Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were today called to extract a 79 year old man who had fallen into the water at Aira Force. The casualty was cold and holding on to a crack in the vertical rock on the side of the gorge. The rescue was particularly difficult due to the casualty’s location, immediately above…

On Saturday 14th November 14 members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team together with two SARDA search dogs responded to a call from the Police to search the area of Red Tarn after a report from a military group of shouts in the area. These shouts sounded as though people were in a danger and needed…

On Sunday 15th November Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to evacuate a D of E student who had slipped and badly gashed his knee on a rock. The boy was with a 6th form college taking part in an expedition with their leader. A local farmer from Dale Head transported the Team Doctor and…

At midday on Thursday 19th November, following heavy overnight rain, : the Team was put on standby by the Police to assist with the Cumbria flood response. In anticipation of access roads to the Team base becoming impassable due to the rising lake flooding the roads the Team took the precaution of moving two landrovers,…

Heavy rain continued throught the day on Thursday 19th and winds rising to gale force made conditions very difficult. Later in the daythe Team was called to assist with the rescue of a mother, son and their dog trapped in floodwater in a vehicle on the lake road near Watermillock. This was a joint operation…

Again on Thursday 19th the Team was tasked to rescue two people, one with a medical condition, who were stranded in their flooded house in Pooley Bridge. Swift water trained personnel accessed the property and transported the occupants to safety with the aid of a local tractor.

On Friday 20th the Team joined the RNLI, the Fire & Rescue Service and Penrith mountain rescue team to assist with house checking and evacuation at Eamont Bridge where the river had burst its banks and a number of properties were flooded. The Team was tasked with checking all flooded properties to record which were…

Having completed the task at Eamont Bridge, together with Penrith Fire and Rescue, Patterdale Mountain Rescue team was tasked to check all the river side properties between Eamont Bridge and Pooley Bridge. A number of properties were to be flood damaged but occupants had either evacuated earlier of were found to be safe and well…

On Saturday 3rd October, sixteen members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team rescued two walkers from the Grisedale Tarn area. Weather conditions were poor, in accordance with the severe weather warning which had been issued for the Cumbrian Fells for Saturday forecasting gale force winds and rain. The first casualty, a woman from Lincoln, was suffering…

A call was receieved to assist two off road drivers on the Old Coach Road Their vehicle had become bogged in deep mud. One of our landrovers was despatched to them with a couple of team members and was able to pull the vehicle back onto the track. The off roaders from Coniston were grateful…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called today to attend a woman who had fallen off Striding Edge, Helvellyn. Initial information provided by the Police indicated the woman had fallen 20 to 30 feet, was now sat in a precarious location and had sustained an injury to her head. Given the nature of her injuries, the…