Crinkle Crags

Incident Report #01 2013

01
Sat, 5th January 2013, 13:04

A man was reported as having fallen on The Band. Unfortunately the group were off-route due to a navigational error and were located on horrible steep ground on the east face of Crinkle Crags. The man's inuries, sadly, were fatal. His body was recovered, and his companions were assisted from the hill in a protracted and difficult rescue. We were assisted by Kendal MRT and a helicopter from RAF Valley made valiant efforts to assist, but cloud base and wind condition meant it was of limited use. These few words to little justice to the difficulty of this rescue.

Man Hours: 
19 team members for 7 hours, plus Kendal MRT and RAF Valley helicopter
Unique Incident ID: 
3052

Incident Report #6 2012

6
Sat, 28th January 2012, 16:45

A lone male was found in a state of collapse and hypothermic at Three Tarns at dusk by a goup of 5. They stopped to help him and raised the alarm. The team was dispatched and an SAR helicpter was requested to assist. The helicopter arrived just in advance of the first team members and the man was assisted to the helicopter and flown to Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle for treament.

Man Hours: 
15 team members for 3 hours
Unique Incident ID: 
2962

Incident Report #93 2011

93
Fri, 11th November 2011, 13:26
A woman was reported missing after becoming seperated from her walking partner. An extensive search was organised, with help from Kendal MRT, a number of search dogs and a helicopter from the RAF. She was eventually located, being assisted down by a small group of walkers from Crinkle Crags.
Man Hours: 
12 team members for 3 hours, plus Kendal MRT, RAF Helicopter, SARDA Lakes
Unique Incident ID: 
2944

Incident Report #89 2011

89
Tue, 25th October 2011, 13:30
A woman sustained a dislocated shoulder when she fell near the summit of Crinkle Crags. Team members responded, along with members of Kendal MRT. We got to within 500 metres and were overtaken by the air ambulance. They were able to walk the woman to the aircraft and fly her to hospital. We returned to pur vehicle parked at Three Shires Stone, grateful that a long stretcher carry had been avoided!
Man Hours: 
10 team members for 3 hours plus Kendal MRT
Unique Incident ID: 
2940

Incident Report #71 2011

71
Sat, 20th August 2011, 22:00
A couple became separated on Crinkle Crags... one of them made it back to their vehicle and reported the other missing. The other, it transpired had been searching the rridge for his missing partner, eventually becoming exhausted and benighted near Swinsty Ghyll. He was found here by team members and escorted to safety. We were assisted by Wasdale MRT and search dogs.
Man Hours: 
10 team members for 4.5 hours, plus Wasdale MRT
Unique Incident ID: 
2921

Incident Report #70 2011

70
Fri, 19th August 2011, 18:45
A man reported his friend missing after they became separated on Crinkle Crags during a mulit-day walk. He was located in Sheffield, having gone home.
Man Hours: 
3 team members for 4 hours, plus Coniston MRT
Unique Incident ID: 
2920

Incident Report #40 2011

40
Wed, 1st June 2011, 17:24
A group of six got stuck on Crinkle Crags when they couldn't find Three Tarns, and then in retracing their steps to the Bad Step, couldn't descend it or find their way around it. They were told to stay at the top of the Bad Step and team members recovered them from there. A group of two had been successfully 'talked' off Crinkle Crag earlier in the day. It remains a frustration that people are going in to the hills without the full set off skills to get them up and back DOWN, or the ability to make good judgement calls and avoid trouble.
Man Hours: 
9 team members for 4 hours
Unique Incident ID: 
2890

Incident Report #38 2011

38
Tue, 17th May 2011, 18:37
A man reported himself lost somewhere on Crinle Crags. We had great difficulty getting back to him on his Italian mobile phone, but eventually managed to speak to him. He was using the GPS on the same phone and was unable to operate the GPS and phone simultaneously. He convinced us he was near the southern end of the Crags, but an extensive search failed to locate him. Having exhausted all reasonable possibilities, using 3 mountain rscue teams and 5 search dogs, we eventually had to call the search of, with him still unlocated.
Man Hours: 
14 team members for 9 hours, plus Wasdale, and Kendal MRTs and SARDA
Unique Incident ID: 
2888

Incident Report #32 2011

32
Fri, 29th April 2011, 16:00

A man was reported as having fallen from the Bad Step on Crinkle Crags and sustained head, possible neck and leg injuries. He was treated and stabilised by team members and evacuated a short distance to a waiting RAF helicopter.

Man Hours: 
18 team members for 4 hours
Unique Incident ID: 
2882

Incident Report #18 2011

18
Tue, 22nd February 2011, 15:11

A couple become disorientated and lost having tried to avoid the Bad Step on Crinkle Crags. They phoned for help and were given directions and advice. They made good progress and were located descending The Band.

Man Hours: 
6 team members for 2.5 hours, plus Kendal MRT
Unique Incident ID: 
2868
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