LAMRT Incident Report

Incident/Location	Date/time	LAMRT manhours	What happened
1. Fellwalking Allen Bank, Grasmere	27th January at 18.35	6	A couple walking above Grasmere, near Silver How phoned to say they couldn't find their way off. They could see Grasmere and the A591, but couldn't find a way down. After attempting to talk them down for 45 minutes, we gave up and went and got them. They were located 10 minutes up the hill and escorted back to the valley.
2. Fellwalking Jenkins Crag Ambleside	26th January at 11.28	12	An elderly woman sustained an ankle injury after a slip on icy ground. An ambulance was called, but couldn't find her. We were called when a team member working in the area was made aware of the incident, and alerted the team. She was treated by team members and transferred to the ambulance which, by then had arrived at the roadside nearby.
3. Fellwalking Allen Bank, Grasmere	31st January at 14.35	8	An elderly woman sustained an ankle injury after a slip on icy ground. An ambulance was called, but couldn't find her. We were called when a team member working in the area was made aware of the incident, and alerted the team. She was treated by team members and transferred to the ambulance which, by then had arrived at the roadside nearby.
4. Fellwalking Gt Langdale Beck, Chapel Stile	1st February at 11.04	12	A woman sustained an arm injury after a fall. The team was called and she was evacuated with help from Kendal MRT.
5. Fellwalking Sour Milk Ghyll, Grasmere	1st February at 14.11	15	No rest for the wicked. We'd barely packed up from the previous rescue when we were presented with another. A 19-year-old male had sustained an ankle injury while descending from Easedale Tarn. He was treated by team members and evacuated to the valley floor. He was transported to hospital by Kendal MRT, who had come to help.
			Left: Splint applied
6. Fellwalking Thornthwaite Beacon Troutbeck	5th February at 13.32	20	A male walker sustained a dislocated his shoulder on the summit of Thornthwaite Beacon. An air ambulance was called, but couldn't get in because of the weather, so it had to be done on foot. Kendal MRT were called, and then requested our help. Their team doctor relocated the shoulder (it not having gone far) and the man was evacuated to Troutbeck and taken to hospital in Kendal MRT's ambulance.

7. Fellwalking Scout Scar Kendal	10th February at 14.35	40	We were requested to assist Kendal MRT with a search for a person missing in the Scout Scar area. Nine team members went to help. Nothing was found and the incident remains unresolved despite further searching by Kendal MRT the following day.
8. Local Incident Rydal Area	10th February at 23.55	228	The team was requested to search for a person missing in the Rydal area. The search was called off in the early hours of the morning, and then resumed during the daylight hours of Saturday 11th. Nothing was found. The search started again on the morning of Sunday 12th, but was called off at around 10am when information was received that the missing person had been sighted outside the area.
9. Fellwalking Heron Pike Rydal	12th February at 14.09	52.5	A male walker collapsed with a suspected heart attack. A helicopter was requested to assist, but couldn't get to us because of the weather. Sadly, despite attempts to revive him, he died. His body was recovered to Ambleside. We were assisted by Kendal MRT.

10. Fellwalking Bowfell Gt Langdale	13th February at 17.13	52.5	A couple from London became lost in the vicinity of Bowfell. They had initially descended towards Green Hole, realised that they were going wrong and then went back up, but went past Three Tarns and back up Bowfell. They phoned for help, and were located by team members and escorted back down again.
11. Fellwalking Nr. Loughrigg Tarn Gt Langdale	15th February at 12.40	6	We were requested to assist the ambulance with the recovery of an 11-year-old girl who had suffered a displaced ankle fracture. She was treated by the paramedic, and we evacuated her by stretcher.
12. Fellwalking Easedale Tarn Grasmere	17th February at 11.35	11	A young woman celebrating her 30th birthday slipped and sustained a suspected ankle fracture. The team responded, splinted her leg and started to carry her down. We had just started when we were alerted to a second rescue in Langdale. We requested the assistance of the Great North Air Ambulance with our first casualty to allow us to attend to the second. They came and evacuated the woman to Furnace General Hospital. Attempts by her partner to convince her that the helicopter ride was a birthday treat seemed doomed to failure.
			Left: The poor woman went head first through here!
13. Fellwalking Loft Crag Gt Langdale	17th February at 12.40	16.5	An elderly woman sustained an ankle injury after slipping. She was treated by team members, who were assisted by Kendal MRT.

14. Fellwalking Three Tarns Gt Langdale	18th February at 14.03	16	A man sustained an ankle injury when he slipped on an icy slab near Three Tarns. Team members set off the old fashioned way, on foot, but were overtaken by an air ambulance that had been requested to assist. It managed to land its paramedic nearby, then came back and picked up a couple of team members to help with the lifting. The injured man was airlifted to Furnace General Hospital, and his companions were escorted down by team members.
