Incidents
Number of Rescues: 0
Volunteer Hours: 0

Incident Report #69
21/06/25, 23:25
A couple were unable to find their way off and called for help. Normally a Keswick MRT area rescue, we were requested to attend since they were already engaged in another rescue. We located them and escorted them to safety
Many Lakes teams were in action this night... 13 alerts, leading to 12 deployments for 8 teams across the region, mainly related to weather, poor preparation and/or decision making
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Incident Report #54 2025
25/05/25, 01:02
The team were alerted by Patterdale MRT, who had initially received a call by Cumbria Police, to two campers at Angle Tarn. On deeper investigation it was discovered that the campers were, in fact, at Angle Tarn in Great Langdale. The job was then handed over to LAMRT. Team members were dispatched to assist with taking down their tents and walking them back down safely to the valley floor.

Incident Report #53 2025
24/05/25, 16:38
We were made aware of a walker who had got lost in the bad weather, they initially pitched their tent in an attempt to wait out the bad weather and descend in the morning. However, the tent began to leak so they requested our assistance. After a conversation on the phone with members of our team the walker was able to successfully navigate off the hill and was monitored remotely back to their vehicle.

Incident Report #52 2025
23/05/25, 19:51
We received a report from CUMPOL that two walkers were lost in the vicinity of Ore gap after low cloud had caused them to lose their way. The team made their way up and made contact with the lost walkers, who were not aware where they had parked. After looking through photos they had taken throughout their day the team were able to decipher where the walkers had parked and provided them with assistance back to the valley floor and then drove them to their vehicles.

Incident Report #36 2025
18/03/25, 18:13
A woman tumbled backwards while crossing a stream and hit her head. She suffered cuts and impaired consciousness at that point. The team was mobilised along with a Coastguard helicopter from Prestwick. After assessment by a team doctor it was established that she would be able to walk a down with assistance and the helicopter was stood down

Incident Report #33 2025
15/03/25, 19:20
A young male was reported as ill and vomiting on Shelter Crags. With both ourselves and Kendal MRT already engaged with the previous two incidents, with concern fo the condition of the male, a Coastguard helicopter was requested to assist. With help from a couple of team members, helicpter was able to locate the make and evacuate him

Incident Report #30 2025
12/03/25, 10:07
A solo male scrambler was reported overdue from the previous day. Information pointed towards Pike O’Stickle
Likely areas were searched initially with binoculars and a drone before a Coastguard helicopter arrived and was able to locate man’s body in a gully high on the side of the crag. Team. Members were airlifted to the site and along with the winchman, were able to recover him to the valley, from where he was transported to Ambleside

Incident Report #23 2025
21/02/25, 13:18
We were alerted to a solo male who was struggling on an ambitious route from Windermere railway station to Patterdale via Helvellyn. Having become exhausted he was unable to continue and was getting very cold. Investigation located him within Patterdale team area, so they were alerted, located him and escorted him down

Incident Report #14 2025
31/01/25, 11:29
We received a call from the iPone emergency call centre, and as is often the case, we received very limited information, consisting of a vague location and a report of a ‘traumatic injury’
The team attended and headed off to Mickleden, to be informed that the casualty had made his own way out and was being taken to hospital by a partner.
The team stood down and returned to base

Incident Report #9 2025
11/01/25, 12:30
A male sustained a nasty ankle fracture when he slipped on an icy path. He was treated by the team and evacuated to an air ambulance for transport to hospital
With many of our team away training in Scotland, we were particularly grateful for Kendal MRT assistance

Incident Report #8 2025
07/01/25, 20:07
A group of three women became separated when they encountered deep snow. One of them ultimately made it back to the valley bottom alone and was located there. The other two were located and extracted via Coastguard Helicopter from Caernarfon and transported to Ambleside where they were reunited with their third party member and rewarmed and checked by paramedics before heading home
Sub-zero conditions and deep, fresh snow made for quite challenging conditions for all
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Incident Report #133 2024
31/12/24, 11:44
Two adventurous wild-campers got into difficulty in strong winds and heavy rain, one reporting a leg injury and chest pains. The team attended in challenging conditions and evacuated the two men
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Ask yourself three questions:
Do I have the skills required?
Do I know what the weather forecast is?
Do I have the right equipment?

Incident Report #125 2024
01/12/24, 14:36
One a group of three young males was reported as feeling dizzy, unwell and unable to continue their descent from Dove Crag. The group were encouraged to continue to descend, it being easier to keep warm while moving than stationary. We met them around High Pike and assisted them the remainder of the way. We were assisted by Kendal MRT
Ask yourself 3 questions before you set off:
Do I have the right GEAR?
Do I know what the WEATHER will be like?
Am I confident I have the KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS for the day?
Be Adventure Smart
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Incident Report #124 2024
01/12/24, 09:50
We were forwarded an iPhone emergency centre activation with no information other than a location. We felt a need to investigate, so a small group was dispatched to Angle Tarn while attempts to make contact continued. Subsequently we were able to make phone contact to establish that the problem (unspecified) that had caused the activation had been resolved and we were no longer needed. The team returned to base

Incident Report #119 2024
09/11/24, 17:16
On a second attempt to locate and climb Scafell, two men became benighted on Long Top, Crinkle Crags… no torches and Google maps… they were located via SARLOC and assisted back to their car parked at Three Shires Stone… it’s OK Wasdale MRT, you can thank us later
#beadventuresmrt
Ask yourself three questions…
Do I have the skills?
Do I have the right equipment?
Do I know what the weather will be?

Incident Report #114 2024
29/10/24, 17:31
A man was reported overdue from a paragliding trip. His partner had located his vehicle in Grasmere but he was not with it. An initial hasty search was organised, followed by a more prolonged and complex search involving team members, search dogs, and a Coastguard helicopter. This was unsuccessful, and ended around 2am. A further search was planned and implemented at first light, involving team members from multiple other Lake District MRTs, and search dogs from the Lakes, England and Southern Scotland, with the man being found around 10:15am, seriously injured. He was treated by MRT members, then lifted by Coastguard Helicopter to a location from where he could be transferred to an air ambulance and flown to hospital.

Incident Report #104 2024
28/09/24, 10:33
A male was reported unwell, shaking and unable to continue on the path to Loughrigg. The team responded and he was evacuated to an ambulance
We were in the middle of a day hosting a group for Norwegian People’s Aid (Norsk Folkehjelp) who came along to assist… it’s rare to have such a well attended rescue!

Incident Report #78 2024
17/08/24, 09:14
A male suffered a dislocated shoulder while ascending Jack’s Rake. The shoulder popped back put left our casualty in a lot of pain. They were recovered to the base of the Rake, from where they were assisted in walking the rest of the way down. We were assisted by a Coastguard helicopter and Kendal MRT

Incident Report #76 2024
15/08/24, 12:14
A dog slipped and fell down the waterfall at Stockghyll, landing in a pool at about half way, before climbing on to a ledge in between the two main columns of the fall.
A protracted and technical rescue took please to successfully recover the dog and return to to it’s owner
We were assisted by Kendal MRT

Incident Report #70 2024
26/07/24, 19:37
An Apple emergency alert was received by their call Centre in the USA. It filtered through the system and eventually ended up with us… We investigated and found nothing and were unable to contact the number provided. Eventually a ‘stand down’ filtered through as well… there’s definitely room for improvement with this!