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…

Members of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were at the rescue base awating the arrival of the Royal Air Force to carry out some training when North West Ambulance Service asked for the Teams assistance for a 50 year old female and her dog that had been mauled by cattle in the village of Hartsop.The…

CP-20150811-0292 Family of 6 lost up Aira Force

Members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to a 57 year old female From Australia that had fallen on Swirral Edge, Helvellyn. The Team responded and drove, in their off road Landrovers, to the old dam near Keppel Cove before walking into Brown Cove and then up the side to gain the Swirral Edge…

At approximately 15:30 on Saturday afternoon Patterdale MRT were alerted to an incident on Swirral Edge where a 25 year old male had slipped, sustaining an injury to his lower leg which was preventing him from moving any further. Because of the casualties location and the likelihood of a long stretcher evacuation it was decided…

A woman slipped and sustained an injury to her lower back whilst walking at Aira Force. The Team administered pain relief and placed the lady in a vacuum mattress and stretcher before carrying her to a waiting ambulance. This was the third rescue for Patterdale MRT over the weekend. The Team’s first call out was…

A man slipped and fell landing near his climbing partner. He fractured his ankle and his climbing partner sustained a badly lacerated foot. They were treated on the hill and brought back to the rescue base before they chose to drive back to their home town for hospital treatment.

The Team were requested to assist Penrith MRT in a major search of Cross Fell in the Northern Pennines.

At 15:03hrs Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police to a lone mountain biker who had become geographically misplaced due to low cloud and poor visibility in the area of Matterdale Common. Once contact was established with the individual, a grid reference was quickly ascertained. This, and an improvement in the weather enabled the individual…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team and the Great North Air Ambulance went to the assistance of a 58 year old woman who was suffering from a suspected stroke. The woman, from Chorley, was flown to hosipital for further treatment. 12 team members were involved for over two hours. This was the Team’s 70th rescue of 2015.