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…

Anyone interested in doing the Lyke Wake Walk this summer and supporting Cleveland Mountain Rescue team, then Kathy Finkel is planning to lead a walk on Saturday 23rd August. Kathy is a mountain leader and the recommended guide for the Lyke Wake Walk from the Lyke Wake Walk Club. All proceeds raised will go to the team. There will be…

Kathy Finkel, a local mountain leader and a guide for the Lyke Wake Walk is doing the Long Distance Walkers Association flagship event in late May ,The Flower of Suffolk Hundred. 100 miles in 48 hours. Those who know Kathy, know how passionate she is about walking and the LDWA. For this event, Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team is her nominated…

Five members of Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team travelled to Pinkston Watersports in Glasgow at the weekend to participate in the NESRA (North East Search and Rescue Association) run Vehicle in Water training and qualification. Members worked through a series of workshops and scenarios, in a variety of water depths and speeds, to highlight the hazards associated when working with vehicles…

Meet our new Support Team members, Tracy, Mike, Mary, Lorna, Paul & Chris (not pictured).  They joined as prospective Support Team members a year ago and have successfully completed prospective and probationary periods to become full members. During this period they were involved in various training sessions (equipment familiarisation, Basic Life Support & driving of team vehicles) along with various…