15. Rock Climbing Middlefell Buttress Gt Langdale	19th February at 19.06	27.5	A group of 5 climbers from Birmingham University became cragfast on rough ground at the top Middlefell Buttress. Four where recovered from the top and one was assisted from the descent gulley. One of the group seemed to think he was in Scotland! While the team was on scene a team member who is also a First Responder was alerted to a man who had suffered a suspected cardiac arrest in a nearby hotel dining room. A number of team members not committed to the crag where able to attend and carry out CPR until the First Responders and Paramedics arrived. Unfortunately the man died.
16. Fellwalking Codale Tarn Grasmere	22nd February at 13.22	57	A 51-year-old man collapsed near Codale Tarn. The incident was initially reported as near Blindtarn Moss, but after another walker came across them he was able to pass on an updated position. An RAF helicopter was called to assist and arrived just ahead of the first team members. The man was loaded into the helicopter, along with other group members, and flown to Carlisle. Unfortunately the man was confirmed dead on arrival at hospital
17. Fellwalking Summit path from Loughrigg Terrace GT Langdale	2nd March at 15.59	52	A man in his 50's started to feel unwell. The team was called and he was assisted from the fell by the team and referred to a doctor.
18. Fellwalking Raven Crag Gt Langdale	2nd March at 22.37	19.5	Two men walking the Cumbria Way became benighted as a result of a spectacular navigation error. The Cumbria Way follows the valley bottom in Mickleden, and the weather was as good as it gets(fresh snow, cold with clear blue skies), so some considerable effort must have gone into going so far off route. They were located by taking bearings from their camera flash being discharged from the opposite side of the valley, and then guiding team members to them. They were escorted from the crag, and returned to their B&B.
19. Fellwalking West's Station Claife Heights	10th March at 12.44	39	A woman sustained a suspected fracture tibia and fibula after she slipped on wet ground. She was treated by team members and stretchered down the fell. She was then transferred to an ambulance.
20. Fellwalking Stickle Tarn Gt Langdale	11th March at 11.26	36	A woman sustained a suspected fracture wrist when she slipped on wet ground. She was given pain relief, her injury was immobilised and she was stretchered from the fell with help from Kendal MRT
21. Bad weather cover Ambleside & Windermere	12th March at 10.00	33	The team provided assistance to the Police and ambulance service after heavy snow caused disruption in the area.

22. Bad weather cover Windermere, Ambleside, Langdale & Dunmail Raise	13th March at 18.31	72	The team provided assistance to the Police after further heavy snow caused disruption in the area. Abandoned cars were checked to make sure there were no occupants stranded and several people were ferried to Coniston and Grasmere. As we were about to pack up we received a succession of requests to help the ambulance service with 999 calls to the Windermere area, and a 999 request to the Langdale area that was caused by a malfunctioning phone.
23. Bad weather cover Windermere, Ambleside, Langdale & Dunmail Raise	14th March at 07.30	66	We spent an additional day providing ambulance assistance while the snowy weather continued to cause problems on many roads.
24. Fellwalking Red Screes Kirkstone	17th March at 16.30	88	A 45-year-old woman slipped and fell 100 metres on hard neve. Quite what her and her partner were doing at 600 metres on solid snow in the just about the most inappropriate footwear we've encountered is anybody's guess. The footwear shows the tell-tale of LAMRT modifications. She had lost consciousness briefly and sustained a suspected fractured femur, head, chest and rib injuries. She was treated by team members and evacuated to hospital by RAF helicopter.


25. Scrambling Pike O'stickle Gt Langdale	18th March at 13.52	19.5	A 21-year-old man fell while scrambling. He fell on to the snow and slid over 200 metres. Luckily he didn't hit anything solid and sustained a gash to the head, sustaining suspected fractured ribs, and multiple bruises and abrasions. He was assisted initially by witnesses, and then handed over to the team for treatment and onward transport to hospital.
26. Fellwalking Hundreds Road Troutbeck	18th March at 14.36	57	A woman walking with a group suffered chest pains. Initially an ambulance was called, but the the team was mobilised along with an air ambulance. The woman was treated by team members and then loaded into the air ambulance for transport to Furness General Hospital.
27. Fellwalking Loft Crag Gt Langdale	19th March at 14.37	26	A woman slipped and sustained a suspected wrist fracture near the summit of Loft Crag. The team was mobilised and found her being assisted down by other walkers in very slippery conditions. She had had a sling put on, and we arranged an air ambulance to evacuate her. The team then assisted the remains of the party off the fell.


28. Fellwalking Pike O'Stickle Gt Langdale	22nd March at 16.38	7	We received a report that a man had sustained a shoulder injury near the summit of Pike O'Stickle. The team was dispatched to deal with it, with assistance from Great North air ambulance. We arrived in the valley bottom and were about to set off when an RAF Seaking appeared, as if by magic (do you remember Mr. Benn. He became a great many things, but never a helicopter, so no explanation there!) They winched up the injured man, plus a couple of others, dropping one off in the valley bottom with us, and taking the injured person off to Carlisle hospital. This left one other person to make his way down from the casualty site with a dog that couldn't be persuaded that a ride in a helicopter was a good idea. Team members walked up to meet them, then they were transported to their car, so they could catch up with their friends in Carlisle. It turned out that the Seaking was from Devon?! Bit of a south-westerly blowing then? After a quiet January, our current busy run seems to be continuing.
