LAMRT Incident Report

Incident/Location	Date/time	What happened
1. Fellwalking, Grisedale Hause Grasmere	13th January at 12.37	A man slipped while descending from Fairfield summit and fractured his ankle. We called Kendal MRT to assist, because of the long carry out. Luckily, an RAF helicopter in the area offered its services and spared us the trouble.
2. Search, Wythburn Thirlmere	13th January at 14.55	We were requested to assist Police with finding a man who was descending from Hellvellyn, having fallen down Nethermost Cove. His fall was witnessed by people in the area and reported to Patterdale MRT. He had assured witnesses that he was OK, but the Police needed to know he was off the hill, safely. We located him near Swirls car park, safe and well.
3. Fellwalking, Crinkle Crags Gt Langdale	20th January at 13.56	A man slipped and sustained a fractured ankle near the summit of Crinkle Crags. We despatched a team to assist him, and requested a helicopter to assist. This they did, and we returned home without having to walk to the top!
4. Fellwalking, Fox Ghyll Loughrigg	20th January at 15.31	While the previous incident was under way, we were called to another man with an ankle fracture, this time a little nearer the road. We did the business and he was evacuated to hospital.
5. Fellwalking, Climbers Traverse, Bowfell Gt Langdale	9th February at 13.15	A man slipped on hard packed snow whilst crossing the climbers traverse. He fell approximately 400ft, and sadly, died of his injuries. A helicopter assisted with the evacuation of his body to Ambleside.
6. Search Bowfell Gt Langdale	12th February at 21.10	Two women were reported overdue from their walk over Bowfell. A search was organised, with help from SARDA, but the women turned up in Borrowdale before we got to far. They had been delayed when one of them took a tumble and injured her shoulder. It is also probable that they had no torches or map. It was a clear, but moonless night, so this wouldn't have helped. Still, it was a nice walk out.
7. Fellwalking Blea Crag, Easedale Grasmere	18th February at 12.47	A 66-year-old woman suffered a suspected severe Angina attack while walking with friends. The team set off on foot, and a helicopter was requested. We treated the woman and then with some difficulty, got her to the helicopter, which was having difficulty because of the weather.One of the rare occasions when we have to carry uphill. It's not nice!
8. Fellwalking Fairfield Grasmere	18th February at 14.44	While we were on scene at the previous incident, we were made aware of another incident on Fairfield summit. A man had slipped on ice and fractured his femur. His crampons were attached to the top of his rucsac. His rucsac was uninjured. The helicopter flew a couple of team members over to Fairfield and dropped them off with the winchman to attend to him. Because of the seriousness of his injury, the deteriorating weather, and the apparent stability of the previous casualty, who was still on board, it was decided to wait while he was treated. Both casualties were flown to Carlisle hospital.
9. Fellwalking Stickle Tarn Gt Langdale	9th June at 11.55	The fells had only been officially reopened for 3 hours, following relaxing of FMD regulations, when we were called out to assist a 51-year-old man who had collapsed with a suspected heart attack. He was treated at the scene and a helicopter, training in Coniston, flew him to Carlisle Royal Infirmary.
10. Fellwalking Stickle Tarn Gt Langdale	12th July at 15.07	A 15-year-old girl slipped and sustained an injury to her pelvis, while descending the path just below the dam. She was treated on scene, and flown to hospital by a helicopter form Royal Navy Gannett.
11. Fellwalking Dungeon Ghyll Gt Langdale	14th July at 15.56	A 42-year-old man slipped on the path and sustained a suspected fracture to his left ankle. We did the usual stuff, and removed him to place of safety.
12. Fellwalking Loughrigg Terrace Grasmere	16th July at 15.15	A 65-year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected wrist fracture. She was treated at the scene, and carried to an ambulance by stretcher.
13. Fellwalking Orrest Head Windermere	17th July at 11.53	An 11-year-old boy slipped and sustained a bad gash to his knee. He was treated at the scene by the group leader, a Furness MRT member, and a Paramedic who was called, and carried to an ambulance by stretcher, by ourselves and Kendal MRT, who had also been called.
