Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Friday 30/07/2021 at around 1400hrs with regard to a woman with an ankle injury at Aira Force. 11 team members turned out and quickly located the woman who had slipped and suffered a suspected broken ankle.

The casualty was treated at the scene by the team doctor and paramedic. After the ankle had been stabilised the casualty was evacuated to the Park Brow car park. The casualty then made her own way to hospital for treatment. The rescue lasted 2.5 hrs.

On Sunday 25/07/21 at around 13:30hrs, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out to an injured paraglider who had crashed just below Wolf Crags. At the time of the call the team were at Aira Force finishing a separate mountain rescue incident.

A team of 5 members in a team Landrover quickly responded and also requested an air ambulance due to the nature of the initial report. The team arrived at the scene around the same time as the Great North Air Ambulance. The casualty was a paragliding student under tuition and had landed badly whilst coming down. The casualty was treated at the scene for an ankle injury.

He was then transferred to the air ambulance for onward travel to hospital. The incident was attended by 10 team members. The team would like to thank the Great North Air Ambulance for their quick joint response.

The Team’s 2021 incident attendance register records this callout as “Leg injury at Aira Force”. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.