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.

At 11-38am today, Patterdale MRT we called by Cumbria Police / Penrith MRT to assist in the rescue of a group of 7 young persons involoved in an expedition in the area. The group had set off earlier in the day and became disorientated in the low cloud and frequent rain showers. Their last known…

As Patterdale MRT (www.mountainrescue.org.uk) and fellow colleagues from Penrith MRT were returning to Patterdale Base after the rescue of 7 young persons lost in low cloud in the vicinity of the Straits of Riggendale, a second call for assistance was received from Cumbria Police for a 17yr female who was reported cold and unable to…

At 13-16hrs today Patterdale MRT were call by NWAS to assist with the evacuation of a 48 year old lady who had slipped while walking on the path by Airaforce waterfall. The lady sustained a lower leg injury and was treated on scene by paramedics before being transferred on to the Team’s stretcher and carried…

THIS SHOULD BE JOB 56 PLEASE

At about 22:30 on Saturday evening Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team members were called to assist two young men who had managed to get themselves benighted about 200 metres from where they had set off. The pair had planned to go on a short walk from the Youth Hostel at Greenside mines and ended up getting…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received a 999 call via Cumbria Police when two walkers got stuck on steep ground just above Ullswater. The Team quickly located the missing people and assisted them down safely. The two walkers got lost in the final few minutes of their walk and ended up on scree just above the…

No press release as sent with job 60 as one release.