14. Mountain Biking Dubbs Road Windermere	17th July at 21.56	A 23-year-old female mountain biker parted company with her bike. She suffered cuts, bruises and grazes to her forearm and hip, and a bang on the head (wearing a helmet). An issue of great concern to most cyclists, her bike was relatively undamaged!
15. Fellwalking Betty Fold Hawkshead Hill	20th July at 15.13	We were requested to assist the ambulance service with the evacuation of a 47-year-old man who had slipped and sustained a leg injury. They treated him, we carried him down. Teamwork!!
16. Fellwalking Ivy Crag Loughrigg	24th July at 18.55	A 24-year-old man slipped and sustained a suspected spinal injury. The man was treated at the scene, and carried to our ambulance, then transported to hospital
17. Fellwalking Huntingstile Gt Langdale	26th July at 16.22	A 76-year-old man collapsed with a suspected heart attack. Sadly he died, despite the efforts of ourselves and the Air Ambulance, which had also been called.
18. Fellwalking Blea Tarn Gt Langdale	9th August at 14.54	We went to the aid of a 41-year-old man, who had slipped and suffered a suspected fractured ankle. He was given pain relief, and stretchered to an ambulance.
19. Search High Street	13th August at 00.30	Team members assisted with a search covering a large area for a man overdue from a walk on High Street. Our base was manned and a number of personnel and dogs assisted Kendal MRT, Patterdale MRT, Penrith MRT and SARDA. Sadly the man was found dead around 2am near the summit of High Street.
20. Fellwalking Jiffy Knott Clappersgate, Langdale	14th August at 13.24	We were called to help evacuate a man who was found collapsed in the woods. He was stabilised by a Paramedic, and transferred to the air ambulance, and flown to Furness General Hospital.
21. Search Crinkle Crags Gt Langdale	14th August at 17.00	A man phoned to say he was lost on Crinkle Crags. We attempted to talk him down, but were not confident of his navigational ability. A search was instigated, and he was located quickly, well, but exhausted at Brotherikeld. We were assisted by SARDA and Wasdale MRT.
22. Mountain Biking Deer Bolt Woods Grasmere	15th August at 14.47	A 22-year-old man crashed on his mountain bike and sustained head and spinal injuries, and multiple grazes. He was treated at the scene, placed on a vacuum mattress and carried to an ambulance. His bike was badly damaged!
23. Search Bowfell Gt Langdale	20th August at 13.02	We were called to investigate reports of cries for help in the Great Slab area of Bowfell. The 200 sheep and accompanying dogs appeared to be getting down without need of assistance!
24. Search Langdale Pikes Gt Langdale	21st August at 21.54	Are you sitting comfortably, because this is a good one! (I suggest a beer and some crisps as a minimum) We were called to assist a 53-year-old male and a 47-year-old female who where benighted in the area of Harrison Stickle. It seemed a simple matter of finding them, and walking them down. They'd given us a fairly good idea where they were, and finding them wasn't difficult. In fact we located them about 11.30pm. The team members who got to them first were greeted by complaints that they had walked past, despite their shouts. It didn't seem to matter that their rescuers had to continue up the ghyll past them, in order to find a safe place to cross the ravine that forms the upper section of Dungeon Ghyll. The second part of the greeting was to 'instruct' a team member to carry the woman's bag. This was a 'fashion' duffle bag, with a big coat hanging from it. The couple were fortified with drinks and glucose tablets and the descent started. After a short distance the woman's newfound porter asked if he could put the coat inside the bag because it was in danger of tripping him. She reluctantly agreed, but said that he wasn't to squash the chocolate muffins that were in the bag. The porter opened the bag and found that it contained a 4-pack of chocolate muffins, a packet of famous brand caramel wafers, chocolate eclairs, a bag of toffees, bananas, apples, oranges, Twiglets, crisps, yoghurts(!), cartons of juice and a famous brand of reconstituted potato snack, in a tube. (Why do they give you a reusable lid, when they must know that once opened, you cannot avoid eating the lot?) This was only what was visible immediately by the light of a head torch, and there could easily have been more. The porter was excited by the prospect of a little snack, but the Tunnocks were only handed over reluctantly. What is normally a descent of around an hour stretched out until around 5am, on account of the woman's physical condition. Her husband was escorted to the valley floor some two hours earlier. Questioning revealed that the man was more than capable of navigating a way down, it was just that the woman refused to go down any of his chosen routes because they were too steep. She complained to her rescuers that the way they had chosen was also too steep, but they left her in no doubt that that was the only way she was going to be escorted down. She even criticised somebody she had seen many hours earlier for wearing sandals. She may have had a point, but the irony of the situation seemed lost on her. This team doesn't rescue people for gratitude or money, but , respectively one is pleasant to receive, and the other is quite useful for the development of the team, but on some occasions you feel well and truly screwed! This was one of those occasions. Sorry, I went on a bit then!
