LAMRT Incident Report

Incident/Location	Date/time	What happened
1. Sledging School Knott Windermere	1st January at 11.50	No cold spell would be complete without a sledging accident. School Knott is probably the most popular place, followed only by Kirkstone Pass. This time a man in his 30's badly broke his leg when he collided with something immovable.
2. Fellwalking Wansfell Windermere	2nd January at 13.01	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.
3. Car stuck Wrynose Pass Little Langdale	3rd January at 12.47	We were requested by the Police to go and recover two people who had got their car stuck on Wrynose Pass in icy conditions. They claimed not to have seen the 'Road Closed' signs and became stuck on ice near the top. The recovery was hampered by a number of other cars abandoned and blocking the road.
4. Fellwalking Coffin Route Rydal	4th January at 14.26	A woman slipped a sustained leg injury. This is rapidly becoming THE PLACE to hurt yourself. (See incidents at the end of 2001)
5. Fellwalking Grasmere Weir Grasmere	6th January at 13.23	A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury.
6. Fellwalking Dungeon Ghyll Gt Langdale	8th January at 15.15	A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury.
7. Fellwalking Loughrigg Grasmere	10th January at 13.40	A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury. I'm sorry, but I'm running out of new and innovative ways of describing this type of incident.
8. Assist Police Kirkstone Pass Ambleside	9th March at 12.17	A coach-load of people, on a two day tour of the Lakes, nearly spent both days on their coach when it got stuck in snow at Kirkstone Pass. We ferried 52 of them down to Ambleside. Road Closed signs where in place.
Rescue Seathwaite Tarn Duddon	13th March at 16.00	A helicopter had landed in the area for training session. As we were getting on board a member of Coniston Mountain Rescue Team arrived and explained that they had a rescue in the Seathwaite Tarn area. He asked for the assistance of the helicopter and a couple of team members. This was provided and they flew to the aid of the injured person. They were flown on to Furness General Hospital.
9. Rescue Low Pike Ambleside	15th March at 12.50	A woman slipped and tumbled, sustaining a gash to her leg. She was treated and carried down to our ambulance.
Search Dent	16th and 17th March	A number of team members with specialist skills and the teams Search dogs assisted Kendal MRT with a search in the Dent area.
10. Rescue Stock Ghyll Ambleside	16th March at 12.30	A woman collapsed and became unconscious. By the time we arrived, she had come around, apparently having fainted. She was helped down and referred to a GP.
11. Rescue Swinescar Pike Gt Langdale	24th March at 14.19	A man collapsed while walking with a party. Sadly he died at the scene, despite the efforts of a nurse who was in attendance.
12. Rescue Pike Howe Gt Langdale	29th March at 17.33	A woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury. We applied a splint, administered TLC and carried her down.
13. Rescue Longmire Lane Windermere	8th April at 18.43	A 40-year-old man overturned his quad bike and badly gashed his arm. He was transferred to an ambulance and taken to hospital in Lancaster
14. Rescue 'Seagull' Tarn Gt Langdale	17th April at 13.31	A man slipped and sustained a suspected leg fracture. We did what we do with assistance from Kendal MRT
15. Rescue Dungeon Ghyll Gt Langdale	27th April at 15.27	A 44-year-old woman fell from the path near the top of Dungeon Ghyll. She fell approximately 80ft into the bed of the ghyll, sustaining serious multiple injuries. Sadly, despite prolonged attempts by her friends to revive her, she died. We were assisted in the rescue by a helicopter from the RAF.
16. Rescue Greenup Edge Grasmere	5th May at 15.26	A woman sustained a leg injury when she tripped. The team set off to attend this incident. While en-route we were alerted to a second incident (incident 17). The first one was dealt with with the aid of the North West Air Ambulance. Kendal MRT were called to assist, also.
17. Rescue Rydal Water Grasmere	5th May at 15.30	A 70-year-old woman tripped and fell, banging her head, injuring her leg and losing consciousness. she was treated by team members and stretchered to our ambulance, the transferred to county ambulance and taken to hospital in Lancaster.