29. Fellwalking Pine Riggs Ambleside	28th March at 13.33	30	A 56-year-old man sustained an ankle injury when he slipped on very wet ground. We found him struggling down the path, so we administered a bit of TLC, then evacuated him back to Ambleside. He was transferred to an ambulance for onward transport to hospital.
30. Fellwalking Scandale Tarn Ambleside	1st April at 4.00	29	A couple in their 30's camped near Scandale Tarn, in what appeared to be an idyllic sheltered spot. Until it rained! Then tent was then swamped by an 18" deep pool that formed around them. They were woken by the waterbed effect associated with air mattresses floating. They abandoned their tent and took to higher ground, quickly becoming very cold. The team was called and they were escorted back to valley level. Their kit was recovered, and all were reunited in Ambleside.
31. Fellwalking Wansfell Ambleside	1st April at 11.56	10	A woman sustained a wrist injury when she slipped near the summit of Wansfell.
32. Fellwalking Crinkle Crags Gt Langdale	1st April at 17.48	32.5	A group of three were lost on Crinkle Crags. They phoned for help. We tried to talk them down but eventually gave up and went and got them. A team of 3 plus Search Dog Yana found the party. They were on Gunson Knott. They were escorted to Three Tarns and down The Band where they were met by other team members ascending with spare torches and flasks of hot drinks. Because of the very slow progress, and very poor weather conditions Kendal MRT assisted with more hot drinks and food. They reached the valley bottom about 2am. This was late finish to a day that started very early!! Hopefully it doesn't turn out to be an early start for another day!
33. Fellwalking Tarn Crag Gt Langdale	4th April at 13.58	36	A 75-year-local man slipped while walking near Tarn Crag. The team was called and the man was treated and evacuated from the fell.
34. Fellwalking Angle Tarn Gt Langdale	6th April at 15.25	73.5	A group of ten people from Thailand got in to difficulties when they tried to walk from Langdale to Borrowdale. They became very cold and wet during heavy snow fall in the Angle Tarn area. Eight of them were helped to safety by passing walkers, and two of the more seriously affected were given shelter in a tent put up by a school party. They had become seriously hypothermic. The shelter provided by the school probably saved their lives, and their actions are to be commended. So to are the actions of the people who assisted the other eight. The team were called to assist the two in the tent, and we requested the assistance of a search and rescue helicopter from the RAF, and help from Kendal MRT. The two were treated by team members then all were evacuated from the hill by helicopter. The group were inadequately equipped and had little by way of appropriate clothing or footwear. Without the sound thinking of passersby and the assistance of the helicopter, the outcome would have undoubtedly been much worse.
35. Fellwalking High Pike Rydal	13th April at 16.53		A man suffered knee ligament damage and was unable to continue. He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher.
36. Fellwalking Lake Shore Rydal	14th April at 15.17	14	A 75-year-old man collapsed. A team member walking nearby was able to render immediate assistance, and the team was called to evacuate him.
37. Fellwalking Lingmoor Gt Langdale	14th April at 16.00	28	A 60-year-old woman sustained an ankle injury. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher. We had barely completed the previous job when this one came in.
38. Fellwalking Dungeon Ghyll below Thorn Crag Gt Langdale	16th April at 12.05	54	A 31-year-old woman sustained a suspected fracture to her left tibia and fibula. She was treated by team members and evacuated from the fell by stretcher.
39. Fellwalking Crinkle Crags Gt Langdale	16th April at 20.00	9	A party of three, including a 15-year-old child became lost in mist on Crinkle Crags as darkness approached. They were given directions via mobile phone to Three Tarns, and then were met by team members while descending The Band.
40. Fellwalking Loughrigg Ambleside	20th April at 22.15	5	A Manchester man went up Loughrigg to photograph the sunset, perhaps not realising how dark it would be once said event happened. As a result he was unable to find his way down. He phoned two friends for help initially and they took a torch, but were unable to located him. We were then called, and located the man after a brief search. He was unharmed.
41. Fellwalking Angle Tarn area Gt Langdale	21st April at 20.12	14	Two boys, aged 14 and 16 became separated from their parents when their dog ran away near Angle Tarn. They chased after it. It came back of it's own accord, but the boys didn't. Their parents searched for them for about 4 hours, before coming down to the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel and raising the alarm. A search was quickly organised, with assistance from Keswick and Wasdale MRTs. While this was happening we received a message from the boys saying that they had found their way down to Stonethwaite in Borrowdale. A Keswick team member went to collect them, and one of vehicles was dispatched to Keswick to meet them. The family were reunited about 10.30pm.