25. Rescue Stickle Tarn Gt Langdale	24th August at 14.10	We were called to a familiar situation, a woman with a suspected broken ankle near the dam at Stickle Tarn. We splinted her leg and carried her off the hill with assistance from Kendal MRT. We just got back to the vehicles in the valley, when we were notified of another incident in Grasmere.
26. Search Easedale Tarn Grasmere	24th August at 16.40	We were called by a youth hostel manager who reported a group of 45 kids and 6 adults in difficulty in the Easedale Tarn area! Team members, along with Kendal MRT, regrouped and made their way to Grasmere. Fortunately, the party was located by an advanced party from the team, making their own way down. The leaders were 'interviewed' with respect to their competence and responsibilities. Then...
27. Search Bowfell/Crinkle Crags Gt Langdale	24th August at 17.23	We were called by the police to assist a party lost in the Bowfell/Crinkle Crags area. Team members, with Kendal MRT still present, having failed to get home yet, regrouped again at Ambleside. Fortunately the group managed to find a safe route down by there own initiative, before we had to expend too much more energy.
28. Fellrunning Grasmere Sports Grasmere	26th August at 13.11	A 13-year-old boy fell while running in a race during the Grasmere Sports. We splinted his leg and carried him to an ambulance for onward transport to hospital. His shoes were not adequate for the purpose.
29. Fellwalking Bright Beck Gt Langdale	27th August at 13.33	A woman descending Bright Beck slipped and sustained a suspected fracture to her cheek and lower leg. She was treated at the scene and taken by helicopter to West Cumberland Infirmary. We were assisted by RAF Leeming, who were in the area.
30. Assist Police Common Wood Windermere	29th August at 18.54	We were requested to assist the Police with the recovery of a mans body, found in woodland near Windermere.
31. Search Lynthwaite area Windermere	6th September at 20.08	We were requested to assist Police with a search for a 19-year-old man missing from a local residential school. The area was searched, with help from SARDA, and the man was located. He was unharmed.
32. Search Middlefell Buttress Gt Langdale	8th September at 01.07	Reliable witnesses reported flashing lights on Middelfell Buttress. They appeared to be flashing SOS. Initially, we couldn't see anything, but on further investigation we found two men asleep in bivvy bags on a ledge. They were not in difficulty, but we believe they were fully aware of what consequences their actions could lead to, and didn't do anything to prevent it. Alcohol was involved.
33. Search Chapel Stile Gt Langdale	15th September at 19.29	A small search was initiated for a 76-year-old woman missing from a local holiday resort. Four SARDA search dogs and 4 team members were mobilised but the woman was found by police before dogs were deployed. A happy ending.
34. Search Blea Rigg and Sergeant Man Gt Langdale	19th September at 18.20	A small search was initiated for a woman and her son, who phoned in and reported themselves unable to find their way down. They were located by search dog Paddy, and escorted down.
35. Fellwalking Three Tarns, Bowfell Gt Langdale	29th September at 15.17	A 56-year-old woman from a walking group sustained an ankle injury. She was treated at the scene and carried down to the valley. We were assisted with this long carry by Kendal MRT, who also took her through to hospital in their Ambulance.
