Incident Report #55 1992
49 year old man collapsed and died.
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Crinkle Crags
Incident Report #6 1992
A father and his two sons became separated. We managed to find the missing.
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Incident Report #40 2011
A group of six got stuck on Crinkle Crags when they couldn't find Three Tarns, and then in retracing their steps to the Bad Step, couldn't descend it or find their way around it. They were told to stay at the top of the Bad Step and team members recovered them from there. A group of two had been successfully 'talked' off Crinkle Crag earlier in the day. It remains a frustration that people are going in to the hills without the full set off skills to get them up and back DOWN, or the ability to make good judgement calls and avoid trouble.
Man Hours
9 team members for 4 hours
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OS Grid Reference
NY248048
Incident Report #7 1993
A 25 year old woman collapsed with heat exhaustion near the summit of Crinkle Crags. She was stretchered off, and her compainions were escorted off the fell.
Although the brand used was unknown, the woman's eye make-up remained un-smudged during her ordeal.
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Incident Report #82 1995
A 28 year old manslipped trying to climb the Bad Step and fell 30ft. Team members were airlifted to the scene by RAF Boulmer where they found him with fractures to his wrist and ankle and injuries to his back. He was also hypothermic. His condition was stabilised and he was airlifted to hospital. He was carrying crampons, but they only work when they are on your boots - they don't work in your rucsac.
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Incident Report #11 1996
At 3pm this 40 year old woman slipped and fractured her ankle. Her husband had to descend to Cockley Beck with two children to raise the alarm. In places, he had to lower them down icy stretches on a rope. A 16 year old girl remained with the woman. This descent took 6 hours due to the conditions and the lack of equipment. The Team then took a couple of hours to locate the woman, finding her at around midnight. She was treated for her ankle and both woman and daughter were treated for hypothermia. Kendal and Furness MRTs helped out on this epic. The evacuation took 7 hours.
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Incident Report #38 2011
A man reported himself lost somewhere on Crinle Crags. We had great difficulty getting back to him on his Italian mobile phone, but eventually managed to speak to him. He was using the GPS on the same phone and was unable to operate the GPS and phone simultaneously. He convinced us he was near the southern end of the Crags, but an extensive search failed to locate him. Having exhausted all reasonable possibilities, using 3 mountain rscue teams and 5 search dogs, we eventually had to call the search of, with him still unlocated.
Man Hours
14 team members for 9 hours, plus Wasdale, and Kendal MRTs and SARDA
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Location
OS Grid Reference
NY251045
Incident Report #88 1997
A solo man was reported overdue at home. His route card left at home suggested an epic walk, and didn't narrow things down much. With the assistance of Keswick and Furness MRTs and SARDA Lakes he was located by a dog in Rossett Ghyll, benighted. He thought he was on The Band, this being a lot closer to his actual location than some other people we have retrieved this year. No amount of debriefing from us was going to assist him through the "debrief" he was going to get when he got home.
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Incident Report #87 1997
A Father (41) and Son (21) were reported overdue at home. A search was organised with the help of Keswick MRT and SARDA Lakes. They were eventually located by LAMRT on Gunson Knott. They were cold and benighted. Team members stocked them up with hot drinks and food and they were escorted off the hill at first light. Last heard on the phone to home promising to never go walking in the winter again!
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Incident Report #76 1997
Injuries to this man were reported as serious. A helicopter was requested to assist but was unable to get close due to the weather. Investigation found the injuries to be quite minor, but we carried him down anyway. We were assisted by Kendal and RAF Leeming MRTs on a long and demanding carry off.
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Incident Report #23 1997
Three women were reported as overdue on a walk over Crinkle Crags. With the help of Kendal MRT the three were located on Long Top. All were hypothermic, one severely. She was stretchered off, and the other two escorted off, on foot. Conditions were foul, with personnel being blown off their feet on several occasions.
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Incident Report #32 2011
A man was reported as having fallen from the Bad Step on Crinkle Crags and sustained head, possible neck and leg injuries. He was treated and stabilised by team members and evacuated a short distance to a waiting RAF helicopter.
