Patterdale MRT responded to a request by Cumbria Police to a girl who had reported taken an overdose of sleeping tablets close to the “Hole in the Wall” above Grisedale. As the team were approaching the scene the air ambulance had managed to transfer the casualty on board the aircraft began departing from the scene.The…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to a young female walker who had slipped and hurt her back on the bridleway above Ullswater, between Howtown and Pooley Bridge. The casualty was treated for back injuries and placed into a vacuum mattress before being stretchered to the Team Landrover. North West Ambulance Service then transferred her…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out to a 54 year old female who had been walking with her family at Aira Force when she slipped, fracturing her ankle. The Rescue Team and Paramedics from North West Ambulance Service treated the lady at the scene for an open fracture to her ankle.She was given pain…

Patterdale MRT were called to assist a 69yr old male with a suspected fractured leg, close to Great Mell Fell. On arrival on scene the team assessed the injury and treated the fracture and then transferred the male on a stretched down to the waiting ambulance. The incident lasted 1.5hrs and was attended by 10…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were asked to assist in a search for a missing Grouse Beater on the Pennines. Ten Mountain Rescue Teams, seven Search Dogs and a Coastgaurd Helicopter and Army personnel from Warcop were tasked to search for the missing man when he became seperated from the shooting party. The man was found…

At 2200 on Saturday 15th October Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were called by Cumbria Police following a 999 call reporting that a 50-year-old man had fallen down the front face of Dove Crag. The man had planned on spending the night with a group of eight friends in the Priest’s Hole, a shallow overhang,…

At 1800, on 30th October, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were called to assist two men from Swirral Edge, Helvellyn. They were uninjured but had become stuck on the ridge when it unsurprisingly went dark an hour earlier than yesterday. The Team Leader said: ‘The Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association made a concerted…

The Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to help a 73yr old male from Doncaster whom had become unwell whilst walking between Patterdale and Howtown on the Ullswater lake shore path.The gentleman who suffered from diabetes was walking with his wife who was able to call 999 for assistance when he could not continue.The team…

At 0300 on Saturday 13th August, Patterdale MRT were called to search for, and subsequently rescue, a 32-year-old male from the North East of England. Mike Blakey, Team Leader, said: ‘Cumbria Police called the team at about 0300 to report that a man, wearing an Everton football shirt, had gone missing from his accommodation at…