42. Scrambling Angle Tarn area Gt Langdale	29 April at 17.07	60	A 21-year-old woman sustained head and arm injuries when she was hit by rockfall generated by other members of her party while scrambling up steep, rocky ground. Her companions managed to assist her down to easier ground where she was met by team members, treated, and evacuated to hospital. Doug wore his new shoes.

43. Fellwalking (?) Raven Crag, Walthwaite, Chapel Stile Gt Langdale	10th May at 21.40	15	A young male sustained an ankle injury when he and a group of friends strayed on to rough ground. Their shouts for help where heard by people outside a nearby pub. The group were located and the injured male was reunited with his leaders for onward transport to hospital.
44. Fellwalking Angle Tarn Gt Langdale	13th May at 14.03	72	A woman walking with small group started to feel dizzy and nauseous and was unable to continue. The team was called and she was treated with oxygen, and stretchered down the hill. We were assisted by Kendal MRT and some SARDA handlers who were training in the area.
45. Fellwalking Browney Ghyll, Oxendale Gt Langdale	13th May at 16.28	38	We were midway through evacuating the first casualty when we were made aware of second incident in nearby Oxendale. Resources (mainly comprising tired and sweaty people, some of whom were missing the FA Cup Final!) were divided up and the second incident dealt with. A woman had slipped and fallen, sustaining a suspected fractured humerus and neck injuries. She was immobilised on a vacuum mattress and evacuated to an ambulance. Again we were assisted by Kendal MRT and SARDA handlers
46. Scrambling Crinkle Ghyll, Oxendale Gt Langdale	21st May at 14.08		The team were called to the aid of a 37-year-old male who had sustained a suspected ankle fracture high up in Crinkle Ghyll. Because of the difficult location we called for the assistance of a Royal Navy SAR helicopter. The weather conditions were atrocious, with very heavy rain and low cloud. Unfortunately a team member was injured while making his way up to the casualty site when he took a small fall.
47. Rescue team member Crinkle Ghyll, Oxendale Gt Langdale	21st May at 18.00		A team member fell in the ghyll, while ascending to assist on this rescue, sustaining chest injuries. A group of team members went to his aid while the remainder continued with the evacuation of the previous casualty. After some spectacular flying the helicopter managed to reach both sites and evacuated both injured parties. Kendal MRT had been called to assist, given the weather and doubts that the helicopter would be able to gain access, but in the end weren't required. Team members will be issued with snorkels if these weather conditions persist. It was very very wet.


48. Fellwalking Fairfield Horseshoe Ambleside	21st May at 22.30	251	A man was reported as not having returned from a walk around the Fairfield Horseshoe. A search was organised with assistance from Kendal and Patterdale MRT's and two SARDA dogs. The search continued until about 5am, limited by the poor weather.
	22nd May at 10.00		The search recommenced in daylight and improved weather. This time we were assisted by Kendal, Duddon and Furness on the south side, and Patterdale, Kirkby Stephen, Penrith and RAF Leeming MRTs on the northeast side. Also assisting were 4 SARDA dogs, including one from southern Scotland, and a search and rescue helicopter. An extensive search was carried out, but nothing was found.
49. Fellwalking Riverside White Moss Common	22nd May at 19.44	6	A man was reported as having collapsed. An ambulance had been called but had requested our attendance because of potentially difficult access. As the team arrived the diagnosis of the man's condition was revealed. Sleeping! We gratefully stood down, having had a bit to do recently.
	23rd May at 10.00		Attempt 3 to find our missing Fairfield man started with a more detailed search of a number of specific areas. Again, nothing was found and the search wound down with agreement with the Police. Assisted by 3 SARDA dogs this time.
50. Fellwalking Longmire Lane Troutbeck	23rd May at 16.35	11	A 70-year-old man collapsed on a rough track in Troutbeck. An ambulance was called, but were unable to evacuate him. The team assisted and he was taken to hospital for treatment.
	25th May at 12.30	45	Further areas were searched for the missing person from 21st May. Again nothing was found.
	27th May at 9.30	54	More checks were carried out in the search for the missing man from 21st May. Again nothing was found. Assistance was provided by Patterdale MRT, Bowland Pennine MRT and SARDA
51. Ambulance assist Waterhead Ambleside	29th May at 15.20	1.25	We were requested to assist the ambulance service with the evacuation of a woman who had sustained an ankle injury on the lake shore.
52. Fellwalking Stickle Tarn Gt Langdale	2nd June at 23.43	11.25	A couple were reported as not having returned from their walk to Langdale Pikes. A search was organised and some preliminary checks were being carried out when the couple were located in their hotel beds. It transpired that the walk had been completed the day before! They had left a message of their intended route with a friend, telling them to contact Police if they hadn't returned by 10pm. Somebody, somewhere had got their wires crossed and reported them missing today.
