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…
Read MoreTwo 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…
Read MoreChildren 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…
Read MoreRescue 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…
Read MoreMan 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…
Read More3 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…
Read MoreSearch 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…
Read MoreTwo 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…
Read MoreMale 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…
Read MoreAmbulance 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…
Read MoreThree 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…
Read More2nd Rescue in Atrocious Weather for Patterdale MRT – Six Teenagers Rescued
At approximately 0100 on Monday 27th October Patterdale Mountain rescue team received a 999 call via Cumbria Police to go to the assistance of a group of six young people who had got in to difficulty whilst camping near to Glencoyne. The group had been caught out by the very strong winds and heavy rain…
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