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October 3, 2024 5.05 pm On Thursday 3rd October at 17:05hrs Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was tasked by North West Ambulance Service to assist a female who had slipped and hurt her leg descending from Helvellyn at Myers Beck near Glenridding.   The Team responded from Patterdale Base in two Landrovers to treat the lady….

September 28, 2024 6.30 pm On Saturday 28th September at 18:30hrs  Cumbria Police contacted the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team with a request to assist a man who had been sailing on Ullswater and hit a rock in the lake around 40 metres from shore. The Team responded and, using their Rescue Rib “Patrick Pete“, they…

September 16, 2024 6.15 pm Patterdale Mountain Rescue team was contacted for a second time on Monday the 16th September by Cumbria Police at 18:15. On this occasion the elderly gentleman who had been walking on Place fell with his wife had started down a steep decent, sat down for a rest and found he…

September 16, 2024 4.15 pm On Monday 16th of September PATTERDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM was contacted by Cumbria Police at 16:15 to help assist a person who had lost their way walking from Aira Force to Glencoyne. The walker, who was from the USA and staying in a local hotel, had contacted the police initially…

September 14, 2024 On Saturday 14th September just before Midnight the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received their third call of the day from Cumbria Police for a group of four males caught out by the weather conditions. The group had set off from Glenridding late evening with the intention of climbing to Sheffield Pike to…

September 14, 2024 18:40 On Saturday 14th September at 18.40hrs Cumbria Police contacted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team, for their second call of the day, to attend a couple who had become lost in poor conditions on the Helvellyn range. The pair had set off from Glenridding earlier in the day and had headed up onto…