In the news
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.
Ankle Injury Sleet Fell
November 25, 2023 14.29 pm On Saturday 25th November at 14.29hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by Cumbria Police to assist a young woman who had slipped whilst walking near the High Dodd/Sleet Fell area in Boredale. The Duty Leader initiated a full call out and team members made their way around Lake Ullswater…
Ankle Injury How End
November 23, 2023 2:19 pm On Wednesday 22nd November 2023 at 13.41hrs Cumbria Police contacted the Duty Leader at Patterdale MRT to assist a woman who had slipped and could not walk any further. Contact was made with the casualty site near How End at Deepdale on the descent from Hartsop Above How. It…
New Lake District Drone Technology assists with a difficult find in the Scottish highlands
A walker who had been missing for six weeks in the Scottish highlands has been found, with the help of new Mountain Rescue drone technology. On the 7th September 2023, Police Scotland received a call to report a hillwalker who had not returned after a planned trip in the Glencoe area of the Scottish Highlands….
Male stuck in Ravine
October 23, 2023 12:30 hrs On Monday 23rd Oct at 12:30hrs the Patterdale MRT responded to their fourth rescue in the space of 18 hours. North West Ambulance had received a report that a man had slipped off a ledge at Aira Force and was hanging onto a branch. The Duty leader again called…
Swimmer missing in Ullswater
October 23, 2023 08:00hrs At 08:00 on Monday 23rd October Cumbria Police requested assistance from Patterdale MRT to search for a swimmer who had not returned to the shore after his regular morning swim with a group. The team was called and launched the Rescue Rib onto the lake to go and locate the…