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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.
Panic attack
August 17, 2021 7pm On Tuesday 17/03/21 at 1900hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team had just finished a call out on Scandale pass and was returning to base when they were flagged down by a member of the public. A woman in a group of tourists was suffering from a suspected panic attack and was struggling…
Knee injury Scandale Pass
August 17, 2021 4pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Tuesday 17/08/21 at around 1600. The report was of a young casualty who was doing his DoE with his school. The casualty had sustained a knee injury and was unable to continue. He was located at the top of Scandale Pass. His knee…
Sheep rescued from Thornhow Crag
August 13, 2021 3 pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted at about 15:00 on the 13th August by a local farmer who reported that one of his sheep was stuck behind a tree on Thornhow Crag, a local climbing area mainly used by local activity centres. Two team members, who happened to be at…