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August 19, 2021 15:45 At about 15:45 on Thursday 19th August a 43 year old woman injured her ankle while walking in the Grisedale valley with her family.  With no phone signal, the husband and son walked down to Cruck Barn holiday cottage to raise the alarm, before returning to the casualty site.  Patterdale Mountain…

August 19, 2021 16:08 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called at 16:08 on Thursday 19/08/2021 to assist a husband and wife who had been walking the Fairfield Horseshoe when they became disorientated in cloud and started to descend NE from Hart Crag towards Hartsop Above How.  The Team used the GPs on the couple’s phone…

August 18, 2021 4 pm At 16:03 on Wednesday 18/08/2021 the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by the police to a family party of 3 who had become lost while trying to descend from the summit of Helvellyn in cloud.  The Team contacted the party and identified their location via the GPS on the…

August 17, 2021 7pm On Tuesday 17/03/21 at 1900hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team had just finished a call out on Scandale pass and was returning to base when they were flagged down by a member of the public. A woman in a group of tourists was suffering from a suspected panic attack and was struggling…

August 17, 2021 4pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Tuesday 17/08/21 at around 1600. The report was of a young casualty who was doing his DoE with his school. The casualty had sustained a knee injury and was unable to continue. He was located at the top of Scandale Pass. His  knee…

August 13, 2021 3 pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted at about 15:00 on the 13th August by a local farmer who reported that one of his sheep was stuck behind a tree on Thornhow Crag, a local climbing area mainly used by local activity centres.  Two team members, who happened to be at…