GSD injured on Red Tarn Track

On Sunday 28th June at 19.56 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the police to help recover a German Shepherd dog who had slipped from the fell path and damaged his legs. The owner and the dog were located on the Red Tarn Beck path, 200M below Red Tarn, Helvellyn. The owner of the…

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Search for an exhausted 68yr old lady near to Threshthwaite Mouth

At 20:55hrs Patterdale MRT were called out by Cumbria Police to assist Langdale Amblesiede MRT in the search for an exhausted 68yr old lady, last reported in the area of Threshthwaite Mouth. While the team were in the search planning stages, the lady was located by Langdale Ambleside MRT walking down Troutbeck Gill. The team…

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Male missing in the River Esk at Longtown

At 17-03hrs, Tuesday 30th June, Patterdale MRT were call by Cumbria Police to assist Penrith MRT and other rescue services in the search for a missing male in the River Esk at Longtown Bridge, Longtown. The Team responded, and deployed their rescue rib, small rescue dingy and swift water rescue technicians and undertook a comprehensive…

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Young male suffering from exhaustion

At 16:48hrs Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police to assist a young male who was reported as drifting in and out of consciousness, close to Barton Fell above Ullswater. As a precautionary measure NWAS mobilised the Air Ambulance from Langwathby. The young man was assessed on scene before being flown to the Cumberland Infirmary…

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17 yr old female reported as cold and unable to walk, Rampsgill Head

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…

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2 teenagers lost in the dark after sheep chase them

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…

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Two People Stuck on Steep Ground

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…

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