News Archive
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team News and Incidents for December 10
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Man falls from Swirral Edge: Brown Cove, 30th December
At 1400 on Thursday 30th December Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to rescue a man who had fallen approximately 150 metres from Swirral Edge, Helvellyn. -
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PMRT assist in major search for missing woman: Whinlatter Forest 30th December
Four members of Patterdale MRT assisted Cockermouth MRT with a major search for a missing woman in Whinlatter forest. The missing woman was not located and the Team were stood down. -
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Party of 6 overtaken by darkness: Boredale Hause, Patterdale 29th December
Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called by Police at 6pm to go to the assistance of a group of six people who were stranded on the fell. The group from Gateshead had no torches and included three young children (8, 3 and 2 years old) and were unable to continue in the darkness. -
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Walker falls from Helvellyn: Brown Cove 27th December
At 15:30 on Monday 27th December Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called by Cumbria Police to rescue a walker who had fallen from Swirral Edge, Helvellyn. The 39 year old man from Preston had been walking with friends when he fell through a cornice in poor visibility, near to the summit of the mountain. -
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Lost Winter Climbers: Keppel Cove 4th December
Climbers call Police for Mountain Rescue to give directions from the fell. -
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Fall on Thor's Corner, Viking Butress Helvellyn: Viking Buttress Helvellyn 3rd December
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called at 15.30 to rescue a climber from Penrith who had slipped and landed badly sustaining a suspected spinal injury.
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Team News: Success of 2010 cards 11th December
This year’s new card designs are selling well with the Eusmere Bay image proving so popular that almost 1000 have been sold pre-Christmas.