At 20.22hrs on Sunday 17th April the team were called by Cumbria Police to respond to a possibility of two walkers lost on Helvellyn.  Three walkers had set off from Glenridding at around 13,30 to walk up to the summit of Helvellyn as they got to Red Tarn one turned back and the others carried…

At 12.12hrs the team were called to a female whip was struggling to breathe whilst out on a low level walk , it was quickly realised that this incident was in Penrith Mountain Rescue teams area and the duty leader spoke to Penrith and the incident was handed over to them to deal with.

At 17.34 hrs Cumbria Police requested assistance for a Male-stuck on the fell near Keswick.  The duty leader quickly established this was a Keswick teams incident and passed the request onto their Leader .

At 17:18 on Monday 11/04/2022 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alterted by Cumbria Police to a report of an exhausted walker on Striding Edge.  The reporting person was contacted by mobile phone and, after an initial assessment, they were encouraged to make there way slowly down with the exhausted walker.  Meanwhile, a small party of…

On Thursday 07/04/2022 the team were called out regards a sailing boat which was in trouble on Ullswater. The sailing boat had been blown by the strong winds onto the middle of the Lake after the sailor had lost control when trying to moor at Fairfield Marina. The team responded using their rescue boat and…

At 14.58hrs on Tuesday 22nd March a walker on St Sunday crag near Patterdale reported to Cumbria Police he had found two dogs running around on the fell. He was concerned that the owner was somewhere around possibly hurt and needing assistance, Cumbria Police called Patterdale Mountain Rescue out to assist.  The team were put…

On Saturday 19/03/22 at around 1600hrs the team was called to a walker who had slipped and injured her ankle. With the use of phonefind technology the casualty was quickly located on a footpath below Gowbarrow fell. On arrival at scene the team doctor stabilised the ankle injury and the casualty was then transferred via…

At 15:00 on Friday 18th March, Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police to assist a 24 year old man from London who had developed chest pains whilst climbing Helvellyn.  Given the nature of the report and the location on Swirral Edge, assistance was requested from the Great North Air Ambulance and a  HM Coastguard…

At about 14:45 on Saturday 12/03/2022, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police on behalf of HM Coastguard requesting assistance for two persons on a capsized boat in the middle of Ullswater.  14 team members responded and launched the team RIB, however they were almost immediately stood down as the casualties had been…

At about 14:00 on 16/02/2022 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were requested by the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to assist a 74 year old woman from Essex who has slipped whilst walking with her family near Aira Force.  Two team vehicles were mobilised to rendez-vous with team members at Park Brow car park; who then…

On Sunday 13/02/22 at 16:30hrs the team were called regards a walker on Striding Edge who was struggling with cramp and could not go on. The team leader made phone contact and the casualty and his friend were advised to retrace their step back to safer ground. The casualty had cramp due to fatigue, combined…

On 6 February 2022, Patterdale MRT were alerted to reports of flares being set off close to Fall Crag above Beckstones.  A small team went to investigate and found the high winds were creating plumbs of water to rise into the air crating the impression of flares being set off. The team returned to base…