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…

At 16.45pm the police called the Team to locate and assist a family from Manchester who had become disorientated and needed assistance to get back down to their holiday lodging at Swarthbeck, Ullswater. The parents and six children, aged from 6 months to nine years old, were located by the Team and brought back down…

On the afternoon of Thursday 11th February 2010 the Police received a report that a man had fallen 500 feet whilst climbing a snow gully on Nethermost Crag, Grisedale and had sustained arm and facial injuries but was conscious. One of his companions raised the alarm by climbing to the summit in order to make…

At 6.30pm on 16th February, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were contacted by the Police following a 999 call from a climber stranded on Helvellyn. The climber and her partner were attempting a winter climb up a gulley on the face of Helvellyn, but the woman was unable to proceed further due to deteriorating conditions and…

The team were called to the assistance of a woman who had slipped while walking between Howtown and Place Fell. The casualty, a 59 year old woman from Rotherham, sustained a suspected fracture to her left ankle. The team called on the assistance of a RAF Sea King which was in the area training. The…

At 14:00 the team were called by the Police following a report that four climbers had been avalanched from the top of Pinnacle Ridge. Due to the seriousness of the incident and the number of reported casualties, the team requested the assistance of the air ambulance and an RAF Seaking helicopter. At the time of…

On Saturday 27th February at 18.00 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were asked by Cumbria Police to go to the assistance of 5 persons who were cold and lost and were unable to descend from the summit of Helvellyn in the dark. The party had walked along Striding Edge and reached the summit plateau from where…

On Saturday 13th March 2010 at 12.20 Patterdale Mountain rescue Team were alerted to assist a female climber from Hayfield, Derbyshire who had slipped and fallen 200 metres while climbing in Brown Cove, Helvellyn. The faller had been seen by a search Dog handler who along with a number of SARDA Lakes colleagues were on…