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April 8, 2025

On Tuesday the 8th of April 2025 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team dealt with 2 call outs back to back.

The first call-out came in at around 1700hrs regarding a walker who got themselves stuck on Dove Crag. The walker had taken a wrong turn and ended up stranded in steep rocky terrain.

A small team of 5 went out and located the walker safe and well, but stuck. The team safely got the walker out of their precarious location and he was then escorted down to the valley.

Then at 2100hrs, when the team was packing kit away a second call out was received regarding a family who were stranded in the dark on a track on Gowbarrow Fell.

The family was unable to continue by themselves to the Aira Force car park due to a combination of darkness, rough terrain and some mobility issues.

4 team members went out and located the family quickly and assisted them safely back down to their car in the car park.