The Patterdale Team met at Frizington at five AM on the Thursday to continue a search of the verges of roads that the gunman had used during the fatal shootings of the previous day. MRT from across Cumbria, South Scotland, North East England and North West England were called in to assist Wasdale.

The Police called the Team to attend a man who was reported tp have fallen from Striding Edge Helvellyn with head injuries. The call came from North West Ambulance control via the police. An Air Ambulance was dispatched and he was taken direct to hospital. The man was in a group of 3 people.

The police called the team out for a 74yr old man who was walking on St Sunday Crag Patterdale. His son, who was camping at Brotherswater, cosidered he was overdue and was concerned for his safety. The man from Bury, an experienced walker, turned up safe and well as the Team were initiating a search…

The Team were called by Cumbria Police to investigate a group who were reported by a member of the public to be in difficulty on Striding Edge Helvellyn. On investigating the group from Manchester were found and in good shape.

PMRT were tasked by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to search for an 18 year old man from Lancashire who was reported to be in difficulties after his kayak capsized close to Pooley Bridge. A search was made of the area with the Team’s rescue boat along with boats from Outward Bound and The National…

The Team were called to assist the North West Ambulance Service at High Force, Ullswater. A woman aged 35, had fallen and sustained a fractured arm and facial lacerations. The NW Air Ambulance had been despatched along with a County Ambulance. Because this was an off road incident the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were also…

The Team were called by Cumbria Police to a female walker who had slipped and sustained a suspected broken ankle. The team treated her injuries and transported her to the mountain rescue ambulance, and then to Patterdale Mountain Rescue Centre were she was transferred to a county ambulance.

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…