53. Fellwalking White Moss Rydal	9th June at 14.21	15	A woman slipped on a dirt path and sustained an ankle injury. She was treated by the team and evacuated to a waiting ambulance. It was a fine, warm day and a little sweat was expelled.
54. Fellwalking Loughrigg Ambleside	10th June at 07.00	3	A man was reported as being separated from his friends after an early morning walk up Loughrigg. The initial search was delayed to allow time for the man to make his own way down, but when he hadn't returned by 9am we began to organise a search. He turned up about 9.45am, unhurt, but unable to account for his movements. It's possible alcohol consumption steered events in this case.
	12th June		A body located in a gulley on St Sunday Crag has been identified as that of Peter Finley, the man missing since 21st May
55. Fellwalking Blake Rigg Gt Langdale	12th June at 18.29	50	A man fell off a crag after becoming separated from his friends. He fell a short distance and received only minor injuries, but landed on a ledge from which he couldn't climb back up. The ledge was small and below him was a drop of several hundred feet. He was lucky. He lost his glasses and rucsac (which was later recovered), but not his mobile phone, with which he was able to call for help. He is fully aware of how lucky he is! He was roped back up the crag and walked off.
Blake Rigg, Langdale. Red arrow marks location.
Team members scan the crag, before eventually spotting him
56. Mountain Marathon Bright Beck Gt Langdale	1st July at 11.35	15	A competitor in a mountain marathon fell and sustained a serious knee injury. The team were called and were heading uphill when we were notified that a Royal Navy search and rescue helicopter in the area had gone to his aid and airlifted him off. We turned round and headed back down again.
57. Mountain Marathon Mart Crag Moor Gt Langdale	2nd July at 11.35	30	Another mountain marathon competitor sustained a leg injury that meant she was unable to bear any weight on it. The team went to assist. A search and rescue helicopter offered to help, and airlifted team members to a position close to the injured woman, and then airlifted all of us back down again. It turned out that the woman had been injured the previous day. Messages left with other passing competitors didn't make it through to the police. We don't know why. They subsequently spent the night out on the hill. Eventually her running partner had got sick of waiting and had descended to raise the alarm himself. We were on our way home when we were told of another incident, back in the same area. We turned round to attend, but only got to the end of Mickleden before checks revealed that finally a message had got through about our earlier casualty, and we had already completed the job!
58. Fellwalking Greenburn and Far Easedale Grasmere	3rd July at 7.51	31.5	A Canadian father and son, walking from Borrowdale to Grasmere became disoriented and lost in the Greenup Edge area. They had spent the night out and tried to descend, but because they were unfamiliar with the area, weren't confident that the areas they were descending to was inhabited. They were located by a team member and escorted down. They were hungry and dehydrated.
59. Fellwalking Stickle Tarn path Gt Langdale	8th July at 15.55		A man collapsed from a suspected heart attack. An air ambulance was called, and then the team. CPR was attempted but sadly the man died. His body recovered from the fell by the team. Also present were Langdale First Responders and MRT members from Derbyshire.
60. Local incident Troutbeck area	9th July at 05.55		A vulnerable man went missing from a local care home. A search was organised with assistance from SARDA. He was located around 11.30am in the grounds of the home.
61. Fellwalking The Band, Gt Langdale	18th July at 16.44	49	A 69-year-old man slipped and sustained a leg and facial/head injuries. He was treated by his colleagues and the monitored by the team until a helicopter arrived to transport him to West Cumberland Infirmary. The remainder of the party were escorted from the hill.
62. Fellwalking Stickle Ghyll, Gt Langdale	18th July at 16.51	0.5	A 70-year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected broken wrist. The team was already engaged in the previous rescue, so we were grateful for the news that she had been assisted from the hill by passersby. A team member went to check that all was well before joining us on the The Band.
63. Rock Climbing Raven Crag, Gt Langdale	30th July at 22.40	12	Two men at the campsite spotted two climbers, seemingly struggling near the top of the crag. They had made little progress for quite some time. The men contacted us. We went to investigate, by which time it was dark, and found two people near the bottom of the descent gully, having made their own way down. They had been having difficulty locating the safe descent route, but had made good progress once they had.
64. Fellwalking Stake Pass Area Gt Langdale	3rd August at 17.22	63	Three women from Surrey, walking the Cumbria Way, became lost near the summit of Stake Pass. Although the forecast had predicted rain and wind, they were only wearing shorts and lightweight waterproof jackets, and quickly became cold and distressed. They phoned the Police, claiming to be near Pike O'Stickle. We were unable to re contact them, so a search was organised. They were located at 8p.m. after a bit of detective work. They were on Black Crags. It then transpired that they were carrying camping kit, but it hadn't occurred to them to put on extra clothes, erect their tent, or make use of their sleeping bags. They had had been using a 'strip map', a map that shows the route of the Cumbria Way, but doesn't have any information for more than a few hundred metres each side. Fine until you stray of the map! They were escorted to the valley bottom. Keswick MRT had been called to assist, but were stood down when the three were located.
