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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.
Aira Force ankle injury
Sunday 17/11/2019 13:11 Cumbria Police requested the assistance of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to go to the aid of a lady in her mid fifties who had slipped whilst walking with family and friends and sustained a suspected fractured ankle. This happened just above the main Aira Force water fall on the approach to Gowbarrow Fell….
Lost in fog on High Street
15.51 Saturday 16 November 2019 Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team that 3 female walkers had become lost in fog on High Street. A small party of Team members qualified in off road driving made their way to Arthur’s Pike in a Team Land Rover vehicle and then searched the area to find the…
Patterdale MRT attends man with injured knee
Sunday 24/11/2019 16:21 The Patterdale team attended the footpath at the rear of Gillside following a call regarding a man with an injured knee. The man had injured his knee whilst descending and was unable to continue. The casualty and his partner were able to alert a passer-by who contacted the Mountain Rescue team. The casualty…