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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.
Ankle injury on Hallin Fell
October 17, 2022 12:57 At 12:57 on Monday 17th Oct 2022, Patterdale MRT was alerted by Cumbria Constabulary that a 70 year old man from the South East had slipped on wet grass near to the summit of Hallin Fell, injuring his left ankle. Eight Team members responded to the call out and rendezvoused…
Fallen walker Striding Edge
October 15, 2022 1 pm At 1pm on Saturday 15th October, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called to attend a woman with an ankle injury on Heron Pike, one of the fells overlooking Ullswater. As team members were assembling for this incident, a second call came in, alerting the team to a 24 year old man who…
Helvellyn Search
October 13, 2022 19:00 hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted shortly after 19:00 on Wednesday 12/10/2022 by Cumbria Police to a report of two walkers in their mid-70s who were overdue. The pair were part of a walking group from the North East on a day trip to the Lake District and had failed…