65. Ambulance Assist Orrest Head Windermere	12th August at 11.35	9	We were requested to assist North West Ambulance Service with the evacuation of a male who may have suffered a diabetic collapse. The air ambulance had been called, but was not available.
66. Scrambling Bright Beck? Gt Langdale	19th August at 13.56	40	A member of a group of four became cragfast in very wet conditions. The initial location we were given was incorrect, because the informant didn't actually know where he was! He was eventually located near the summit of Pavey Arc. The cragfast man was recovered on an abseil rope by a team member, rewarmed and then evacuated with his companions to the valley bottom. A number of other parties were also given route finding advise on our descent since weather conditions were making accurate navigation difficult.
67. Fellwalking Oak Howe Gt Langdale	21st August at 20.04	37.5	A mother and daughter were reported overdue from their walk in the Oak Howe area of Langdale. They had become separated from their husband/father on Lingmoor. The man was very concerned for their safety, convinced that they would walk off the crags at Oak How. A search was organised, but they turned up safe and well as the team were deploying on to the hill. A little confusion was added to the whole affair, when before all were reunited, the women managed to report the man missing! All were eventually reunited and all confusion was cleared up.
68. Fellwalking Helm Crag Grasmere	22nd August at 12.42	12.5	A man walking on Helm Crag collapsed. An air ambulance was called to assist, but sadly the man was confirmed as having died. His body was evacuated to Ambleside, along with family members who had been walking with him.
69. Solo Rock Climbing Gimmer Crag Gt Langdale	25th August at 12.29	30	A 28-year-old Kendal man was soloing 'Gimmer Chimney' on Gimmer Crags when he became cragfast about 40 metres up. Team members climbed up to him and assisted him down on an abseil rope. He was uninjured.
70. Fellwalking Langdale Pikes Gt Langdale	27th August at 00.40	60	A man was reported overdue from his walk in the Langdale Pikes area. His car was found in the car park at Old Dungeon Ghyll. Initial reports suggested he had gone in the direction of Pavey Arc, so we started our search there. With help from SARDA we scoured the area, but were unable to locate him. Team members started to return to base having spent a very wet night out! A helicopter was arranged for first light and plans were prepared to scale up the search when his car was spotted driving down the road. He had become disorientated on Crinkle Crags, descended into Eskdale, back-tracked and finally become benighted in Oxendale after he ran out of daylight, having no torch. He bivvied out near the bridge in Oxendale, unable to make any more progress in the dark. At first light he had been able to make his way down to his car. We had spotted him as he made his way to find a phone to report himself safe.
71. Local Incident Limefitt Park Windermere	28th August at 17.00	8	An autistic 8-year-boy went missing at Limefitt Holiday Park. Because of the terrain around that area, which includes fast moving water, disused quarries, mine shafts and steep crags we mobilised quickly to go and look for him. Fortunately he turned up quickly, as the team was en-route. We all returned home.
72. Fellwalking Crinkle Crags Gt Langdale	30th August at 18.59		A man became lost in the Crinkle Crag area having wandered off the back side and become disorientated. He didn't have a compass and although he could give us a good description of his surroundings he couldn't give us a bearing or aspect, so it didn't narrow it down much. A search was organised with help from Wasdale MRT. He was located near Lingcove Beck by Wasdale members, escorted back to Brotherilkeld and returned to Langdale.
73. Fellwalking Greenup Edge Grasmere	4th September at 18.24	1	A brother and sister became separated on Greenup Edge. The man made his way to Grasmere and reported the woman missing. She had limited survival equipment and experience. A search was being organised when she turned up having taken over 4 hours to find her way down.
74. Local incident Ambleside	10th September at 06.45	33	We were requested to assist the Police with the evacuation of a man's body from a steep sided gorge in the centre of Ambleside.
75. Fellwalking Longmire Lane Troutbeck	11th September at 08.00	24.5	A 16-year-old female collapsed with a suspected epileptic fit. The fit was severe and prolonged. The initial grid reference was wrong, so a brief search entailed before she were eventually located. She was treated by team members at the scene, and then evacuated to Cumberland Infirmary by air ambulance.
76. Fellwalking Stickle Tarn Gt Langdale	15th September at 13.08	12	We were called to attend a woman with a suspected broken ankle at Stickle Tarn. We were en-route when we learned that an air ambulance had also been sent. It arrived before us, treated and evacuated the woman, and left us to escort her husband safely from the hill.
77. Fellwalking Pavey Arc Gt Langdale	16th September at 16.35	49	A 51-year-old woman sustained a suspected ankle fracture near the summit of Pavey Arc. The team was called and treated the injuries. She was evacuated via Bright Beck with assistance from Kendal MRT. All done and dusted in three and a half hours and only cold dinner to contend with when we got back. I'm not sure what MRT members did before microwaves and take-aways were invented! Actually, I don't think mountain rescue was invented before that.
