At 15:30 on Monday 27th December Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called by Cumbria Police to rescue a walker who had fallen from the summit plateau of Helvellyn. The 39 year old man from Preston had been walking with friends when he fell through a cornice in very poor visibility, near to the summit of…

Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called by Police at 6pm to go to the assistance of a group of six people who were stranded on the fell. The group from Gateshead had no torches and included three young children (8, 3 and 2 years old) and were unable to continue in the darkness. The team…

At 1400 on Thursday 30th December Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to rescue a man who had fallen approximately 150 metres from Swirral Edge, Helvellyn. His companions descended and performed basic life support at the scene until assistance arrived. The man, aged 43, from St Helen’s was then airlifted by a Seaking helicopter from…

At 0830 on Friday 30th December, members of Patterdale MRT assisted Cockermouth MRT with a major search for a missing woman in Whinlatter forest near Keswick. The missing woman was not located and the Team were stood down later in the day. This was Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team’s 83rd call this year making 2010 the…

At 1340hrs the Police requested Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to assist a female mountain walker from Brighton who had sustained a lower leg injury in the Grisedale Valley, Patterdale.On arrival at the site the Team discovered a second casualty from Nottingham doing the Coast to Coast walk with a suspected fractured wrist. Both were treated…

The Team were called by Cumbria Police to attend to a man with a suspected fractured and dislocated elbow. The man was taking part in a fell race when he slipped on wet rocks close to the race finish. The man was treated at the scene and then stretchered to the Team ambulance. He was…

A walking group had serious concern for a solo walker reported to be confused close to the striding edge path. The concerned walkers monitored his progress and directed him down to Glenridding. When they arrived at the valley bottom the man was nowhere to be seen so they called the police to give information on…

The team were called by the Police to attend to a 70 year old Carlisle man on the upper lake shore path beneath Place Fell. The man had tripped and dislocated his left shoulder. After treatment at the scene, he was stretchered to the team Landrover and driven to the Rescue Centre for transfer to…

While loading the first casualty into the ambulance, the team were called via Ambulance Control to a man who had slipped while descending from Arnison Crag. On reaching the scene the casualty, a 74 year old man from Cheshire, was found to have sustained an open fracture of his left ankle. The injured ankle was…

At approximately 20:00 on 11th October, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to search for a missing lone walker on route from Windermere to Patterdale via High Street. The man was located at 23:00 near to the Knott, above Hayeswater dam. The weather had been good during the day but the temperature fell to just…

A man came to the Patterdale Mountain Rescue centre to request assistance as he believed his wife was suffering a Heart Attack at nearby Grisedale Bridge. Three members of the Team who were at the rescue base along with a medical student attended and the woman was examined and given intravenous pain relief. A fast…

A member of the Penrith MR team wittnessed a female who had collapsed on the Grisedale Road. He allerted the Patterdale Team who were working minutes away at the rescue centre. The Team attended with medical equipment and monitored the woman who had subsequently recovered before returning her with her companion to her hotel.