18. Rescue Gummers How Windermere	8th May at 17.02	We were requested by Kendal MRT to assist in a search for two children who had gone missing while walking with there group. We located them on the roadside while making our way to the rendezvous point.
19. Rescue Pull Wyke Brathay	11th May at 15.27	We were requested to assist Cumbria Ambulance Service with the evacuation of a 72-year-old man from a footpath. When we got there, the ambulance had got stuck at the bottom of a steep grassy hill, so our contribution was to push the ambulance back up the hill. Where's the RAC when you need them?
20. Rescue Loft Crag Gt Langdale	27th May at 11.00	A man in his 50's collapsed with chest pains on the way up Loft Crag. His son called for our help. We administered oxygen and pain relief, and monitored him before he was taken to West Cumberland Hospital by RN Gannet.
21. Rescue Crinkle Crags Gt Langdale	30th May at 16.15	A woman sustained a leg injury on the summit of Crinkle Crags. She was treated by team members, and stretchered down with assistance from Kendal MRT. It was a late night.
22. Rescue Stickle Ghyll Gt Langdale	2nd June at 17.29	A 21-year-old woman injured her leg when she slipped. Her friends started to assist her down, and a passerby alerted us. When we got to them, they had made their way most of the way down. We gladly relieved them of their load for the last few hundred yards.
23. Rescue Gibson Knott Grasmere	3rd June at 16.45	A woman sustained a suspected fractured ankle when she tripped near Gibson Knott. She was treated at the scene and then stretchered down into Greenburn. It was a beautiful summers evening, and the stroll was enjoyed by everyone, except, possibly our casualty.
24. Assist other emergency services Lower section of Kirkstone Pass Ambleside	8th June at 13.18	A major operation swung into action when a coach crashed through a wall at the bottom of Kirkstone Pass, tipping onto its side. There were in excess of 40 people on board, many of whom were injured, some seriously. The rescue operation involved Police, Ambulance, Fire Service, Air Ambulance, ourselves and Kendal MRT. Our Lowfold base was used as a casualty clearing station were the less seriously injured were assessed by Paramedics, before being sent to appropriate hospitals. Our vehicles were used for transport.
25. Rescue Raven Crag Gt Langdale	8th June at 13.32	While the previous incident was being dealt with, we were alerted by RAF Mountain Rescue Team members, who were climbing in Langdale, that a woman had fallen 100ft in the the Raven Crag area. They had gone to her aid. The team responded, along with members of Kendal MRT, and dealt with this incident as well. The woman, had been trying to find a way down for her family, who were walking above, when she fell. She suffered multiple injuries including injuries to her head, neck and spine. She was airlifted to hospital by the Royal Navy.
26. Rescue Bowfell Gt Langdale	15th June at 15.35	A party of three men reported themselves lost and cragfast somewhere on Bowfell. They gave us the impression that their lives were in peril. They insisted that only a helicopter would be able to rescue them ,but we new different. A search ensued and they were located by Search Dog Sky. There were not injured and were assisted to the valley, slowly. It would be fair to say that they were a little out of their depth and the danger was subjective.
27. Rescue Steel Fell Grasmere	16th June at 18.22	A party of four phoned and reported themselves stuck on Steel Fell, unable to locate a way down. For some reason intermittent views of the road, through the clouds, were not enough to coax them down, so we had to go and do it the hard way.
28. Rescue White Crags Clappersgate	20th June at 9.31	We were requested by the ambulance service to assist with the rescue of a man who had collapsed. Unfortunately he had died, so we recovered his body to Ambleside.
29. Rescue Loft Crag Gt Langdale	29th June at 16.43	A 58-year-old woman slipped and sustained a back injury. She was treated at the scene and carried down to be transferred to hospital.
30. Rescue Loft Crag Gt Langdale	30th June at 16.11	A 17-year-old woman slipped and sustained a deep gash to the back of her leg. She was treated by her friends and put in a tent. We arrived and transferred her to a stretcher and carried her down. Conditions were atrocious.
