News Archive
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team News and Incidents for August 07
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: Striding Edge Helvellyn 27th August
Male tripped and fell into Nethermost cove sustaining head injuries Treated a t the scene and airlifted to Cumberland infirmary Carlisle -
: Stony Cove Pike 25th August
A male slipped on wet rock and dislocated his shoulder. Patterdale and Penrith teams treated him and he was air lifted by RAF Seaking helicopter to Whitehaven Hospital. -
: Striding Edge Helvellyn 25th August
Party became separated and failed to meet up on summit. Locatedin valley and reunited. -
: Place Fell 24th August
Campers reported seeing red flares over Place fell. Team went to investigate and also saw red lights in sky. It turned out to be from a wedding party at a lakeside hotel- lighting hot air balloon lanterns. -
: Gowbarrow Fell 23rd August
Woman slipped and fractured left ankle. Team treated on fell and stretchered off to a waiting county Ambulance. -
: Sandwick Ullswater 19th August
Two divers reported missing in Sandwick Bay. Some of the team were diverted from the previous job to launch boat. The divers were found safe and well by others in their party. Call initiated by police oon request of Coast Guard. -
: Place Fell 19th August
Two people got off route on to steep unstable ground and became crag fast. The team roped them to safety. -
: Lake Shore Path below Hallin Fell 17th August
Woman slipped on wet rock. Fractured ankle. She was evacuated by team rescue boat. -
: Grisedale 16th August
Woman tripped and fractured ankle. Team stretchered woman from fell. Taken to CIC by county ambulance. -
: Grisedale above Ruthwaite Lodge 16th August
Man slipped on rock and fractured ankle. Team and Helimed treated man at scene and he was flown to CIC. -
: Near To Oxford Crag Patterdale 15th August
Teenager on YHA out door course slipped on a wet rock while making a bivi and fractured her ankle. Treated at the site by team doctors and stretchered to the road. Transported back to Rescue Centre by team Landrover ambulance and transferred to County Amb -
: Catstycam 7th August
Local farmer requested team to rescue a crag fast sheep that needed to be rescued. The animal had been stuck on ledge. Abseilled in and hauled up to safety.
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Team News: Donated Land Rover creates a ripple effect 2nd August
Back in April, Land Rover presented an MRT vehicle as a wedding present to the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who then passed it on to MREW. That vehiclewill soon be on its way to the Patterdale team in the Lake District, winners of a draw by Prince Harry at Clarence House, no less.
In the spirit of the wedding gift, the Patterdale team has conducted a draw of its own and one of its existing vehicles will be heading south to the Glossop team later in the autumn.
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Team News: Park Foot raises £500 for the Team 14th August
Staff and visitors at Park Foot Caravan and Camping Park have raised over £350 for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team with a series of fundraising raffles to win giant World Cup bears. Owners, Barbara Allen and Fiona Bell have then made that figure up to £500.