Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist a 34 year old man from York who had slipped whilst descending the path from Birkhouse Moor to Glenridding.He had been walking with friends and had nearly finished the route when he tripped and injured his ankle. He was found by an ex-Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team member…

On Sunday 29th December, at about 1530 a male walker fell approximately 130 metres from Swirral Edge, Helvellyn in to Brown Cove. A passer-by who witnessed the fall called 999 and whilst he was talking to the Police he saw a woman fall from the same place on the ridge; apparently falling much further than…

As incident 71 was drawing to a close Cumbria Police received a 999 call reporting a family of three overdue on Helvellyn. As the team were responding to the request for assistance from the Police the missing people turned up safe and well.

At 1545 Cumbria Police requested the assistance of Patterdale MRT to locate a couple who had become disorientated in low cloud in the area of Great Dodd. Initially their location was unknown and a search dog, handler and second team member were tasked to locate them. Subsequently the team were able to identify where the…

At approximately 1400 on Sunday 27th October Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police to rescue a 16-year-old girl who was reported as unconscious. The girl was part of a group of six teenagers who were undertaking a four-day expedition and passing through the upper Grizedale valley near Patterdale. Mike Blakey, Team Leader…

At 1230 on Tuesday 29th October Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the North West Ambulance Service to assist a man who had fallen and fracture dislocated his ankle. At the time of the callout some members of the Team were assisting the North West Police Diving unit with the production of a television…

At 11am on Sunday 3rd November Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called to assist a 33 year old male from Manchester who had injured his ankle whilst taking part in the Lakeland Trails Event, in the Ullswater valley. The man had slipped whilst running on the Howtown to Patterdale lake shore path so the team…

At 11am on Sunday 3rd November Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called to assist a 33 year old male from Manchester who had injured his ankle whilst taking part in the Lakeland Trails Event, in the Ullswater valley. The man had slipped whilst running on the Howtown to Patterdale lake shore path so the team…

At 11am on Sunday 3rd November Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called to assist a 33 year old male from Manchester who had injured his ankle whilst taking part in the Lakeland Trails Event, in the Ullswater valley. The man had slipped whilst running on the Howtown to Patterdale lake shore path so the team…

At approximately 1800hrs Patterdale MRT were called by Cumbria Police to begin searching for an overdue walker in the area of Aira Force. Due to the nature of the incident PMRT requested the assistance of SARDA who mobilised 7 search dogs and handlers. As the search started the overdue walker was located close to Dalemain…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called just after 7pm by Cumbria Police to assist a woman in her 50s. The woman, from the north, had fallen whilst walking near Lanty’s Tarn above Glenridding and injured her right leg and lower back. After treating her at the scene the team carried her down to their waiting…

At approximately 0900 on Saturday 21st December a hill-walker knocked on the door of a farmhouse just above Howtown, Ullswater, to report that his friend was laying injured on the mountain side. Seventeen hours earlier the man’s friend had fallen over fracturing his ankle. With darkness not far away, and with no mobile phone signal,…