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Keep up to date with everything going on in mountain rescue around England and Wales, contact Jonathan Caswell via pr@mountain.rescue.org.uk.
Exhausted walker
September 7, 2025 8 am On Sunday 7th September just before 8am Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police to assist a man who was on the summit of Fairfield and suffering exhaustion and felt he was unable to safely walk off the hill. The Duty Leader put the Team on standby…
Emergency Beacon Activated
August 29, 2025 6:25 pm Following the activation of an emergency beacon by a Duke of Edinburgh group, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was requested to investigate on behalf of Cumbria Police. The beacon’s last location was on Beda fell, Martindale Common and the DofE group were out of contact. A small team of Patterdale members…