Fitting Female Martindale

Whilst the Team were finishing the previous search, they were paged for a second incident. North West Ambulance Service called the team to go to the aid of a 46 Year old woman who was reported as having a fit on the fell close to Martindale Church. Ten members of the Team went to the…

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Two people stuck in high winds – Lower Man Helvellyn

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police at 2.00pm on Sunday 19th October to go to the aid of two male walkers stuck in high winds just to the North of Helvellyn. The men were lost and unable to give an accurate description of their location. Luckily, the rescue team was able to…

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Children stuck on Island

At approximately 15.45 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were call by the Coastguard to go to the aid of two children stuck on a small island on Ullswater known as Lingyholm.The Team were scrambling their Rigid Inflatable Boat “The John Scott” when the call came through that the children had been picked up by a local…

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Rescue Team Battle 80mph Winds to Rescue Two Lost Walkers

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team battled winds in excees of 80mph during the night to rescue two walkers who had become lost after climbing Helvellyn. At approximately 1700 the team were called by Cumbria Police to go to the aid of the two men. Before leaving the rescue centre the Team were able to locate the…

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Man Injures Ankle on Blueberry Knott

As the Team were just finishing a six hour long training session in Grisedale they were called to assist a man who had injured his ankle near to Blueberry Knott. Within an hour of the callout the team were on scene and the man was assessed and treated by the Team doctor. He was then…

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3 Males Lost in the Mardale area.

At 07.30 am on Saturday 22 November Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Penrith Mountain Rescue Team to assist in the search for 3 males that had been out on the fells all night and had become lost, disorientated and one was reported as very cold.As 9 Team members were preparing to leave to…

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Search for walkers reported missing around Lantys Tarn

At 17-05hrs Patterdale MRT were tasked by Cumbria Police to a report of missing persons in the Lantys Tarn area above Patterdale. The Team tried contacting the missing persons but due to poor mobile phone coverage this was not possible. The Team issued a “sarloc text” which allowed the location of the persons to be…

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Two Adventure Race Participants Airlifted to Hospital

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist two adventure race participants who had fallen and sustained injuries at around the same time on Sunday morning. The male from Cumbria had fallen and sustained a head injury. When the Team arrived two other runners, a passing medic from the North West Air Ambulance and a…

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Male with head injury airlifted to hospital by RAF Seaking

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist two adventure race participants who had fallen and sustained injuries at around the same time on Sunday morning. The male from Cumbria had fallen and sustained a head injury. When the Team arrived two other runners, a passing medic from the North West Air Ambulance and a…

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Ambulance Service Request to Assist with Injured Male

At 1015, the Ambulance Service requested the Team’s assistance after a man fell into a stream and was reported to be unconscious near to Rooking in Patterdale. However, although the Team were only a minutes away at an event in Glenridding they were stood down by the Ambulance service when the Ambulance arrived on scene…

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Three teenagers airlifted from mountain

At 1842 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by Cumbria Police to assist a group of eleven young people who were wild camping between Place Fell and High Dodd above Ullswater. It was reported that one of the group was cold and suffering from hypothermia while dropping in and out of consciousness. After the Team…

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