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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.

Ankle injury High Hartsop Dodd

December 19, 2020 6:35 pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team had just returned to their base after a rescue on Glenridding Common when they got called out to an incident near Dove Dale. A 20 year old male had fallen when descending from High Hartsop Dodd, injuring his ankle. Another person in the party made their…

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Knee and head injury, Glenridding Common

19/12/2020 Glenridding CommonGrid reference: NY 35900 16900 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out following a report of a male with a knee injury. The male had descended from Swirral Edge with his friend and had taken a fall injuring his head and knee. With the help of his friends they managed to make their way…

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Canine walker Walter rescued after surviving 160ft fall from Peak District ridge

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Lake District hikers trapped in fog after climbing the wrong peak

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New Lake District visitors push rescuers’ ‘avoidable’ incidents to new high

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Female with child stranded on Yew Crag

12/12/2020 Yew Crag, Gowbarrow Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called to assist a woman and her child on Saturday night after they became stranded on Yew Crag. While the Team was responding the pair, who were equipped with a torch, managed to retrace their steps and make their way safely down to the roadside where…

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‘Lucky escapes’ among 241 avalanches last winter

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Mountain rescue team launch search after 999 call from walkers is lost

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Lakeland campers rescued after getting lost in cloud on Grisedale Pike descent

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Buxton Mountain Rescue Team encounter chaotic 24 hours as snow falls

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