Female lost on Great Dodd

On Thursday 29/08/19 at around 1400hrs Cumbria Police received a call from a female in distress who had fallen in a bog and had then made her way to the shelter cairn on Great Dodd. Patterdale MRT team leader then spoke to the female over the phone. The female had become disorientated due the bad…

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Male knee injury – Mires Beck

The team were called out on Saturday 28/09/19 at around 0930am with report of a male with a knee injury on the footpath by Mires Beck at the rear of Glenridding. The team happened to be at base training and were able to respond quickly. The male had taken a fall on wet rock whilst…

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woman with ankle injury – Greenside

The team were called out on 30092019 at around 14.45hrs for a female with an ankle injury. The female had been Nordic Walking and was descending Helvellyn when she sustained an ankle injury on the track down from Red Tarn. The ankle was treated and stabilised at the scene and she was evacuated by stretcher…

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Group of 6 teenagers reported overdue

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Police to a group of 6 teenagers who were reported overdue at their rendezvous point by their party leader. As the weather conditions were good at the time, and the group we well equipped to spend the night on the fellside, and with no calls for help,…

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Two fell runners delayed

At 1700hrs the team were called after the organisers of a local Fell race reported a team of two runners overdue. The last known sighting was at the top of St Sunday Crag. With the fading light the team were called out to start planning a search. 40 minutes later the team were stood down…

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Woman crag fast

Just before 4pm on Monday 14th October the team were called to assist a woman from the London area who had become crag fast while out walking in Martindale.The woman was assisted down from the fell by a young man whom was working in the valley bottom while the team were assembling.

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Upper arm injury Aira Force

At 14:30 North West Ambulance Service called upon the team to assist a lady from the Derby area whom had fallen and injured her arm while walking at Aira Force. The incident took eight team members two and a half hours.

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Leg injury – The Knott

At 12:30 on Friday the team responded to a 999 call to go to the assistance of a gentleman who had fallen and sustained an upper leg injury while walking between Hayeswater and The Knott. The man who was from the Eden Valley had been walking with a friend when his slipped while descending a…

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Slip close to Dockray

14.30 Tuesday 5.11.19Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by The North West Ambulance Service to go to assist an ambulance crew who were dealing with a female who had slipped and fractured her ankle on the low fells close to Dockray.The Team arrived and stretchered the lady off the fell to a waiting Team Land…

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Ankle injury Grisdale Tarn

1500Hrs Wednesday 17 July 2019Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Constabulary to go to the aid of an American lady who had fallen and sustained an ankle injury not far from Grisedale Tarn.The Team made there way to the casualty site, given the very unseasonal weather and the number of Patterdale Team volunteers…

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Faller with head injury

Ambulance called the team to request assitance with a patient with a head injury who had fallen on the lake shore path near Side Farm on the south side of Ullswater. On arrival the ambulance had managed to get up the off road track to the patient and the team was stond down.

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