News Archive
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team News and Incidents for May 08
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: The Knott 28th May
A family reported seeing a red flare in the mountains around the Knott area. Search proved fruitless with nothing found. -
: Hartsop Above How 28th May
Assistance given to Langdale Ambleside Team to search for a group of two people from Chester le Street. They were located in thick mist by the team at Hartsop above How and escorted down to Patterdale. -
: Flossgate, Ullswater 26th May
Request to launch the rescue boat from Police and Coast Guard for an upturned boat with people in the water. Boat was launched and later stood down as another boat had recovered the people in the lake. -
: Long Crag, Ullswater 26th May
Second request of the day to launch the boat to a 74 yr old woman from Kent who had slipped and disclocted her shoulder. The shoulder was reduced by a Penrith Team doctor. The casualty was brought back to Glenridding for progress by land ambulance to Cumb -
: Ruthwaite Lodge, Grisedale 26th May
A female slipped and fractured her wrist and also had a frature/dislocation of her ankle. The woman was stretchered to a waiting Landrover Ambulance which brought her to the Rescue Centre where she was given further treatment before transfer to Hospital. -
: Dovedale 25th May
A 29 yr old female from Hudderfield who was walking with her family fell and fractured her ankle. The woman leg was splinted and she was stretchered to the road side for onward evacuation to hospital. -
: Caiston Glen 24th May
70 yr old man slipped and sutained ligament injuries to his left knee. Stretchered from the fell and transfered to hospital by Land Ambulance. -
: Silver Point Ullswater 21st May
Female slipped and fell 8ft over rocks causing a head injury. Recovered by team rescue boat to Jenkin field, Glenridding and air lifted to hospital by air ambulance. -
: Boredale Hause Path 17th May
Woman slipped on the path and fracured her ankle. She was treated at the scene, stretchered to the valley bottom and transfered to Hospital. -
: Striding Edge Helvellyn 5th May
A male fell from Striding Edge into Nethermost Cove. RAF Helicopter recovered his body to Cumberland Infirmary. -
: Place Fell Patterdale 1st May
71yr old female slipped on rough broken ground. She fractured her ankle, was treated at the site, stretchered off the hill and transferred to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.
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Team News: Ullswater Association supports the Team 5th May
Members of the Ullswater Association, a network of local tourism businesses, have raised over £500 with a raffle and presented Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) with a cheque for £250 last night (Wednesday 5 May). Mark Hook of the Moss Crag Guesthouse in Glenridding is Treasurerof the Association and he presented the cheque to John Williams, recently appointed Chairman of the Patterdale MR Association.