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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.
Man Lost on Helvellyn Range
December 29, 2024 20.54 On Sunday 29th December at 20:54 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by Cumbria Police with a report that a man was possibly in trouble on Helvellyn. He had been reported missing by his wife who was at home but had been tracking his progress and noticed that his position hadn’t…
Party lost on Helvellyn remotely guided from the fell
December 30, 2024 17:05 At 17:04 on Monday 30/12/2024 Cumbria Police passed on a call to Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team from a party of three reporting themselves lost on Helvellyn. The Rescue Team was placed on standby but from the GPS data on the 999 call it was clear that the group was close to…
Ankle injury Glenridding Dodd
December 28, 2024 noon On Saturday 28/12/24 at midday Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out regarding a walker who had injured his lower leg. The casualty’s partner had called 999 and reported that they believed his leg to be fractured. The couple were near the top of Glenridding Dodd when the casualty had slipped…
Wild Campers stranded in bad weather
December 21, 2024 9 pm On Saturday 21st December at 21.00hrs the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was contacted by Cumbria Police regarding a report of two men who were in a tent, wet and cold after they had failed to find the Priest Hole on Dove Crag in the Hartsop Valley. The Duty Leader…