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Keep up to date with everything going on in mountain rescue around England and Wales. For press enquiries, contact Andy Simpson, MREW Press Officer, via press@mountain.rescue.org.uk.
Lost walker – Dovedale
September 7, 2021 11.30 pm The Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was notified on Tuesday 07/09/21 at around 23:30 with regard to a lost woman in Dovedale. The lone female had been in touch by mobile phone with a friend when she got lost in the dark trying to locate the Priest Hole for an overnight…
Heat Exhaustion on Gowbarrow Fell
September 7, 2021 5 pm At about 17:00 on Tuesday 7th September Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was tasked by Cumbria Police to assist a 73 year old woman who had developed heat exhaustion while out walking with her family on Gowbarrow Fell above Ullswater. She had collapsed and was unable to continue. Team members responded…