31. Rescue Stickle Ghyll Gt Langdale	6th July at 15.23	A 47-year-old man was reported as collapsed on the path part way up to Stickle Tarn. Because of the way this incident was reported (badly) there was an ambulance called, and the local 1st responders, having been told that the man as at the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. He wasn't, and when they found out, we were called to assist. His collapse was probably due to having next to nothing to eat prior to going for a walk with his friends. He was carried down to the valley.
32. Rescue Quarry Garburn Pass	14th July at 16.32	A woman slipped and dislocated her shoulder. She had walked approximatley 2km before calling us. We were able to drive to the casualty site, so little sweat was produced.
33. Search Bowfell Gt Langdale	14th July at 23.27	Three men were reported overdue from a climbing trip to Bowfell. Their friend reported them overdue at the pub. He found them when he returned to their tent. We had started to assemble at base, but hadn't gone out on the hill yet.
34. Search Threshthwaite Mouth Kirkstone	28th July at 12.15	A man walking the Coast to Coast path was reported as having not arrived. We were requested by Patterdale MRT to search Kirkstone and Threshthwaite Mouth area. He was eventually located, having spent the night in different accommodation. A little puzzling?
35. Search High Pike Fairfield	7th August at 15.45	A couple became lost in mist. They were located and walked down.
36. Rescue Mickleden Gt Langdale	14th August	That was a pleasant break! And the first rescue we've done in a while wasn't to difficult either. A 14-year-old slipped and sustained a leg injury. It wasn't to tricky a place to get to.
37. Rescue Crescent Climb, Pavey Ark Gt Langdale	15th August at 16.38	A man became cragfast near the top of Crescent Climb. He was assisted down uninjured.
Animal Rescue Jenkins Crag, Ambleside	18th August at 12.01	We were called to assist a dog that had fallen over Jenkins Crag. Unfortunately the dog died.
38. Rescue Docker Fell Kendal	19th August at 14.30	We were requested to assist Kendal MRT with the rescue of a horse rider who had fallen from her horse, breaking her leg. We arrived at the same time as the Air Ambulance, so left it to them.
39. Search Kirkstone area Ambleside	20th August at 15.00	We were requested to assist Patterdale MRT with the search for a missing 10-year-old boy. The boy was quickly located
40. Search Central Fells	20th August at 21.50	We were called to assist Keswick MRT with a search for a woman who had become separated from her husband while walking. She was quickly located.
41. Rescue Wansfell Ambleside	22nd August at 18.31	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.
42. Rescue Nr Bad Step, Crinkle Crags GT Langdale	25th August at 14.00	A 20-year-old fellrunner fell and sustained serious cuts to his leg. The team was called and set off. Because of the reported serious nature of the injuries a helicopter was requested. This got there before us and airlifted the man to hospital. The team stood down.
43. Rescue Mickleden Gt Langdale	26th August at 14.41	A 73-year-old man suffered an Angina attack. He was only a short distance from the road end, so he was quickly transferred to a county ambulance. They'd only gone short distance when he decided he didn't need any further treatment.
44. Search Gt Langdale	27th August at 21.21	A man was reported overdue from his walk. He turned up as a search was being organised. His returned had been delayed by a migraine.
Rescue Swirral Edge, Helvellyn	27th August at 17.00	Three team members were first on scene when a woman fell 40 feet from Swirral Edge. She suffered multiple cut and bruises. They helped stabilise the woman until Patterdale MRT arrived.
45. Rescue Brown Howe Gt Langdale	3rd September at 12.03	A 60-year-old man slipped and fell while scrambling up a steep section of path. He sustained a nasty head injury and serious injury to his eye. Some of our equipment was carried up the hill by a helicopter working with the National Trust (it was to small to get the stretcher in to get it down). The man was evacuated to Carlisle hospital.
46. Search Central Fells	6th September at 00.10	We were requested to search Rossett Ghyll and other areas by Keswick MRT looking for a 55-year-old man who was overdue. He was located, fit and well just after 2am.
