A group of us who work together at Barclays are climbing Snowdon to raise money for Mountain Rescue England & Wales!

Mountain rescue team members are on call, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to recover climbers from precipitous crags, reunite lost walkers with their pals and ensure injured and sick casualties are safely delivered into vital hospital care.

But they also regularly help search for missing children and vulnerable adults, on and off the hills, whilst administering sympathetic support to their families. They search river banks and swift water, and wade chest-deep through flooded urban streets aiding swimmers, kayakers and devastated homeowners.

And, between them, they rescue a frankly stunning number of dogs, cows, sheep and any number of other animals, from all manner of inaccessible places.

All this whilst continuing to practice and hone their first aid skills, technical ropework, water rescue and search management, and maintaining their bases, equipment and vehicles – not to mention taking time to maintain their own fitness. Oh, and did we mention they’re all volunteers?

Mountain rescue. So much more than mountains.

Anna has worked with this organisation before and experienced first-hand just how remarkable a rescue operation can be (thankfully it was a practice exercise and not a real rescue!) and if you want to hear more she's more than happy to talk for hours about the great work they do and the science behind their rescue operations!

Holly Lemmon, Anna Stanley, Donna Hill, Charlotte Tomlins, Jay Nana, Matt Perry, Bally Dhaliwal, Dane Whittleston, Sam Gray, Andy Lavender, Atisaa Vasanji