In the news
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.
Heart Attack – Hart Crag
July 28, 2021 12.58 On Wednesday 28th August 2021 at 12.58hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called to a 51 year old male who had collapsed near Hart Crag, Hartsop. The man had been walking with his wife and two friends when he suddenly collapsed. Friends and other walkers who were passing quickly commenced CPR…
Sheep Rescue – Cat Crag
July 25, 2021 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by a local farmer to request assistance with some sheep which were crag-fast on a ledge on Cat Crag by Angle Tarn. There were 8 sheep on the ledge and they had been there at least a week in the hot weather without access to water….
Wolf Crag crashed paraglider
July 25, 2021 13.30 hrs On Sunday 25/07/21 at around 13:30hrs, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out to an injured paraglider who had crashed just below Wolf Crags. At the time of the call the team were at Aira Force finishing a separate mountain rescue incident. A team of 5 members in a team Landrover…
Man in water at Brothers Water
July 21, 2021 18.53 hrs At 18.53 hrs on Tuesday 20th July, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by North West Ambulance Service to reports of a male in his thirties who had gone into Brothers Water and disappeared from the view of his friends, who were on the lake shore. A Deputy Leader and…
Woman stuck on ledge
July 21, 2021 14.42 At 14.42hrs on Wednesday 21st July the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was requested by Cumbria Police to assist a woman in her early sixties who had been walking on Gowbarrow above Ullswater and had got into difficulty trying to locate the way down to the main road. On speaking to her…