47. Search Elterwater area	8th September at 12.52	A man had been missing from his home since the previous evening. A search was being organised when further enquiries located him in a town some considerable distance away. It would appear to have been a domestic dispute.
48. Search Loughrigg Gt Langdale	10th September at 19.47	A father and daughter went walking on Loughrigg and failed to return. A search was organised, mainly on account of the child being very young, but as this was under way, they phoned from the pub!
49. Rescue Bright Beck Gt Langdale	14th September at 19.32	A 59-year-old man slipped and fell from the path at Bright Beck, landing in the beck. He sustained extensive cuts and grazes and was finding breathing very difficult and painful. We treated his injuries and pain and he was evacuated to West Cumberland Infirmary in a helicopter form RAF Boulmer.
50. Rescue Pavey Ark Gt Langdale	19th September at 9.20	An unaccustomed early start for us when two men became cragfast in the gulley adjacent to Crescent Climb. They had mistaken the gulley for Jacks Rake, and had become stuck approximately 100ft up on near vertical grass. We climbed above them and then lowered team members down to retreive them.
51. Search Easedale Tarn area	24th September at 15.15	Cries for help were heard in the area. A check of farmers failed to find anyone rounding up sheep. The report came from a reliable source, and was specific about what was heard. An hour long search revealed nothing and it was put down to some kind of fooling around or a practical joke by persons unknown.
52. Search Wansfell	31st October at 16.28	A 10-year-old boy became separated from his parents. A search was organised, and he was quickly located and reunited with his parents.
53. Search Hart Crag	8th November at 17.30	Two people became benighted on Hart Crag. They phoned the Police for help and we worked out where they where, and we went and got them. They had a GPS, and a torch but couldn't find there way down. They had set off to walk up to Stone Arthur and back.
54. Rescue Lord's Crag Heron Pike	16th November at 15.00	A 45-year-old woman tripped and fell, breaking her arm. She was in great pain and suffering dizzy spells as a result. She was treated at the scene, given pain relief, and carried down.
55. Rescue Lord's Lot Crossthwaite	20th November at 13.25	We were requested to assist Kendal MRT in the rescue of a man thrown from a horse. He suffered neck injuries, and was airlifted to hospital by air ambulance.The horse was OK.
56. Rescue Red Screes Kirkstone Pass	22nd November at 12.05	A man slipped and sustained a fractured ankle. An ambulance was called, but it was too far uphill, so we went to assist.
57. Search Hart Crag	24th November at 15.12	A couple became lost on Hart Crag. The team was mobilised to look for them, when we were notified that they had been located by a Kendal MRT member walking in the area. He was walking them down to safety, but they were running out of daylight with only his torch, so we sent a couple of team members up with spare lights and helped them down.
58. Search Helvellyn and Fairfield	26th November at 21.25	A man walking his dogs became lost. His wife reported him overdue and Patterdale MRT mounted a search. We were requested to assist. He was located on Hart Crag at 2am and escorted down to Ambleside. He had no torch and only barely adequate clothing. With weather conditions being bad and a very poor forecast the following day, the possibility of him not surviving was very real. Fortunately his whistles were heard over the wind and he was found. He was escorted down to safety by members from both teams.
59. Fellwalking Rydal	1st December at 20.00	A woman collapsed during a church service inside Rydal Cave. Our assistance was requested in getting her down. When we got there she was being assisted down by others, and our help wasn't needed.
60. Fellwalking Stickle Ghyll	7th December at 12.14	A woman collapsed with an unknown medical condition. She was stabilised at the scene and evacuated to Carlisle Hospital by a helicopter from RAF Boulmer.
61. Search Central Fells	21st December at 23.35	Team SARDA dogs, vehicles and our base were used during a search for two people missing in the Scafell area. They were located at 11.30am next day, still lost. It was a very wet night.
62. Fellwalking Tongue Ghyll, Grasmere	30th December at 13.05	A woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury. The team was called and she was treated and evacuated.
		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.