			Left: The stretcher is sledged across grass.
78. Fellwalking Crinkle Crags Gt Langdale	17th September at 19.05	10	Two men in their 70's were reported overdue at their reendow in Langdale. A search was organised and they were located in Hell Ghyll, one of them having sustained minor injuries.
79. Fellwalking Under Loughrigg Ambleside	23rd September at 19.41	6	A woman phoned for help after being unable to find her way off Loughrigg. She had become cragfast in failing light. She described herself as having climbed walls and fences and being quite close to the road. It took us a while to get to her, having become trapped in what amounted to somebody's very large, very overgrown back garden. Plenty of nettle stings and bramble scratches all round!
80. Rock Climbing Raven Crag Gt Langdale	26th September at 20.21	2.5	We were requested to investigate reports of flashing lights and shouts for help in the Raven Crag area of Langdale. We were en-route when we were stood down by the Police, the people having made their own way off. They had been shouting, but apparently to each other, not for help!!
81. Fellwalking Pavey Ark Gt Langdale	30th September at 15.07	56	A woman, walking with a small group, slipped and sustained a suspected fractured ankle near the summit of Pavey Ark. The informant was a member of Kendal MRT, who was walking in the area. We were unable to re-contact him because of poor mobile phone coverage. Because of this, it was only when we arrived on scene that we discovered that the woman had a pre-existing spinal problem. This may have been made worse by her fall, and a the very least would have made a two hour stretcher evacuation very uncomfortable. We requested a helicopter to speed her evacuation. A Royal Navy helicopter was working in the area, and came to evacuate the woman to West Cumbria hospital. We were assisted by Kendal MRT, who had been called in anticipation of a long stretcher carry, and two members of Patterdale MRT. The woman's companion was then escorted safely to the valley bottom. This took while, but what's the rush! Nice enough evening for a walk, and we got down before it went dark.
A casualty laughs in the face of adversity. Or was it hysteria when she realised what was going to happen next?
A perfectly pedicured toe. Shame the foot's only held on by skin and muscle!!
Stretcher and victim loaded
Companion escorted down
82. Fellwalking Silver How Grasmere	3rd October at 20.55	10	A man, who had been delayed by reoccurrence of a previous knee injury, was benighted when his torch battery went flat. He called for help by mobile phone. We located him fairly quickly and escorted him down. On being found and being given a torch he said he didn't need one, because he could see fairly well in the dark. The question of why he was still there was thought, but never voiced.
83. Fellwalking Silver How Grasmere	14th October at 20.55	24	Two people became cragfast after their torch battery ran flat. They phoned for help and we went and retrieved them. They were located near the site of the previous incident. Could this be the new 'Silver How Triangle? Just colder and wetter than the Bermuda version.
84. Fellwalking Alcock Tarn Grasmere	23rd October at 12.40	10	A woman sustained an ankle injury after she slipped on a damp log. The team were called and she was treated and evacuated to an ambulance.
85. Fellwalking Crinkle Crag Gt Langdale	24th October at 19.00	49	A local phoned to say he was unable to find his way from Three Tarns to the descent route on The Band. Attempts to talk him down failed, and eventually we gave up and went and got him. He wasn't quite where he thought he was, and was further up on Gunson Knott near a nameless pool. He was escorted (painfully slowly) to the valley by team members.
86. Fellwalking Crinkle Crags Gt Langdale	24th October at 19.55	16	While dealing with the previous incident we received a report from the Police that another 4 people had been reported overdue. An interview with the informant and a few preliminary checks led us to conclude that the people had made their own way off the hill.
87. Fellwalking Path to Loughrigg Clappersgate	25th October at 14.02	19	A woman sustained a displaced ankle fracture when she slipped on a greasy slab while descending from Loughrigg. She was treated by the team and then evacuated to the road and transferred to an ambulance.
88. Fellwalking Silver How Grasmere	26th October at 12.38	35	A man walking with his wife on Silver How slipped and sustained an ankle injury. He was treated by the team and evacuated to the roadside for onward transfer to hospital.
89. Rock Climbing White Ghyll Gt Langdale	29th October at 18.30	27.5	Two climbers suffered a momentary lack of reason when they decided to set off to White Ghyll to do some climbing at 3.30pm without a torch! Inevitably they became stuck soon after the sun set! We located them by their shouts and the dim glow of their mobile phone. They were escorted off. For goodness sake, a torch is a such a simple bit of kit, very reliable and long lasting, especially modern LED lamps. They don't cost much and are very effective. There are very few circumstances when it is excusable to go into the hills without one!! Although there are a great many available you can't go far wrong with Petzl Tikka. If you don't already own one, go and buy one tomorrow and stick it in a rucsac pocket.
