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January 6, 2026

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received its first call out for 2026 and was mobilised on Tuesday 06/01/2026 with regard to an incident at Aira Force. A lady in her seventies had fallen on slippy ground and injured her hip and was unable to walk.

The team located the casualty near the top of the falls. Due to recent rain which has fallen on frozen ground the path had become very slippy. The casualty was treated at the scene and given pain relief and transferred to a vacuum mattress and stretcher. She was then evacuated to a team vehicle and taken to the mountain rescue base. From there she was taken to hospital in an ambulance.

The rescue involved 14 team members and lasted 3 hours.