36. Fellwalking Limgmoor Gt Langdale	1st October at 18.18	A 64-year-old lone man slipped and suffered a suspected fractured ankle. It was getting late, dark, wet and windy, so he was forced to start crawling down the hill because there was nobody else around. He was spotted by two runners, who went to his aid, and raised the alarm. A local farmer also tried to reach him in his Landrover. We treated him, and stretchered him down and on to hospital.
37. Fellwalking Easedale Tarn Grasmere	6th October at 13.56	A man in his 60's slipped and sustained fractured ankle while enjoying a 30th birthday celebration picnic with his daughter. He was treated by the teams doctor and medics and then carried to the valley floor. He was transferred to an ambulance and taken to hospital.
38. Fellwalking Helm Crag Grasmere	8th October at 16.38	A 63-year-old man slipped and dislocated his ankle. His friends 'popped' it back in again and they continued to descend with the aid of trekking poles. However progress became too difficult, so they stopped and called for our assistance. His ankle was an interesting colour when we took a look at it, and very badly swollen. We splinted it and he was carried to the valley. He was transferred to an ambulance and taken to hospital. He had done well to get as far down as he did, especially as his friends were offering 'moral support' of the kind we usually offer. Inspection at hospital revealed a fracture.
39. Trail Motorcycling Atkinson Coppice Little Langdale	9th October at 12.55	A 45-year-old man suffered a knee injury when he fell from his motorbike. He was in a great deal of pain and unable to move. We drove our Landrovers to within 200 yards. He was given pain relief and then his knee was splinted and he was evacuated from the hill back to meet and ambulance in Ambleside
40. Fellwalking Little Tongue, Seat Sandal Grasmere	12th October at 13.49	A 56-year-old South African woman slipped while descending and sustained a leg injury. We were assisted with the evacuation by Kendal MRT
41. Fellwalking Flesh Crag, Red Screes Ambleside	14th October at 15.09	A 62-year-old Bristol man slipped and sustained a leg injury. He was a big chap, so luckily we were able to use our local knowledge and bring him down via a short cut through a quarry.
42. Fellwalking Great Rigg Ambleside	20th October at 13.25	A 52-year-old woman sustained a leg injury when she slipped on steep grass on the way down from Great Rigg. Her husband came down to raise the alarm, but then went back up the hill before we arrived. The grid reference given didn't make sense, so we had to search for an hour before we found her. She was treated and then carried down to the valley.
43. Fellwalking Oxendale Langdale	23rd October at 21.12	A man suffered a leg injury on the fell, but managed to walk a significant way down. A friend had gone ahead to raise the alarm, but when we got there he had managed to walk into Oxendale, saving us a trip up the hill in the rain.
44. Fellwalking Red Screes Ambleside	28th October at 13.34	A 70-year-old man fell 50ft and sustained multiple injuries. He was treated at the scene and then flown to Carlisle hospital.
45. Fellwalking Red Screes Ambleside	28th October at 14.42	No-you're not seeing double. A woman who had helped the man in the previous incident left the casualty site to make her way down and fell and sustained a leg injury. She got a helicopter ride as well.
46. Search Great Rigg Ambleside	29th October at 18.37	A group of five got lost in the mist. They were located quickly and escorted down the fell. It's unlikely they ever knew where they where.
47. Search Langdale to Scafell Gt Langdale	29th October at 19.00	A man in his 30's was reported overdue from his walk to Scafell. His car was located at the Old Dungeon Ghyll car park. An extensive search, in very high winds, was carried out with help from SARDA, Kewsick MRT and Wasdale MRT. All reasonable areas had been covered by 2am, so the search was suspended to await daylight. The search recommenced early next morning and the man was located, alive and well, near Cam Spout, having lost his compass and been unable to find his way back.
48. Fellwalking Far Easedale Grasmere	4th November at 14.12	A woman in her 50's slipped and sustained a leg injury. She was treated and carried out on a stretcher.
