At 13:06hrs on Christmas Eve, volunteer members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to assist a female walker who had sustained a fractured ankle while out walking with friends at Winter Crag, Martindale. On arrival at scene the ankle was assessed and placed in a vacuum splint. The female was placed…

At 05:14hrs on Christmas Day, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Police of a couple who were potentially suffering the effects of hypothermia after spending the night in their tent next to Red Tarn outfall, beneath Helvellyn. Once mobile phone contact had been established with the couple, it became apparent that they were…

At 21:07hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by Cumbria Police of reports of flashing lights half way up Red Screes above Kirkstone Pass. The team sent members to meet up with the reporting person at the Kirkstone Inn, and, after subsequent investigation it was concluded the lights were coming from people who were camping.…

On Saturday 30th December, volunteer members of Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Police to a male and female who reported themselves as lost in the vicinity of Aira Force. As the team arrived at Aira Force to undertake a search the missing people turned up safe and well at the carpark. Another happy ending.…

We’ve just had a call out running for the past four hours. A couple of chaps lost in the cloud. Our SARLOC system didn’t work on their phone so we asked the lost people to download OS locate over their 4G connection and within seconds we had a grid reference. Once we had this reference…

On Saturday 2 December 2017, volunteers of Patterdale MRT were called out by Cumbria Police, to assist a male who had slipped on ice and sustained a head injury at the Hole in the Wall, above Red Tarn The male who had been out walking with his wife was treated at the scene by team…