Mountain rescue teams were called out to a casualty who had fallen and hurt his ankle whilst walking between Red Screes and Scandale Pass.  

The Patterdale team made their way on foot up to the scene. Once at the scene the casualty was examined, given strong pain relief and were placed into a casualty bag to keep warm and stretchered off the hill down into Scandale.

This was the quickest and easiest route off and two team members from Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue drove their Land Rovers along with one of Patterdale’s as far up Scandale as possible and made their way on foot to meet the stretcher party. 

Once at the vehicles the casualty was loaded into a Land Rover Ambulance and transported down to Low Fold rescue base in Ambleside, from here the casualty was taken to hospital for further treatment. 

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13 Team members from Patterdale and 2 from Langdale are involved in the rescue which took six hours in total to complete. 

A spokesperson for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team said: “Big thank you to Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team (LAMRT) for their assistance on this rescue  and we wish the casualty a speedy recovery.”