On Tuesday 20th January the police called Patterdale Mountain Rescue to search for a group six of ambulance personnel who were attempting to walk the Kentmere Horseshoe. The group reported to their Yorkshire Ambulance Control that that they had become severely disorientated in worsening conditions and believed they were on the High Street ridge. Thinking…

Patterdale Mountain rescue team were on a winter training exercise, when they were called by police to assist a man that had fallen 50m from Striding Edge, Helvellyn. The man from Birkenhead was walking with a friend when he slipped and fell in the icy conditions down towards Red Tarn. Following the fall, the casualty…

On Sunday 24th August 2008 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called be Cumbria police to search for a missing 16 yr old from Wiltshire who had gone for an evening walk from a campsite in Glenridding and had become separated from his companions. As the search plan was being formulated and the team was assembling…

On Wednesday 27th August at 21.00 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police and asked to go to the assistance of a group of 7 D of E award students from Gloucestershire who had become lost and needed assistance. The caller had been able to give a very good description of their location…

On Monday 15th September at 14.00 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to assist a 68 yr old lady from Dartford, Kent who had slipped while walking with her family on Sheffield Pike, Glenridding and sustained an injury to her right knee. 11 members of the team attended the scene and after…

On Thursday 18th September 2008 at 13.13 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to assist a 17yr old youth from London who had collapsed on the fells above Hartsop near Patterdale while walking with an organised outdoor group. The team attended and also called the Cumbria Air Ambulance and Penrith Mountain Rescue…