A volunteer-run mountain rescue charity. 19 incidents featured here.
A young mountain biker crashed badly in woodland around The Beacon near Penrith and was found unconscious with difficulty breathing. The team immobilised him on a vacuum mattress and stretchered him to an ambulance, which transported him to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle for hospital care.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to hospital
Penrith Mountain Rescue Team was called to assist a walker feeling ill on the Hadrian's Wall path near Lanercost who was unable to continue. North West Ambulance Service reached the casualty while the team were en route and the team were stood down.
Outcome: casualty reached by ambulance service, team stood down
Penrith Mountain Rescue Team assisted Kirkby Stephen MRT with a stretcher evacuation of a casualty from High Cup Nick. Five team members responded and the operation took 4 hours 30 minutes.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher
A walker who tripped and fell down a steep bank near Wetheral was rescued after becoming trapped in a hornets nest. Penrith Mountain Rescue Team, working with Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service and the North West Ambulance Service, used a rope system to haul the casualty and stretcher up the slope before transferring them to an ambulance.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher to ambulance
A young orienteer suffered an ankle injury on Bessyboot during an event in Borrowdale. Penrith MRT was called to assist with evacuation, but Rescue 897 airlifted the casualty before the team arrived. Team members diverted to receive and transport the casualty to Keswick base.
Outcome: casualty airlifted by helicopter and transported to Keswick base
Two overdue paddleboarders were reported missing on Derwent Water. Penrith MRT assisted Keswick MRT with search planning and shoreline searches, but the two individuals were found safe by Cumbria Police walking along a nearby road.
Outcome: found safe by Cumbria Police
A walker sustained a suspected ankle injury whilst walking on The Hause at Cawdale. Penrith Mountain Rescue Team attended, assessed and treated the casualty, then transported them down the fell for handover to NHS ambulance.
Outcome: casualty transported by team and transferred to NHS ambulance
A solo walker became disorientated on the open fell above Kershope Forest due to fatigue, heat and rough terrain. After initial phone contact, a small team was deployed to assist. The walker was provided with food and water, then accompanied off the fell and returned to his vehicle.
Outcome: walked off the fell with team assistance, returned to vehicle
A potentially hypothermic teenage wild camper was found by passing walkers on Whiteside above Keppel Cove. The casualty was able to walk off with assistance from the walkers and a Penrith MRT member who was nearby, and the team stood down before deploying.
Outcome: casualty walked off with assistance from walkers and MRT member
A man sustained an ankle injury on Gowbarrow on 4 July and was stretchered off the hill by Penrith Mountain Rescue Team. He was transferred to hospital for further treatment.
Outcome: casualty stretchered off hill and transferred to hospital
A young man became exhausted and unable to continue walking along a footpath near the River Eden in Lazonby. He had called for help while experiencing distress, but subsequently made his own way back to the road and was collected by a friend before the team's assessment was complete.
Outcome: self-resolved, collected by friend
A 16-year-old male walker became exhausted due to heat whilst on Red Tarn and was unable to continue. Penrith Mountain Rescue Team provided phone support and reassurance to enable him to safely descend to Glenridding.
Outcome: casualty safely descended with remote support
A female walker was reported suffering from signs of heat exhaustion near Small Water on Mardale Head. The rescue team advised the casualty's party to keep her cool and remained on scene until support arrived. The casualty was subsequently transferred via coastguard helicopter to an ambulance at Mardale Head.
Outcome: Medical assistance provided; casualty transferred to ambulance.
Mountain rescue teams were called out to assist with a multi-day search for a missing person near Penton/Kershope Forest. After extensive searching involving numerous agencies and resources over several days, the individual was eventually located by a police dog on Tuesday afternoon.
Outcome: Missing person found alive
Patterdale MRT was conducting a search for a high-risk missing person and requested additional support from the LDSAMRA Silver coordination group. Wasdale MRT deployed five team members to assist with searching areas within their allocated patch.
Outcome: Search concluded successfully.
A climber was found by a passer-by after falling on the crags at Coombs Wood and sustaining severe injuries. Multiple agencies responded to the scene, including air ambulance support, to assess the casualty and safely extract them from the crag.
Outcome: Transported to hospital
The team was called out to assist a walker who had slipped on a steep muddy path at Ashgill Force. Following an assessment and splinting of the ankle, the casualty was safely carried by the team to an awaiting ambulance for hospital transport.
Outcome: Transported to hospital
A walker who fell near Motherby and was suffering from heat-related illness was assisted by the team working alongside an ambulance crew. The casualty was transported across a field on a stretcher and transferred to an ambulance for onward transport to hospital.
Outcome: casualty transported to hospital by ambulance
A walker on the Coast to Coast path near Haweswater became exhausted and unwell after drinking contaminated stream water in hot conditions. A Coastguard helicopter was dispatched and airlifted the casualty to Mardale Head, where they received assessment by paramedics and a Team doctor before ambulance transfer to hospital.
Outcome: airlifted by Coastguard helicopter to Mardale Head, transferred to hospital by ambulance