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…

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…

No press release as minor incident.

No press release as minor job.

No press release as minor job.

Assist Wasdale MRT – MikeB / MikeR to complete

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…