Female feeling unwell
On Wednesday 24th July at 13:56hrs North West Ambulance alerted the Team to assist with a Pregnant Female who had been vomiting and feeling unwell whilst walking at Aira Force. The Team responded and due to very low numbers available a request was placed asking Penrith Mountain Rescue to assist in the evacuation. On arrival…
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On Tuesday 23rd July just after 17.00hrs the Team were asked to respond to reports of a Female who had slipped whilst Descending from Red Tarn and had rolled her ankle. The call had come from an Emergency call centre in America via Cumbria Police. Team members responded and once on scene they gave the…
Read MoreLower leg – Gowbarrow balcony
At 11:50am Saturday 20th July PMRT received a request for help from Cumbria Police regarding a young man who had fallen whistle tackling the Ullswater Way, suffering a debilitating lower leg injury. The man, who was part of a small group which had been making their way around Gowbarrow Fell when he slipped and slid…
Read MoreMissing Person on Fairfield
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria police at around 20:45, when a parent, who was concerned when thier 21 year old had not made thier final check in of the day after consistently checking in throughout the day. They had last checked in at around 4 pm. With there being a several options…
Read MoreAnkle 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…
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