While the team was assembling for the previous incident, they were called by the police to assist a fallen walker. The man from York, was descending Hellvellyn via Swirral Edge with a companion. The man slipped and fell ~200m into Brown Cove. The casualty and a passing walker who had come to the aid of…

On Monday evening 22nd December 14 members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team assisted Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team to search for a lone female fell walker who had become lost in the mist. The woman from Richmond in North Yorkshire, was located by the Patterdale Team at Link Hause. She had been descending from Fairfield…

On Thursday 7th August 2008 at 12.45 Patterdale Mountain rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to a 44 year old male from West Cumbria who had fallen from Striding Edge just prior to the final ascent to the summit of Helvellyn. He had fallen about 15 meters toward Red Tarn. The team was flown…

During the early afternoon of Friday 8th August 2008, members of the Patterdale and Penrith Mountain Rescue Teams were called by Cumbria Police to an incident on Swirral Edge, Helvellyn, Patterdale. A male aged 65 years from Leeds was suffering from a suspected angina attack. A Great North Air Ambulance also attended and uplifted team…

On Tuesday 19th August Patterdale mountain rescue team were called to rescue a man who was celebrating his 75th birthday on Helvellyn. The man from Nottingham slipped and injured his hip. He was unable to walk and passing walkers and family helped him to the summit shelter. An Air ambulance lifted the team and kit…

On Thursday afternoon Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were tasked by the police on behalf of the ambulance authority to assist a 24 year old male from Derby who had fallen from his bike sustaining head and facial injuries. The team made their way to the site by way of the team boat “The John Scott”…