Suspect navigation in low cloud may have caused a 32 year old man from Shropshire to become lost in the Crinkle Crags area. Using C.B. radio he kept in contact with his wife, who alerted the team. Eventually located on The Band and escorted to safety.
Details were received from a very dubious source that 9 poorly equipped walkers needed rescuing. Bearing this suspect information in mind team searched till midnight - negative results.
A fellwalker who was on the Band noticed flashing lights indicating the distress signal. Team searched Crinkles and surrounding areas, negative results.
A search was mounted with assistance from S.A.R.D.A. for a group reported missing. Found by search dog on the Band. One of the group had suffered temporary blindness, the others exhaustion. All escorted to safety.
A man was reported in difficulty with a knee injury and low blood sugar. The team attended and located him making slow progress down,
A 28 year old female from London collapsed with an epileptic fit and sustained slight head injuries. This lady suffered three fits in all.
The Team, assisted by Bolton and Patterdale Teams, went to the aid of a 13 yearold boy from Cheshire whose smooth soled boots caused him to slip on very wet fellside and suffer leg injuries. Team's 4th call-out In 4 hours.
A 46 year old man from Whitley Bay suffered a FATAL heart attack whilst out walking with a rambling club, the Team, assisted by members of Bolton M.R.T., conveyed the body down the fellside.
A report of flares seen on The Band, Langdale. The Team investigated and found a 49 year old female from Sheffield, who had slipped on wet stones, and suffered torn ligaments in her left leg.
A 22 year old man from Liverpool collapsed with exposure/exhaustion while on a college expedition. His friends had escorted him most of the way down before the Team arrived. He then collapsed again at Stool End Farm, Langdale. The Team used the REVIVA on this man and carried him by Team transport to Ambleside, then by Ambulance to a Kendal hospital.
Weather conditions: COLD, CLEAR, SNOW AND ICE ON THE TOPS, SNOW AND ICE UNDERFOOT.
A 25 year old man from Hornchurch slipped on wet rock and grass fracturing his left ankle at Erring Crag, The Band, Langdale. The team carried him down the fell on a stretcher and then by ambulance to Kendal Hospital.
Footnote: A good equipped and well led party.
A woman sustained a painful shoulder and arm injury when she fell and tumbled.
A 69-year-old man slipped and sustained a leg and facial/head injuries.
A man sustained a suspected fractured ankle near the top of The Band.
Girl, 14 years. Walking on the Band when she sustained a knee injury. She was carried down the fell by companions and assisted to her transport by team members after attention by team doctor.
Male, 17 years, on a Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.
Search in Langdale for man and wife who were reported missing on a walk on the fells by their hotel proprietor. Car found by police at Wall End about 6 a.m. and the couple were found by the team on the Band, Great Langdale, about 9 a.m. They became lost when the mist descended the previous day but appeared to be very little the worse for a night on the fells.
Woman reported as having a leg injury, and suffering loss of vision and dizziness. Team attended and she was evacuated to safety
Girl Student, 18 years, slipped and fell some 30ft. whilst descending The Band. Brought down by the Team and then conveyed to County Hospital, Kendal, by Ambulance. Sustained head and neck injuries.
A man sustained a leg injury when he slipped. His leg was splinted and he was stretchered off the fell. We were assisted by members of Ogwen Valley MRT who seemed to have taken a wrong turn near Chester and were spending the weekend in the valley.
A man slipped on a frozen path and fractured his lower leg. He was treated by team members and stretchered to the valley floor.
