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…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team’s busiest every year. Every time Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team undertakes a rescue we publish a press release explaining the facts about what happened and how we responded. However today wasn’t a typical day. Firstly, a man tragically died on Helvellyn. He was the sixth person to die on the mountain this…

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…

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…

At 1530 on Saturday 5th September Patterdale MRT and the Great North Air Ambulance were called by the North West Ambulance Service to assist a 70 year old woman who had fallen on St Sunday Crag. The woman suffered head and neck injuries and had been unconscious at the time of the 999 call. The…

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.