At 10-15hrs Patterdale MRT were requested by NWAS / Penrith MRT to assist with the extraction of a casualty with a reported broken ankle. The location of the incident was the disused railway line, a short distance from the village of Tindale, Nr Hallbankgate Brampton. On arrival the Teams assisted NWAS to stretcher the casualty…

At 15:07hrs Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police to assist 2 males who had become disorientated in low cloud on Hartsop above Howe. During the mobilisation period the team were able to locate the persons using the SARLOC system and provide an up to date location. After discussions with the party they were confident…

At 2030 on 9th December Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were called to assist the Fire & Rescue Service in Glenridding. Several properties were flooding when the Team arrived on scene and the river was flowing down the lane next to the beck and on to the main road. Mike Blakey, Team Leader said: ‘When…

The North West Ambulance Services alerted the Team to an unresponsive woman in Glenridding village. In the prevailing weather and limited road access to the village team members assisted the ambulance crew to reach and assess the woman.

This was the weekend of Storm Desmond and a major flooding emergency across the region. The team were involved in numberous checks on local residents, rescues and evacuations. The Teams Base was briefly flooded. For the full story please see the Team’s Annual report.

At about 1320 on Sunday 25th October two mountain bikers dropped into the base of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team asking for help. Their friend, also mountain biking, had fallen off his bike and sustained a suspected fractured ankle. The team were mobilised and whilst responding the man made his own way off the mountain. He…

The team was called to assist a man who had become stuck below the main bridge at Aira Force. The man was above the main falls and in a very difficult and dangerous position. Police, Fire & Rescue, Ambulance and the Team went to his aid. The man was safely recovered before the Team arrived.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team along with the Air Ambulance were called to assist a 54 year old lady who had fallen on the path heading towards Dowthwaite Head Farm.The lady who was walking with her partner on Brown Hills, slipped on the path and injured her ankle and was unable to proceed.As the Team were…

At 11:45 on Sunday 11th October Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were called to assist a 44 year old woman who had slipped and injured her ankle. She was given pain relief and her leg was splinted before she was stretchered to a waiting mountain rescue Land Rover 1km below. The woman was then transferred…

At about five o’clock on Monday evening Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were tasked to help a local shepherd and his dog on St Sunday Crag. The shepherd was clearing sheep with his pack of dogs when ‘Kim’ a blue merle Border Collie went up into the crags in East Chockstone Gulley and became stuck on…