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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 on Helvellyn
November 15, 2020 1:29 pm A group of 5 young walkers rang 999 after getting lost on Helvellyn in bad weather. The Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team leader used the Phonefind technology to establish that they were on the main path going down Lower Man, near Helvellyn. Phone contact was made and at that point the…
Person fainted – Birkside Gill
November 14, 2020 3:37 pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out by the North West Ambulance Service with regard to a walker who had fainted. The exact location was unknown and the informant described it as near the top of Birkside near Helvellyn. The team could not get back in touch with the person…