rescue Medical Technician, aka Cas Carer) development day organised by Swaledale MRT. Representatives from 21 mountain rescue teams, approx 70 personnel, attended the event, held close to Leyburn. The day started with a "Show and Tell" session of what medical equipment is in a team vehicle. This was followed by a…

Earlier this week, members of the organising group for the Hutton Rudby Folk Festival were at the base to present a cheque donation of £2.5 K to the team. The festival, held at the end of May over 4 days is a free event with donations to a nominated charity. This year Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team was that charity. Thank…

It all kicked off by a newspaper article by reporter Peter Barron on Gari Finch in 4th June edition of  Northern Echo Wednesday page Gari Finch UPDATEDDownload It appears, from that article the BBC 5 Live team requested an interview with Gari. This took place, live on the Naga Munchetty show at approx. 1325.(2 hours 25 mins into show) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002cx0g…

On the 14th June 2025 Andy Pearson , an operational team member , will be taking part in the Montane Spine MRT Challenger Event. This is an unsupported event from Edale in the Peak District to Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales on the Pennine Way. A distance of 108 miles . The "Spine" is a tough endurance event and the…

Noah Elgie, who completed the Whalebones Walk 2025 and was the youngest participant at 10 years old, visited the Team Base to hand over his £135 sponsorship..The sponsorship was collected from friends, family and his teachers at St Benedicts Primary School, Redcar. At the end of the tour of the Base , Noah was presented with a goody bag of…

Thank you to the 120 competitors who took part in the Whalebones Walk on Sunday. Sorry the weather was not that kind with showers and a strong head wind. To date their efforts  have raised £1675 with more sponsorship to come in Unfortunately, one competitor slipped and sustained a lower leg injury . The team responded to the incident, providing…

As you will probably know, the team is a charity. All our members are volunteers and we rely on donations to fund our work.  Currently we have a number of individuals who are undertaking various activities  to raise donations for the team via Just Giving. These individuals are : Kathy Finkel  who is walking The Flowers of Suffolk  100 miles…

On Monday 21st April, a few members will be present at Redcar Races to collect donations to fund the activities of the team. This year, being our 60th year , one of the races has been donated in recognition of the service we provide to the community.. The race at 1430 has been named “Celebrating 60 Years of Cleveland Mountain…