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…

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

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 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…

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.

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

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…

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…

THIS SHOULD BE JOB 56 PLEASE

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…