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September 7, 2025 12:35 hrs

On Sunday 7th September at 12:35hrs Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to a runner who had fallen whilst descending from Helvellyn into Greenside. The Duty Leader made contact with the informant and established that the runner was in a race and had simply tripped over whilst descending the start of the Zig Zags down into Greenside. The man had received multiple facial injuries and was now in a shelter with another competitor.

The Team were mobilised and made their way to Kepple Cove Dam in the Land Rovers then on foot to the casualty site.  Once on scene the man was treated for his injuries and packaged into a stretcher. He was carried off the hill down to the Landrovers and then conveyed back to Patterdale Base from where he was taken to hospital by his colleagues for further treatment.

15 Team members were involved in the rescue which took 3 hours to compete.