At  13:29 on Monday 31st March Patterdale MRT were contacted by North West Ambulance Service with a report of an 76 year old man who had tumbled about 8 meters from the Ullswater lake shore path. Eleven Patterdale MRT responded, launching the Team's rescue boat and making their way to the scene beneath Hallin Fell.  The casualty was assessed by one of the Team's Doctors and Great North Air Ambulance personnel who had made their way on foot from Howtown.  He was packaged in a full body splint and then stretchered onto the waiting boat.  The casualty was transported across the Lake to Outward Bound Ullswater to be transferred to a land ambulance and taken to Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.
The Team would like to thank the Outward Bound Trust for use of its landing stage and the Ullswater Steamers for facilitating access to the Team boat and transporting a Team member.
The incident lasted 3.5 hours and involved 11 team members.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called at 09:42 on Friday 21st March by Cumbria Police who had received a report of a man entering the water to swim at Falling Rocks on Ullswater, but had not been seen to resurface.  The Team launched its rigid inflatable boat and joined colleagues from the Northwest Ambulance Service, the Fire Service, a Coastguard helicopter, the Great North Air Ambulance and landbased Coastguard personnel in searching the foreshore and lake as far as possible from the surface.  The man's companions were taken back to the Team Rescue Centre and supported by the Police.   After several hours nothing had been found and the rescue was scaled back.  The Team RIB stayed at the scene and conducted a sonar search of the area, identifying possible targets for the Police Dive Team, who arrived at about 13:00.
The Team's thoughts are with the friends and family of the man involved.
The incident lasted 3.5 hours and involved 16 Team members.