Incident Report #23 1990
19 year old man, part of ATC group, slipped and sustained a dislocated kneecap. The rescue was not helped by the team being given a highly inaccurate grid reference.
19 year old man, part of ATC group, slipped and sustained a dislocated kneecap. The rescue was not helped by the team being given a highly inaccurate grid reference.
69 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and injured her leg. Team assisted by personnel from RAF Leeming and Stafford.
69 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and injured her leg. Team assisted by personnel from RAF Leeming and Stafford.
74 year old woman slipped on a rocky path and injured her leg and knee. Team assisted by personnel from RAF Leeming and Stafford.
38 year old man slipped on Blake Rigg and fell 15 feet onto a ledge - he could easily have fallen another 150 feet and become cragfast. He sustained a slight knee injury.
65 year old man walking the Coast to Coast slipped and injured his leg.
Nine people on a D. of E. exercise reported overdue. Route planned by the instructor was very ambitious in the time allowed. Found safe and well in Rossett Ghyll.
Nine people on a D. of E. exercise reported overdue. Route planned by the instructor was very ambitious in the time allowed. Found safe and well in Rossett Ghyll.
61 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.
44 year old woman fell 150 feet into the waterfall sustaining FATAL injuries. 3 team members flown direct from incident 8 by RAF Boulmer to recover body. Team assisted Kendal M.R.T.
25 year old man fell 250 FEET from Jacks Rake into deep snow and somehow survived with only minor head and other injuries. Airlifted to Ambleside by RAF Boulmer.
67 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and fractured her lower leg/ankle.
25 year old man slipped in North Gully and injured his foot and ankle.
71 year old woman lady slipped climbing a fence and fractured her arm and collar bone.
24 year old woman slipped on rock path and fractured her leg/ankle.
24 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and fractured her ankle.
A 16-year-old male was reported with a knee injury. The team was mobilised, and found the casualty about 600mteres from the road, being assisted by companions.
14 team members for 1.5 hours, plus Air Ambulance
Male with dislocated kneecap (ouch!!) at the top of Rossett Ghyll
A couple set off from Grasmere to go to Sergeant Man, but got lost in the High Raise area when the path was obliterated by snow. During the early stages of the search the couple came across a group who knew where they where, and the way down. They were assisted towards Langdale and met by team members at Stickle Tarn
A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped on wet ground just below the summit of Wansfell. She was treated by team members and evacuated to the valley for onward transport to hospital
A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped on wet ground just below the summit of Snarker Pike. She was in a lot of pain and was treated by team members, then evacuated to Furness General Hospital by North West Air Ambulance.
A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped on wet ground on the descent from Slver Howe. She was treated by team members and evcuated to Ambleside for transport to hospital.
A woman slipped while descending and sustained a lower leg injury. Her leg was splinted and she was evacuated to the valley floor. We were assisted by RAF Leuchars MRT who were in the area for the holiday period.
While rescue 101 was taking place we were made aware of a casualty with a lower leg injury on the way from Easedale Tarn. Due to being committed to the previous rescue we were assisted by Kendal MRT.
A man phoned for help after becoming cragfast near the Great Slab on Bowfell after descending on to heavily frozen ground. He was recovered and assisted from the hill. His predicament was complicated by becoming separated form his companion, and then throwing his rucsac down an ice-up rock pitch which he was then unable to descend himself, leaving him without spare clothing etc.
A couple phoned for help after getting lost in the Low Pike area. Attempts to talk them down initially failed, and we sent a small group out to try and locate them. While this was happening they managed to find their way down to a road from where they managed to work out where they where. We went home and they caught the bus back to their accommodation.
A family of 4 became stuck when it went dark. We worked out where they where, and found them close to Ambleside.
A woman slipped and injured her ankle while coming down from Sweden Bridge. She was recovered in our 4WD Landrover and driven back down the hill.
A 9-year-old boy was reported separated from his mum while out walking. He was quickly located by police before we had committed to the hill.
A couple became cragfast after losing the path from Harrison Stickle. Attempts to talk them down failed, so eventually they were located and escorted off.