Walker with mild hypothermia on Whiteside
A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.
Home / Incidents / Callout 50 · 4 July 2026
Callout 50
Medical emergency
On Saturday 4th July at 09:45 hrs the Team were tasked by Cumbria Constabulary to reports of a male who was suffering the effects of the weather and was cold and wet. The male had camped overnight on Helvellyn with friends and on attempting to walk back down to the roadside had become wet and cold and unable to carry on.
The team were called out and started making their way up Greenside to Kepple Cove in Land Rovers where they met the male who had managed to walk down with assistance from passers by. The male was conveyed to Patterdale Base given warm drinks and food and then was allowed to meet up with his friends to return home.
The callout in numbers
7
Team members
3
Hours on the hill
50
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