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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.
Walker stuck on Swirl Edge
February 28th, 5.30pm A 22-year-old walker was assisted off the fell by Patterdale Mountain Rescue on February 28th after becoming stuck on Swirril Edge. The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. The walker, was stuck on the ridge and unable to make her way forward or backward along the ridge. She contacted Cumbria Police for help,…
53-year-old Walker with suspected lower limb injury by Bonscale Tower
March 1, 2025 11:44 am Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (PMRT) responded to a call for assistance on Bondale Fell after a 53-year-old male was discovered with a suspected lower limb injury. The injured walker was initially found by a PMRT member who was out on a run. Upon assessment by team members it was determined…
Exhausted man, cold and wet, unable to continue
February 21, 2025 13:18hrs On Friday 21st February at 13.18hrs the Duty leader of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team with regard to a man who had become cold, wet and exhausted whilst walking in bad weather. As the casualty was in Patterdale’s area it was passed over to them…