90. Fellwalking Stickle Tarn Gt Langdale	5th November at 12.15		A man slipped and went over on his ankle, hearing it 'crack'. Help was summoned by passing walkers. A team member walking in the area was on scene within minutes and able to relay information back to the remainder of the team. He was treated by the team and evacuated to the roadside for transfer to hospital by ambulance.
Negotiating a narrow section of path
91. Fellwalking Pike O'Blisco Gt Langdale	19th November at 14.15	12	A man walking on Loft Crag heard shouts of 'help' from the south. This appeared to be in the area of Pike O'Blisco. An investigation was made, but nothing was found. Thought to be a farmer bring in sheep.
92. Fellwalking Easedale Tarn Grasmere	26th November at 13.55	24.5	In a repeat of last Sundays incident, shouts for help were reported by walkers. Investigation found nothing. A well intentioned report. We would never wish ill on people, but you do know where you are with a broken leg. A rescue has a beginning, middle and end. There's always a nagging doubt that the decision to call off a search is the wrong choice!
93. Fellwalking Stickle Tarn Gt Langdale	1st December at 12.12	25	A woman sustained a suspected fractured wrist near Stickle Tarn. Her injury was treated at the scene and she was escorted to the valley floor.
94. Fellwalking Hag Ghyll Troutbeck	1st December at 15.50	10	We were requested to help a man who had sustained a suspected fractured ankle above Troutbeck Park Farm. When we got there we discovered that the farmer had retrieved the man on his quad-bike, saving us effort. He was transferred and ambulance.
95. Fellwalking Nr. Allen Crags Gt Langdale	13th December at 10pm		The team were contacted by the Police about three men who had been reported overdue at their Ambleside gueasthouse. Their car had been traced at Old Dungeon Ghyll car park and they had left information saying that they were going up Scafell Pike. They hadn't returned. The Police managed to track down the wife of one of the men, who said that her husband was diabetic, and had left an answering machine message at 20.20 stating that they had been forced to take shelter on their way back from Scafell and were 'freezing', but would make their way down in the morning. The woman was, however, very concerned about her husbands welfare with respect to his diabetes. After consultation with the team's GP it was decided that we should go and look for them. (I'll pause briefly here, while you go and get a cup of tea, because this story goes on while). We had tried the men's mobile numbers repeatedly up to this point, but only got answering machines. Keswick and Wasdale MRTs and SARDA were requested to assist, because we didn't know the men's position at this point. However, as we were getting things organised we receive a phone call from one of the men. They had become very cold and had decided to try and find their way down. We agreed to go and meet them, having established that they were near Allen Crags and heading for Rossett Ghyll. A small group set off up Rosset Ghyll to rendesvous. The weather was appalling, with very strong gusts of wind and torrential rain. We struggled across swollen becks and eventually got up to Angle Tarn without making contact. We continued up and eventually located them not far from their original position. It was 3.30am by this time. One was suffering from hypothermia and the other two were very cold. They were given hot drinks, food and spare, dry clothes and cajoled into moving. We were making very slow progress, with one of them suffering form very stiff legs, and as we soon discovered, rapidly and dangerously rising blood sugar! Other team members arrived at this point, and we were able to split into two groups, one moving considerably faster than the other. The lead group arrived back at our vehicles in Mickleden at 5.30am, while the others were trying to manage the man's blood sugar and keep him moving much higher up the fell. At this point a decision to call out the full team was made to continue to evacuate them man by stretcher. The man was finally brought back to Ambleside around 9am. It had been a very long and wet night!
96. Fellwalking Silver How Grasmere	20th December at 14.30	2	Two men phoned for help when they became lost on Silver How. A search was being planned while efforts were made to talk them down. Fortunately we succeeded with the armchair plan, and nobody needed to venture out.
97. Fellwalking Alcock Tarn Grasmere	25th December at 14.29	12	A man collapsed while walking with family at Alcock Tarn. Unfortunately attempts to revive him failed and he died at the scene. The team evacuated the man's body to our base, and were assisted by RAF Leemimg MRT
98. Fellwalking Pike O'Blisco Gt Langdale	27th December at 14.45	50	Shouts for help were reported in the Pike O'Blisco area. We investigated,and after a bit of a hunt around, found a man who had slipped on wet snow and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture. He was treated and evacuated by stretcher. We were assisted by Kendal MRT.
99. Mountain Rescue Team Member Pike O'Blisco Gt Langdale	27th December at 17.00	18	During the evacuation of the previous casualty, one of our team members slipped and fell about 20', sustaining very severe bruising to his leg. He was assisted to the valley bottom, and transferred to hospital, where he was detained for several days in a bed near casualty 98!
100. Fellwalking Easedale Grasmere	31th December at 17.00	9	We were requested by the Police to look for a man reported overdue from a walk in the Easedale, Grasmere area. The description of the route he had taken was vague, and left plenty of possibilties, but fortunately he turned up (in Borrowdale!) just a the search was starting. He had been unable to walk back to Grasmere because the wind was to strong! Severe weather warnings had been issued and the forecast was spot-on.