Oban Mountain Rescue Team

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Oban Mountain Rescue Team provides search and rescue cover for an area covering the northwest of Argyll from Bridge of Orchy to Campbeltown and the islands including Mull and Jura. Our team consists of 37 active members all of who are unpaid volunteers dedicating their time to helping people in need, responding to between 15 and 20 call-outs a year. All our members are experienced mountaineers with vast amounts of local knowledge. Every member is also an emergency first aider. If you feel you can help the team in any way or would like further information, please contact us

Donations

It currently costs around £25,000 per year to run Oban MRT If you would like to send a donation to our team you can do so online via the Charity Choice button below.

For more information on Team funding please vist our Funding Section

Callout 4th Feb 2010

Callout Information
Written by gordonb
Monday, 08 February 2010 13:52
Team were called out at 17:50 to search for a Farmer who went missing while gathering sheep in the Kilmelford area. Extensive search of local hills involving Oban MRT, Arrochar MRT, SARDA, Strathcyde Fire and Rescue (Kilmelford volunteer unit), Helicopter Rescue 137 from RAF Lossiemouth and around 20-30 local volunteers. Missing Person was located by local volunteers at around 2am in a remote forest area and evacuated to hospital by ambulance. He was later released from hospital without being admitted.

The Big Freeze

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Written by gordonb
Monday, 18 January 2010 12:48
Some Team members have been making the most of the recent big freeze by climbing several low level waterfalls, including Steall Falls in Glen Nevis, Lumberjacks Falls in the Pass of Brander and Eas Anie above the gold mine near Tyndrum. Other members have also been in action on Beinn Udlaidh and also on Beinn Fhionnlaidh. Some pictures are included below.
Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2010 13:48

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