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.

The Police requested the Patterdale Team to attend a student on an outdoor course who had injured her knee. The student from Thornaby was treated on the fell and given analgesia. She was stretchered down to Cote Farm, Howtown and transferred to a NWAS ambulance. The student was taken to the Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle. The…

The Team were called by the Police at around midnight, after a Duke of Edinburgh Award Assessor reported that a group of six 17 yr old girls had not arrived at a their checkpoint at Pooley Bridge. The girls from a school in Basingstoke had been dropped off at Hartsop earlier in the day but,…

On Saturday 10th July, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team rescued a 65 year old walker from Oldham who had slipped and fallen 200 feet from Swirral Edge, Helvellyn. The man had fallen into Brown Cove and sustained head and facial injuries.The Great North Air Ambulance also attended, but due to low cloud was unable to reach…

The police called the Team to assist a 16 yr old student from an outdoor centre. The student had slipped whilst on a supervised gorge scramble and damaged his ankle. The Mountain Rescue Team took a Land-rover ambulance to Boredale to assist in evacuation of the boy. The three instructors had already helped the student…

The police called the Team to assist a 19yr old male who slipped and exacerbated an old injury and was unable to walk. The team located the group high above Swarth Beck and the Team doctor assessed the injury. The casualty was lowered down the fell with ropes on a stretcher to the farm below.…

At around 1930 on Friday 21st July the police called the Team to search for a 45 year old female. The woman had been fell walking in the Helvellyn area with a companion. They became separated at Kepple Cove Zig Zags. Her partner waited at the Glenridding Youth Hostel for her return but after two…