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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.
Lost in Grisedale
September 3, 2024 8.45 pm At 20:45 on Tuesday September 3rd, Patterdale MRT was contacted by colleagues from Coniston MRT and made aware of an incident that had been passed to them in error. Two ladies, who had been walking from Patterdale to Grasmere, had become lost and overcome by darkness. The couple, who were…
Hip injury – The Knight, Place Fell
September 3, 2024 1.20 pm At 13:20 on Tuesday afternoon Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by Cumbria Police to a woman who had slipped whilst walking on Place Fell. The woman, who was walking with her partner, had injured her shoulder and hip and was unable to continue. A low availability rate from Patterdale…
Exhausted walker on Birkhouse Moor
August 24, 2024 8.30 am On Saturday 24/08/2024 at 20:30hrs the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out with a report of a 70 year old man whose legs had given way and he was unable to continue. A number of team members were already at the base packing away kit from a previous call…
Ankle injury on Stybarrow Crag
August 24, 2024 6 pm On Saturday 24/08/2024 at around 1800hrs the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out by Cumbria Police as well as the Northwest Ambulance Service regarding a female who had slipped and sustained an ankle injury. The location was Stybarrow Crag next to Ullswater. The casualty had been descending off the…
Wild camper needing assistance
August 25, 2024 7.20 pm On Sunday 25th August at 19:20hrs the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received a request from Cumbria Police to assist a man who had been wild camping at Red Tarn and wanting some advice. The Duty Leader made contact and established that the man had set up camp near the…