In the news
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.
Fall on Striding Edge
November 20, 2021 11.49 hrs Cumbria Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team, at 11:49 on Saturday 20/11/2021, to a call received by Yorkshire Police regarding a man in his fifties from the London area who had slipped and tumbled about 20 feet whilst traversing Striding Edge. Given the location, the nature of the report and…
Search-Dog support from HF Holidays
This week, the Search & Rescue Dogs Association Wales (SARDA Wales) was very pleased to announce a £5k donation from the HF Holidays Pathway Fund to help fund key projects. SARDA Wales is a voluntary organisation that trains and operates search dogs for use in conjunction with Search & Rescue operations in mountain, rural and…
Head Injury Hartsop
November 15, 2021 15.20 hrs The Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria Police at 15.20hrs on Monday 15th November to a report of an elderly male who had fallen whilst walking and sustained a head injury in the Hartsop area around Threshwaite Cove. The team mobilised a Landrover to locate the man…
Fatality on Striding Edge
November 2, 2021 16.50 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out by the Police at 16:50 on Tuesday 02/11/2021 to search for a 54 year old man from Cheshire who was reported missing on Striding Edge. The man and his wife had set off in the early afternoon to climb Helvellyn via Striding Edge; however,…
Leg Injury Descending From Caudale Moor
November 13, 2021 19.35 Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted at 19:35 on Saturday 13/11/2021 to assist a 56 year old man who had slipped whilst descending the ridge above Cauldale Bridge. He was a member of a party of 5 well equipped and experienced walkers who had been practicing night navigation skills on Cauldale Moor. …