Man Hours
18 team members for 4 hours
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Location
OS Grid Reference
NY249048
Incident Report #32 1998
A 55-year-old man could not get up the Bad Step and agreed to meet his friends on the summit by going round. Surprise, surprise he never turned up. His friends looked for him. We initially checked the roads, and were just about to scale up the search when he turned up in a taxi having gone down to Brotherikeld. He was unhurt, but £35 worse off.
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Incident Report #26 1999
Two men on a sponsored walk were reported overdue. They were amongst 20 or so unaccounted for, but for some reason were causing the organisers concern, when the others weren't. We found them after a brief search. We went home quickly before the status of any of the others changed. The organisers had a great plan in place with respect to emergencies, but like all plans they work really well until you introduce people into them! Mountain Rescue Teams in the Lake District share a common dislike for sponsored events on the hills.
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Incident Report #18 1999
Two people became seperated from their companions on Crinle Crags. They were reported missing. They were located after brief search.
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Incident Report #15 1999
This location is becoming a favourite, and so are the circumstances. Lost in mist and unable to find their way off, this group of six used a mobile phone to ask for help. They were located by 'Paddy', a four-legged team member, and escorted off by some of our two legged team members. No one was injured. This was Paddy's first find.
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Incident Report #6 1999
Four separated parties met up on the summit of Long Top and phoned for help on a mobile when they became disorientated and frightened. A couple of fast team members were sent to locate them and start the descent, and a couple of ploddy ones followed up with more lights, hot drinks and a nameless chocolate bar to assist with the walk off. The worrying thing was that several of the party should never have been there in the first place, due to lack of experience.
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Incident Report #68 2000
While dealing with the earlier incident, we were made aware of a group of people who had used a mobile phone to report themselves lost on Crinkle Crags. They were eventually located around 9pm near Three Tarns, and escorted to the valley.
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Incident Report #16 1974
Boy (14 years) from Plymouth, slipped on rocks while walking on Crinkle Crags, Langdale, and he sustained ankle and leg injuries. The team carried him down the fell on a stretcher and then he went to the County Hospital, Kendal.
Footnote: This was a well led party and the boy had good equipment and footwear.
Weather conditions: Dry, warm and sunny.
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Incident Report #49 1987
A search was mounted when a 64 year old man from Kendal was reported missing by his wife. Search dogs checked the usual paths and tracks. Eventually found at Brotherilkeld, Eskdale safe and well. 2 other 'lost' walkers also found at same location.
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Incident Report #18 2011
A couple become disorientated and lost having tried to avoid the Bad Step on Crinkle Crags. They phoned for help and were given directions and advice. They made good progress and were located descending The Band.
Man Hours
6 team members for 2.5 hours, plus Kendal MRT
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OS Grid Reference
NY269058
Incident Report #54 1984
A fellwalker who was on the Band noticed flashing lights indicating the distress signal. Team searched Crinkles and surrounding areas, negative results.
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Incident Report #144 2010
Shouts for help were heard in the Crinkle Crags area.
Man Hours
4 team members for 3.25 hours
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OS Grid Reference
NY247049
Incident Report #129 2010
A man sustained a leg injury near the summit of Crinkle Crags. Although the initial location was unclear,
Man Hours
16 team members for 5.5 hours
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Location
OS Grid Reference
NY250046
Incident Report #122 2010
A man suffered a suspected Miocardial Infarction on Great Knott, south of Crinkle Crags.
Man Hours
10 team members for 2.5 hours, plus Kendal MRT
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OS Grid Reference
NY259041
Incident Report #114 2010
A couple became lost having missed the Crinkle Crag ridge.
Man Hours
9 team members for 3 hours
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OS Grid Reference
NY264041
Incident Report #111 2010
Two women reported themselves as in difficulty on Crinkle Crags, being unable to work out where they were, and how to get down.
Man Hours
23 team members for 51/2 hours, plus SARDA
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OS Grid Reference
NY246053
Incident Report #22 1984
The team and S.A.R.D.A. searched for 13 hours for a Warrington couple reported missing.
Found by a search dog near Bowfell Links. Uninjured but very cold and wet. Escorted to
safety.
Weather conditions: low mist, rain.
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Incident Report #44 1983
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.
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Incident Report #27 1982
A search was mounted for a 32 year old female from Bristol who was last seen on Longtop. Possible domestic "Tiff". Found at Boot, Eskdale, unharmed.
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