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Mountain Rescue team members were awoken early this morning in South Wales by the sound of their pagers at 07.15am with Dyfed Powys Police requesting support for a search for a missing male in Newcastle Emlyn, who had last been seen Saturday evening.

After a quick search and rescue a few weeks ago, we have received this letter from our 'casualty'...we thought we'd share it with you...

The Mountain and Cave Rescue Awareness Day is Monday, 2nd May. Based at Go Outdoors, Newport Road, Cardiff and Afan Argoed Country Park near Port Talbot, this is an opportunity to meet the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue team to find out how we work, whether we are rescuing an injured climber or walker, providing support to the emergency services in severe weather conditions or finding lost persons in an urban area.

A promotional film created for Mountain Rescue England & Wales and was made available to all teams in 2010 to highlight the extensive work carried out by volunteers of Mountain Rescue.

Each January a lucky few are invited to start training with the team. This year saw 17 new recruits begin the two year journey to become a fully operational member of Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team.

What are the implications of snow for Mountain Rescue teams? This Friday (26/11/2010) saw a light aircraft crash near Pen Y Fan, a RAF Sea King Rescue Helicopter land on the A470, extreme winter conditions, a 5 hour rescue of an injured walker and one rescuer sustaining head injuries!

There was no bank holiday R&R for team members this weekend as Central Beacons MRT was called out on 4 occasions bringing the total number of callouts this year to 70.

Run the Cardiff half marathon for mountain rescue and get a free T-shirt!

This could be your way of supporting your friendly local mountain rescue team by doing fundraising for a life-saving cause.

Sign up with Team CBMRT and receive a comprehensive support package including training advice, fundraising tips and T-shirt.

In October 2010 a team of civilian amputees will embark on the challenge of a lifetime to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro.

CBMRT provided them with vehicle cover for a days training in the Brecon Beacons in conditions described as 'weather to make the ducks stay home'!

CBMRT wish Limb Power all the best for their expedition. More information on Limb Power can be found at http://www.limbpower.com/.

Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team provided safety cover for the 2010 Great Escape Challenge run by Marie Curie Cancer Care on Saturday 22nd May.