The Team’s 2022 incident attendance register records this callout as “Twisted knee Patterdale Hotel”. It was recorded as a limited callout. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.

On Saturday 21st May at 12.35hrs Cumbria Police contacted the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team regarding a report of a man in his twenties who had tripped and heard a loud crack in his ankle whilst on Rest Dodd in Martindale. The team mobilised onto the hill, making their way to the scene from Hayswater by vehicle and then walking to the casualty site with the necessary kit for the injury.

Due to the timescale of reaching the casualty the Duty Leader liaised with the Great North Air Ambulance, who were on station at their Langwathby base, to see what their availability was. They offered to fly to the scene and see if they could assist. Whilst team members were en route the Air Ambulance was able to land near to the casualty and then, treat him and then fly him down to Patterdale Base from where the man was able to go for further treatment at hospital.

18 team members attended the incident which took just over 2 hours – thanks again to GNAAS for their assistance.

The Team’s 2022 incident attendance register records this callout as “Leg Injury on Red Screes”. It was recorded as a limited callout. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.

At 12.45hrs Thursday 12th May Cumbria Police received reports that a male in his fifties had fallen 30ft from Striding Edge and sustained serious leg injuries . Patterdale Mountain rescue was called and the Team Leader initiated an immediate response.

Due to the location and seriousness of the injury, a Coastguard Rescue Helicopter was tasked with winching capabilities form Caernarfon, the Great North air Ambulance was also tasked with immediate medical care on board. Team members were deployed onto the fell and made their way onto Striding Edge and as they were approaching the Red Tarn area the Coastguard arrived was on scene and winched their paramedic down to the casualty site.

The aircraft landed at Red Tarn and flew four team members up onto the ridge with ropes and technical equipment to make the area safe. Due to the steep terrain and the location of the casualty a rope system was set up to haul the casualty back up onto the ridge where he was given medical treatment from the medical teams on scene.

Due to the nature of the injuries the casualty was stabilised and given pain relief before being winched onto the helicopter and flown to a major trauma hospital for further treatment. Team Leader Mike Ripon stated “this was a difficult and technical rescue due to the location and nature of the mans injuries, and our thanks go to the Coastguard and Helimed 58 for their quick response.”

On Tuesday 10th May at 11.45 hrs Cumbria police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to reports of four elderly walkers who were doing the coast to coast walk. The party had set off from Patterdale earlier in the day and as they got towards the Knott the weather deteriorated and started raining and low cloud.

One of the four slipped and fell , she was unhurt but felt that it wasn’t safe to carry on due to the conditions. The other lady in the party was also blown off her feet. They rang the Police for advice and the rescue team was called, the duty leader spoke to the walkers and pin-pointed their location with a phone-find.

A limited call out was initiated and 3 team members ascended from the valley bottom to meet up with the group. They were then escorted back to the rescue team Landrover and taken to Patterdale Base where they waited for a taxi to take them to their overnight stay at Shap. This was the second incident within 24 hours where the parties were doing the coast to coast.

Both parties were well equipped for the weather conditions but succumbed to deteriorating conditions on both rescues.

The Team’s 2022 incident attendance register records this callout as “Knee injury Red Tarn Basin”. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.

The Team’s 2022 incident attendance register records this callout as “Poss search/broken ankle. Dove crag”. No further public press-release wording survives in the archive.