Ullswater Lake shore rescue

Patterdale Mountain rescue Team went to the assistance of an 89 year old gentleman who had tumbled from the Ullswater lake footpath. The Team deployed its boat to transport 14 members and equipment to the sight. The gentleman was treated for a suspected spinal injury, he was transported via boat to the Western shore were…

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Fell Runner Injures Leg above Glenridding Beck

At approximately 15:30 Cumbria Police requested the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to rescue a woman who had fallen whilst taking part in an organised fell race. She had broken her leg and was in severe pain when the team arrived. The woman was treated on scene, given intravenous pain relief, and transported to an ambulance…

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Broken ankle in Grisedale valley

At 1615 hrs Cumbria police called Patterdale mountain rescue to the aid of a 60 year old female from Warrington who sustained a suspected fracture to her left ankle whilst walking in the Grisedale valley. She was treated on the hill and evacuated to the team land rover which transported her to the rescue centre…

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Woman falls on Lake-shore path

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were today called to assist a woman who had fallen while walking the lake-shore path between Sandwick and Patterdale. The 57 year old woman from Lincoln had slipped and injured her left wrist. The team reached the casualty site using the team’s rescue boat. The air ambulance had landed near the…

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Biker Glenridding

As members of a number of Lake District Teams were returning to the Patterdale MRT base at the end of a Rigging for Rescue course. The land rovers were flagged down by the roadside to assist a female who had fallen from her bike. The woman was assessed by an an accident and emergency consultatnt,…

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Woman Collapsed On The Fell

Cumbria Police requested Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to assist a 52 year old lady from Pontefract who had collapsed whilst walking with her family above Ullswater. 15 members of the Team responded and treated the lady at the scene. She was evacuated off the fell and the NW Air Ambulance flew her to Cumberland Infirmary…

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Woman falls 30 metres from footpath

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called today, Friday 1st July, to the assistance of a woman who had fallen down a rock outcrop close to the village of Glenridding. The 57 year old woman from Essex, and her companion, were completing a walk and returning to Glenridding when she slipped from the path and tumbled…

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Walker trips, injuring her head

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called by the police to assist a 52yr old woman from Carlisle, who had tripped while out for a walk in Grisedale. The woman was walking with friends when she tripped, injuring her head on a rock. The woman was treated at the scene by the team and stretchered off…

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Walkers crag fast on Helvellyn headwall.

Walkers crag fast on Helvellyn headwall. Cumbria Police requested Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to aid 2 walkers from Leeds who had become misplaced and on very steep ground. 11 members of the Team searched the higher reaches of the Red tarn basin and Striding Edge, in poor, windy weather. They were located in the cloud…

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Ankle Injury on Nethermost Pike.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were requested at approximately 15:00 to assist a woman who had injured her ankle on the ridge path between Nethermost Pike and Dollywaggon Pike. A total of the 14 members of the team attended the incident, taking landrovers to the head of the Grisedale Valley before ascending the east ridge of…

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