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Team were alerted by Coastguard to help a boat in difficulty near Howtown on Ullswater. Boat had run aground and was taking on water 2 people on board. Team responded and were about to put to launch their boat when they were stood down by the police who informed them that another boat had them…

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…

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,…

At 16:00hrs on Bank Holiday Monday, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out by Cumbria Police to assist a 50yr old female who had slipped and injured her ankle while out walking in Pasture Bottom, nr Ullswater. When the team arrived on scene, the female who was out walking with a group of fellow doctors,…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police at 12.20pm on Sunday 7 May to assist a woman who had fallen 30ft from Striding Edge, suffering multiple injuries. Due to the nature of the reported injuries – head, facial, chest, abdominal, shoulder and arm – the Team requested the assistance of a Coastguard helicopter,…

Whilst dealing with an incident on Helvellyn, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist with the rescue of a 30 year old woman who had broken her ankle on the other side of the valley. Penrith Mountain Rescue Team were already on scene and able to provide assistance.The Coastguard Rescue Helicopter which had just…

On Easter Saturday two people approached the display trailer at Glenridding to inform the Team that a man had slipped and injured his ankle on the Glenridding valley path leading to Red tarn. The Team attended, assessed the man’s injuries and splinted his leg before placing him on a stretcher and fording the Glenridding beck.…