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 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 called to assist a woman from Penrith who had fallen and injured her ankle whilst walking up to Arthur’s Pike, above Ullswater. Team members were training at the rescue base ahead of their casualty care exams and were on scene within about 30 minutes. She was treated by the team…

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…

Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police at 15:43hrs on Tuesday 25 October 2016 to reports of an adult male and teenager treading water after their canoe capsized approximately 1 mile from Pooley Bridge. The Team launched their rigid inflatable rescue boat and along with a safety boat from Outward Bound Ullswater headed towards the…

At 14:57hrs on the 22 December 2016, Patterdale MRT were called out by Cumbria Police to rescue a male with a suspected broken ankle, close to Grisedale Tarn.After investigation and confirmation of the grid reference, the casualty was confirmed to be in the area of Langdale Ambleside MRT and the job was then passed over…

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…

A very friendly Priest was rescued by Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team from Y Gully on Catstye Cam earlier today. He had ascended the gully and become stuck on steep snowy ground. The Team went to his aid and provided an ice axe and crampons. The man, who was a very experienced walker, had left his…

Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police at 18:11hrs on Saturday 29 October 2016 to reports of a party of three who were believed to be lost and exhausted in the vicinity of High Hartsop Dodd. While the Team established the location of the party using the SARLOC location system, it was confirm the party…