At 17-32hrs Patterdale MRT were call by Cumbria Police to go to the assistance of two people lost in the area of Thornthwaite Crag. The Team quickly located the missing persons using the SARLOC system and tasked four team members to the Beacon nr Thornwaithe Crag. The persons were located cold and wet but in…

At 1122 am on Saturday 20th June, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to reports that a man had fallen from Helvellyn in the Lake District. The Great North Air Ambulance, which was tasked to the rescue, was unable to get close to the scene due to low cloud. An RAF SeaKing Helicopter, which was…

At approximately 15:11hrs on Friday 19 June, Patterdale MRT were called by NWAS to reports of an unconscious 14 year old girl on the lakeshore footpath. The team launched their rescue boat and headed to the location near Beckside Farm, Sandwick Bay, Ullswater. On arrival at the location the girl had recovered sufficiently and had…

The Team went to the aid of a 52 year old man who had reportedly broken his leg below Grisedale tarn. The Great North Air Ambulance was able to land close by and assess the casualty who it turned out had cut his leg. The man was flown back to Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team’s base…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by the North West Ambulance Service to assist with the rescue of an 18 year old girl who had slipped and fallen into Aira Force beck. The girl was part of a group of approximately 100 teenage girls from the Gateshead area. The girl, who had fallen about two…

A female walker, in a group of four, fell approximately 30 metres down the mountain after slipping whilst descending a steep scree slope in Brown Cove. The walker, who was wearing wellington type boots, was flown by air ambulance to Patterdale MRT base having only sustained relatively minor injuries. The Team assisted the walker’s friends…

Two people had set out for a walk from Patterdale Youth Hostel to Howtown and back at 5pm. 3 1/2 hours later they were over taken by darkness on the lake shore path and with no torch were unable to proceed.The Rescue Team responded, deduced their location and went to pick them up before returning…

Patterdale MRT were contacted when a member of a party of four became stuck ascending the final slopes up to Helvellyn at the end of Striding Edge. In deteriorating weather conditions three members of the party raised the alarm via a mobile phone call before continued on to Helvellyn and descending via Lower Man and…

At 14:30 today Patterdale Mountain Rescue team received a request from Cumbria Police to assist with the search for an 87 year old gentleman. The missing man who suffers from mild dementia and had become separated from his companions whilst walking in the Watermillock area. As the team was mobilising and one of the leaders…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to the assistance of a scrambler who had become cragfast on Greenhow End. He was following a magazine article and using a guidebook but became stuck and was unable to climb up or down and phoned 999 for help. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team immediately responded and also requested the…

Three calls in three days for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team. The Team were called to the assistance of an 18 year old male who had gone over his handlebars whilst mountain biking on a track near Auterstone Wood, above Ullswater. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team called on the assistance of the Air Ambulance which was at…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to a young female who had fallen approximately 50 feet on loose ground whilst walking on Glenridding Dodd. North West Ambulance Service also attended and along with team members, treated the casualty for a headwound. Due to the broken ground and steepness of the slope, a rope lowering system…