Harriers Raise over £2,500 for Mountain Rescue

31st July 2024

The highlight of July 2024 was at one of the Club’s track training session, where Rochdale Harriers & A.C. presented representatives of Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team with a cheque for £2,582.50. The money was raised by 42 members of the Club’s running the Pennine Way (268 miles / 37,000 ft ascent) as a continuous relay, as described in more detail on our website and in Ultrarunner Magazine. We also have a picture gallery of the event. We wish to thank all of our friends and sponsors for their generous sponsorship and support.

Pete and Peter from the Mountain Rescue Team thanked all participants and explained the difference the money can make, the additional, potentially lifesaving, equipment it allows them to buy and the further service they can provide to those in need.

It must be remembered that all members of the Mountain Rescue’s in the UK are volunteers, funded entirely by donations from the public. It is due to the generosity of their employers in most cases, who allow them to leave their job immediately, when the call for help comes in and of course their understanding families, that they are able to be members of the Mountain Rescues and go on to help so many people.

For our next challenge we plan to run the width of England as a relay (about 190 miles), using the classic Wainwright Coast-to-Coast route.