Morven and Alessia visited us recently to present us with a cheque for £2000 that they raised following their WHW challenge.

We helped rescue Morven, Alessia and her aunt last year when they become disoriented in bad weather on Beinn Achaladair.
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Callout yesterday evening to a hillwalker with a lower leg injury on Beinn Sgulaird in Glen Creran.
Coastguard Helicopter R199 picked up Casualty and dropped them back to the roadside. Thankfully injuries only minor. Oban Police Scottish MR

Team called out last night to assist an injured Mountain Biker in Barcaldine forest.
Casualty was assessed by our Medics, packaged and stretchered a short distance to a waiting Ambulance.
We wish the Casualty a speedy recovery. Scottish MR Oban Police

Team members, along with assistance from Police Scotland West MRT and Arrochar MRT lowered the casualty by stretcher back to the track at the back of Cruachan Dam.

Our thoughts and condolences are with the casualties family and friends at this time. 3/3
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HM coastguard helicopter Rescue 151 attempted to reach the casualty site but low cloud prevented this. Team members ascended the hill on foot and reached the casualty who sadly had not survived the fall, having fallen over 150m over very steep wintery broken ground. 2/3

Oban Mountain Rescue Team were called out at 12:30pm on Tuesday 7th February to reports of a hillwalker who had fallen from near the summit of Ben Cruachan. 1/3

The team were called out yesterday afternoon to assist Scottish Ambulance Sevice with a casualty with a lower leg injury on Ben Lora.

Volunteering to save lives - any hour, any day, any weather.

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Scottish Ambulance
Oban Police

#WorldMentalHealthDay2022

Spending time in nature is a great way to benefit both our mental and physical wellbeing. Today, more than ever we encourage you to get outdoors & enjoy nature, even if it’s just for a few minutes.

For more information about today, visit Mental Health Foundation

Callout late afternoon for a missing walker in forest south of Dalavich on Loch Awe side.
Located safe and well with help from @polscotair helicopter and assisted back to roadside.

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Oban Police

Helicopter familiarisation training today at Oban Airport along with Oban Coastguard Rescue Team. Big thanks to Coastguard 199 from Prestwick for coming up after a last minute tasking to Mull of Kintrye.

Bristow Group
Oban Airport
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Team responded to a casualty high on Ben Cruachan last night with multiple fractures following a fall. Team located casualty and packaged and stretched them below the cloud level and winched onboard Coastguard helicopter Rescue 199 just as light was failing.

Please have a read of our article
on how women have helped shape our Rescue Teams
in the latest edition of the Scottish Mountaineer.

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Today the Team were providing First Aid and hill race safety cover for the Appin Show. One of our Team members even won awards for her honey and Rich our Team Leader adopted a rescue llama.

This proved very valuable training for the team and it was good to use our skills to assist keep our Town tidy. The amount of litter was astounding and I think we will be back to assist again in the future.
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Bit of a different training session for the Team last night. We were assisting the Keep Oban Beautiful group facebook.com/groups/7250265… clearing litter from Jacks ladder in town.
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Team just back in from a Callout in the Bridge of Orchy area. 3 persons lost in mist around the summit of Beinn Achallader. HM Coastguard Bristow Group #Rescue151 located missing persons as cloud lifted and returned them back to the farm. All well just very cold and wet.

Big shout out to Kerries Tyre Service in Oban for sorting out our puncture on our Sprinter control vehicle after Fridays Callout. Thank You!

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Team training today on Beinn Sgulaird. First aid casualty packaging and extraction techniques were realistically tested through a series of scenarios. Many thanks to Glen Creran Estate for giving us access to their hill tracks.

Callout this afternoon. Female hillwalker slipped while descending Beinn a’ Chochuill and sustained a lower leg injury. Casualty packaged and lowered to the vehicles and transported to the road for onward transport to hospital. We wish the casualty a speedy recovery. Scottish MR