Wansfell

Two seperate groups, one of two on Wansfell, and one of five on Hart Crag, were given guidance and instructions to find their way off each hill when they became disorientated in misty conditions...

A search of Wanstell was started after reports of red flares being seen near the summit. This search was called off after two hours after it was learned that three distress flares had been set off by some speed boat enthusiasts in a local hotel car park.

Female (50 years) of Liverpool slipped and fell on wet grass near the summit of Wansfell. She sustained a fractured ankle and was treated by a team doctor after the team had carried her down the fell on a stretcher.
Footnote. This woman was properly equipped and in an organised party. Weather conditons: Dull, drizzle, wet ground.

A 35 year old man from Luton slipped on steep-wet fellside and sustained a leg and knee injury. Conveyed by stretcher to an awaiting ambulance.

A 49 year old lady from Chester slipped on steep wet fellside and sustained a fracture to her lower leg.

A man sustained a lower leg injury when he slipped on steep ground.

During rescue 30, it was reported that a 36 year old female from Huddersfield had collapsed with severe stomach pains. Diagnosed as Gastro Enteritis. Half the Team diverted to assist.

The team went to the assistance of a 40 year old female from Blackpool, whose smooth soled shoes may have caused her to slip on the fellside and fracture her ankle.

The Team went to the assistance of a 68 year old female from Windermere who slipped on very wet fellside and suffered a fracture to her lower leg/ankle.

The Team went to the assistance of a 63 year old female from Cheshire who slipped on very wet fellside and suffered a fracture of her lower leg.

A 71 year old female from High Wycombe slipped on the wet fellside and broke her left leg. She was carried on a stretcher, then by Team's Land Rover / ambulance to a Doctor in Ambleside. Footnote:This lady had smooth sol shoes which could have contributed to her fall. Weather conditions: DRY, CLEAR, WARM, WET UNDERFOOT

A 70 year old Stockport woman slipped and fell on wet fellside on Wansfell, Ambleside and sustained a fracture of the left leg. Team carried her down the fell and then by Ambulance to Kendal Hospital.
Footnote: Once again, the fellside in wet and very dry weather can be just as dangerous as snow and ice.

We were called to attend a woman with an ankle injury. She was walking with her husband. They had passed a grid reference to the Police which put them on Nanny Lane, Troutbeck. The team was dispatched to sort her out. Our first response group couldn't find them. We spoke them again and they admitted that they might not have been quite were they had initially told us. Further questioning located them on the Ambleside side of Wansfell. A second team was dispatched, they were located, and the woman's injury was treated. Grid references and numbers are such a tricky business.

A 10-year-old boy became separated from his parents. A search was organised, and he was quickly located and reunited with his parents.
 

A 65 year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture. She was treated at the scene and carried down on our stretcher.
 

A woman slipped and sustained an arm fracture when she landed while descending from Wansfell. She was treated at the scene and evacuated with help form the North West Air Ambulance.
 

A man in his 50s slipped and dislocated his ankle near the summit.

A 26-year-old woman slipped and sustained an ankle fracture. She was treated, given pain relief and evacuated.

A competitor in the annual Wansfell Race sustained a suspected left ankle fracture while descending.