Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were asked to rescue a 54 year old female who had slipped off the path towards Heck Crag, Bannerdale.Initially it was difficult to determine where the casualty was. The Team asked the Air Ambulance to assist in locating the casulty from the air. Once the casualty had been found, she was…

Members of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Rescue Team were attending the local village fete with their display stand and enjoying the lovely afternoon weather, when they were tasked to locate and rescue a 53 year old man that had become lost on Dove Crag.The Team responded to the man who had been trying to locate…

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Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were involved in two rescues on Sunday afternoon. The first, on Place Fell, was to rescue a woman from the Stockport area. The woman had injured her knee and was unable to walk. Team members treated her on scene and then carried her on a stretcher to one of the…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Undertake Five Rescues in Less than 24 Hours ‘Find My Friends, the Apple App, helps to save a man’s life in the English Lakes’ Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team, in the Lake District National Park, undertook five rescues between 1500 on Sunday and 1500 Monday afternoon. The first rescue on Sunday afternoon…

Patterdale MRT assisted a male who had crashed his handglider at Wolf Crags and injured his arm and hand. The man was transferred into the NWAS Helicopter and transferred to hospital for further treatment

Patterdale MRT were tasked by NWAS to a male who was suffering chest pains at The Coombes close to Howtown Hotel. The male was treated on scene and transferred to an Ambulance at Pooley Bridge.

Patterdale MRT were alerted by NWAS of two people who were in the lake after their boat had capsized. As the team prepared to launch their rescue boat the people had swan ashore and reported themselves as safe and well.

At 23:54hrs on Friday night Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Police to flashing lights and yelling from the top of Birkhouse Moor. The team established contact with the reporting person who after further discussions confirmed it was a party descending and no assistance was required. The team was stood down and no further action…

Two walkers on Helvellyn came accross a group of 4 people at the summit cross shelter who had become hypothermic. They phoned Cumbria Police via 999 and Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were duly tasked to this rescue. Whilst Team members were ascending the 3117 foot high mountain, another 4 people had stopped on the summit…

On Saturday 29th April, a 69-year-old man fell approximately 300ft from St Sunday Crag in the Lake District. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members ascended to the scene of the incident where a passing police officer and emergency medical technician from Cumbria were assisting the man and his friends. The man had suffered serious head injuries,…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out to an 83 year old lady who had fallen 12 metres from the lake footpath down towards the lake.The Team responded with all four of their Rescue vehicles and launched their Rescue Boat, ‘Patrick Scotty.’North West Ambulance Service also responded with an Ambulance, Fast Response Car and a…