49. Search Langdale to Borrowdale	8th November at 23.00	A 50-year-old man walked over from Borrowdale to Langdale to meet some friends. He was reported to have consumed a substantial amount of alcohol. At 5pm he declined an offer of a lift back to Borrowdale from his friends and set off to walk. He was reported overdue at his accommodation in Borrowdale. He was located in Mickleden with a head injury, hypothermia (32^oc)and multiple bruises at 23.45 by an advanced group of rescuers as the team was assembling at base. He wasn't able to account for the missing time very effectively. It was a cold, wet night with occasional snow showers. He can probably consider himself very lucky and a little foolish.
50. Fellwalking Roundhill Red Screes Ambleside	11th November at 16.50	We were called to assist the ambulance service with the evacuation of a woman in her 50's who had slipped and sustained a leg injury. She was carried out on a stretcher. We have had a run of incidents in this area recently. It's not unusual to be up here when it snows to rescue speeding sledgers and skidding motorists but are sinister forces at work to cause this phenomena? Theories on a postcard please.
51. Fellwalking Stickle Tarn Gt Langdale	1st December at 13.39	A woman slipped and fell, sustaining a shoulder injury. She was treated at the scene and carried down. She was taken to hospital in her own car.
52. Fellwalking Ivy Crag, Loughrigg,Gt. Langdale	2nd December at 13.27	A woman slipped and suffered a lower right leg fracture. We were en route to this incident when a second one occurred. We divided our resources, and dealt with the first incident with the help of the Air Ambulance.
53. Fellwalking Red Screes Ambleside	2nd December at 13.40	Those of us who diverted from the previous rescue found a 57-year-old man who had fallen 50 or so feet, sustaining a head, wrist and leg injury. He was incoherent at first, but came round while we were there. He was treated at the scene, given oxygen and then flown to Lancaster Hospital by the RAF. We were assisted by Patterdale MRT and Kendal MRT. Please stop sending the postcards, I was only joking!
54. Rescue Bowfell Gt Langdale	8th December at 18.45	A man in his 30's suffered a leg injury when he pulled a boulder on his foot. The group he was with reported themselves as near the top of the Band. They even gave us a grid reference. They were actually considerably higher, near the summit of Bowfell. He was treated and evacuated with help from Kendal MRT.
55. Search High Raise Grasmere	16th December at 18.02	A man became benighted on on High Raise. He phoned for help and a search was instigated. With help from SARDA and Keswick MRT he was located near the summit just after 9pm. He was escorted down and taken to his accommodation in Grasmere. If he'd remembered to pack a torch, he'd have been alright!
56. Fellwalking Sour Milk Ghyll Grasmere	23rd December at 13.32	We were called to assist a 23-year-old who had slipped and sustained an ankle injury. We did the business and went home.
57. Fellwalking Loughrigg Grasmere	26th December at 14.05	A 55-year-old man slipped on a snow covered path and sustained an ankle injury. It was a fine afternoon to spend looking at the view, while waiting for us to arrive and do what we do. We did what we do and went home.
58. Fellwalking Dove Crag Ambleside	29th December at 14.29	A middle-aged woman slipped on snow and sustained a lower right leg injury. It's a fair way up to Dove Crag, so the whole operation took 5 hours. Much of it was in the dark, and with extensive snow cover. We were ably assisted by Kendal MRT
59. Fellwalking Coffin Route Ambleside	31st December at 13.31	A 68-year-old woman slipped on ice and sustained a lower leg injury.
60. Fellwalking Coffin Route Ambleside	31st December at	While attending to the previous woman, we were alerted to another woman who had done the same. This time she was a 48-year-old, and just a few hundred yards further down the track.
61. Fellwalking High Sweden Bridge Ambleside	31st December at	While all this was going on, another woman, this time 47-years-old slipped and suffered the all to frequent broken ankle. There's nothing like ending on a high.
		In addition to the above incidents the team is occassionally called upon to open our base to form a radio link to cover blind spots, and to assist our SARDA Dog Handlers operating in the area. We are also contacted regularly by the Police with queries about missing or overdue persons. These are usually resolved without calling out the team. We are occassionally asked by local farmers to assist in the 'rescue' of sheep trapped on the crags in our area.