Ankle Injury
On Sunday 14th July just before Midday the Team were called by North West Ambulance Service to a Male who had slipped in Aira Force on the path and received an injury to his ankle. The Team were mobilised and a Landrover responded to the incident , on arrival the Male could not be found…
Read MoreLower leg Injury Gowbarrow Fell
At 14:24 Saturday 6th July The team received a message from North West Ambulance Service about a person with a lower leg injury, who had been making their way down off Gowbarrow fell and had slipped on the loose gravel on the path and had heard a cracking noise around their ankle. A message was…
Read MoreMale with Chest Pains
On Friday 5th July at 22:13hrs the Team were alerted by Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue to a report of a Male who was in the Angle Tarn area who had Chest Pains. The location was thought to be in the Langdale area at first and quickly passed to ourselves to deal when they realised…
Read MoreFog bound on Helvellyn
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called at about 19:10 on Monday the 1st July by Cumbria Police after two university students reported themselves stuck in fog on the summit of Helvellyn. The duty leader attempted to persuade the couple to walk off. When they refused, two team members were deployed to climb the mountain and…
Read MoreSearch for 14 year old missing from Kirkstone Pass
At 18:16 we were alerted by Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue team via Cumbria Police for our 5th call out in 2 days, this time it was to assist in the search for a young person who was missing form the Kirkstone Pass Area, a few unconfirmed sightings of him had been reported down the valley.…
Read MoreLost on Hallin Fell in high bracken
On Sunday at just after 11 am while the team were on training in the Ullswater Valley we received a message from Cumbria Police informing us of a person lost on Hallin fell asking for advice. They had walk off the path the tried to get to the summit of Hallin Fell on route they…
Read MoreLost Walker on Stybarrow Dodd
On Saturday the 29th June, The rescue team had just got to the summit of Helvellyn on a previous job when we were alerted to a walker who had become lost on Stybarrow Dodd as the cloud levels had dropped. This was our 3rd job in the space of 2 hours, Penrith taking over the…
Read MoreTumbling Fall in Martindale
Whilst dealing with a callout relating to a casualty on Helvellyn the team received another message from Cumbria police alerting us to a person that had taken a tumbling fall resulting in head and chest injuries. As the team were mostly being used up on the first job, we handed it of to Penrith Mountain…
Read MoreAnkle injury near the summit of Helvellyn
At Just after 15:15 on the 29th June Cumbria Police informed us of an incident near to the summit of Helvellyn. A 31 year old had sustained an ankle injury after being hit with a falling rock. The team were then alerted to the job and started making there way there. Whilst on route Cumbria…
Read MoreAnkle injury at Aira Force
The Patterdale MRT Team were called out at 16:00 on Friday 28th June to assist a woman in her twenties, who had slipped and injured her ankle whilst walking at Aira Force. Team members responded to the Park Brow car park and located the woman a hundred meters above High Force waterfall on the path…
Read MoreFlashing lights seen from Troutbeck
The Team were alerted shortly after midnight on Monday 24th June to a report of flashing lights seen on the fell. Investigations were undertaken, speaking to the reporting person and driving the fellside road, but nothing further was seen. In the absence of any report of overdue persons or other more specific information, the incident…
Read MoreScrambler Stuck on Eagle Crag
The Team were alerted at 14:01 on Sunday 23rd June by Keswick MRT to a 28 year old man who was stuck on Eagle Crag in Grisedale. He had been scrambling on the crag but had strayed from his route and become cragfast. Due to a poor mobile phone signal, his emergency call to the…
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