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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…
Party of 4 lost on Hart Crag
February 8, 2025 18:10 hrs At 18:10 on Saturday 8th February Cumbria Police contacted the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team with a report of four 19 year old men who were lost in the vicinity of Hart Crag. Mobile phone communication was established and a “phone finder app” was used to locate the party who were…
Party of 5 lost on Helvellyn
February 8, 2025 16:13hrs At 16:13 on Saturday 8th February Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team to a party of 5, all in their early twenties, reporting themselves lost on Helvellyn. The details of the 999 call had been passed to Cumbria Police by Lancashire Constabulary after it had been routed there. After several…