On Saturday 31st of January at 16.49 Patterdale Mountain rescue Team were called to a 18 year old male from North Lincolnshire who had been taken ill with severe abdominal pains on Gowbarrow Fell, Ullswater. The casualty was in a group of 11at a planned overnight camp. Due to the difficult evacuation route and on…

On Thursday 5th February at 13.28 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to a 72 Yr old lady from Clitheroe, who whilst walking at Aira Force, Ullswater had slipped on ice and injured her ankle. The lady was treated at the scene by North West Ambulance personnel and Rescue team members. She was then transported…

The first call was to a climber who had fallen while on his way up to the summit of Helvellyn. The 28 year old man from Lancashire was walking with his partner and two dogs when he fell from Swirral Edge into Brown Cove, resulting in a serious fracture dislocation to his right ankle. Eleven…

While the team were assembling for this first incident they were called by the Police to a report that a climber had fallen in Deepdale. Four members of the rescue team were diverted from the first incident to attend this second one and were again flown close to the incident by the air ambulance. On…

Patterdale Mountain rescue team were today called to assist a climber who had fallen 400ft near Helvellyn. The 55 year old climber had just finished climbing a gully in Nethermost Cove when he slipped and fell. Following the fall, the climber was able to ascend to a safe position near the top of the gulley…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out today to search for two walkers from Southport who were more than 4 hours overdue. The pair had split up from the rest of their party mid afternoon agreeing to meet up later in the day. However, when they failed to turn up at the agreed rendezvous the…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the police today at 15.45 to assist a man who had fallen 400ft while descending from Helvellyn, one of the Lake District’s highest fells. The 52 year old man from Solihull and his partner were descending from the summit down Swirral Edge when he slipped from the steep…

At 13:06 on Sunday 8th March 2009 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to the assistance of two walkers from Ormskirk who had become stuck on the snowfield on the final ascent from Striding Edge to the summit of Helvellyn. One of the two had made his way to safer ground leaving…