Incidents

A 63 year old woman slipped and broke her arm, She was also suffering from high blood pressure. She was stretchered off and taken to hospital in Kendal.

This 65 year old German woman slipped in smooth soled shoes and tumbled 60ft down steep fellside. She sustained multiple injuries. She was stretchered to the valley bottom, with the help of Kendal MRT and then helicoptered to hospital.

A 72 year old man suffered a heart attack and we went to assist the ambulance crew evacuate him from the fell.

Five people observed a light near the waterfall. After it hadn't moved an hour later, they called the Police. A search turned nothing up.

A 55 year old woman slipped and fractured her ankle. A passing helicopter saved us the job of stretchering her off the hill.

This 46 year old woman collapsed with the symptoms of a heart attack. Her condition was stabilised on the hill and she was flown, with the team doctor, to hospital.

The gentleman who made this call, claiming his friend was in need of our assistance, had already made a similar call to Kendal MRT earlier in the day. He was later caught by local police in a car stolen from Manchester. He appeared before local magistrates the next day. He was ticked off and ordered to be detained until the end of the Police Sergeant's shift and then released. He was given lunch. Must be an example of short, blunt shock.

A 59 year old woman slipped and fractured her lower leg.

A 32 year old woman slipped and fractured her ankle.

A 28 year old local man fell 100ft while leading a rock climb. He landed in a tree, sustaining mulitple injuries, including serious head injuries. His helmet probably saved his life. His second recieved nasty rope burns to her hand and arm. The Sun newspaper carried photos and diagrams of this one.

This 39 year old man sustained serious head injuries when he slipped whilst scrambling on wet rocks.

A 30 year old man slipped and fractured his lower leg.

A 54 year old man slipped and broke his ankle.

A 41 year old man slipped and injured his ankle.

Smooth soled shoes may have contributed to the slip which caused a nasty break and dislocation to this 65 year old woman's left leg.

Having just got down one hill, we had to drive around and run up another one and retrieve a 17 year old boy who had collapsed from an unknown condition. He may have 'given up'.

A 15 year old American boy had an uncontrollable asthma attack. He was treated at the scene and then stretchered off to a waiting ambulance.

A 53 year old woman with a broken ankle.

The location of this incident was given as 'between Stickle Tarn and Grasmere'. Surprisingly we took a while to find this woman and enlisted help of a passing helicopter. When we found her, she had knee ligaments and kneecap injuries.

A 15 year old boy fractured his left ankle after a slip.

Smooth soled shoes may have contributed to the slip that broke this 39 year ld lady's left ankle. Her friend was escorted off a very wet spillery hillside in similar footwear.

A 25 year old woman collapsed with breathing difficulties. The situation was worsened by her anxiety. She was helicoptered to Barrow for treatment. We are now able to confirm that a vicious breed of midge with very big teeth inhabit this are in June.

This 21 year old man had not been seen since 2pm by his friends. It was rumoured that he had badly blistered feet and was not wearing his spectacles, and therefore would have not gone too far. He turned up at 1am outside a hotel, 20 miles away! Once again, I leave you to draw your own conclusions.

A 16 year old girl slipped and fractured her ankle. Her friends carried her some of the way, leaving us the last, easy, two mile, downhill stretch.

An 11 year old boy slipped and sustained and ankle injury. His friends carried him over a mile on a makeshift stretcher until we arrived and carried him the rest of the way.

A man driving to Keswick at 10.30am observed two figures stationary on steep fellside. On his return he noticed they were still there. He quite reasonably thought they might be in need of help, so we went to take a look. The two men were photographing low flying aircraft.

The team was called to assist the ambulance crew in evacuating a 62 year old woman with an ankle fracture down a steep bank to the roadside.

A young girl on an ATC expedition was hit on the head when a stone fell off a cairn. When the team arrived, in addition to the head injuries, all five were suffering from hypothermia. All five had to be stretchered off the fell.

The team were called after an injured person was reported on Side Pike. A search revealed nothing. Any injured person there must have been removed from the fell by persons unknown. This afternoon's excursion was made more interesting by hailstones, strong wind and lightning strikes.

A 26 year old woman fell onto a section of shed she was carrying, sustaining a puncture wound to her knee. She continued to work for 4 1/2 hours, until the pain became too much. The N.T. supervisor (and team member) on scene summoned the team using M.R. radio.

Two men were reported after failing to 'check in' after a long distance walk. We couldn't find them, which is not surprising since they'd gone home to Wetherby in Yorkshire much earlier, without telling anyone.

Three team members took our 'Propac' monitor to Kentmere to assist Kendal MRT in the rescue of a 10 year old boy who has sustained head, neck and spinal injuries in a fall.

A couple reported seeing flashing lights on Raven Crag. A search revealed nothing in the area, however lights were seen in another area. This turned out to be 8 members of a D of E group struggling down in the dark. They were escorted to the National Trust campsite in Great Langdale, where they spent the night.

This 13 year old boy attempted to catch us out by doing himself a mischief before lunch. he sustained injuries to his back, legs and pelvis. We sorted him out before our sandwiches had gone curly.

Walkers came across the body of a 70 year old man on the footpath. Team members attempted to resuscitate him, but were unsuccessful.

A 71 year old man slipped and fell 20ft into the ghyll sustaining mulitiple lacerations and a thorough wetting. His companion's quick action in removing him from the water and changing him into dry clothes avoided further complications.

A 58 year old man slipped on wet footpath and broke his lower leg. It snowed a bit.

A well intentioned man reported seeing a man shouting for help. Believing that a climbing accident may have occurred on Pavey Ark, team members searched the area, with the assistance of a helicopter. Nothing was found so the search was called off. While descending Mill Gyhll, team members saw three youths 'raving' to a portable cassette player. They ran away when approached. Draw your own conclusions.

A massive search was undertaken for a 50 year old couple who had seperated from their companions and failed to reach their rendevous at Kirkstone Pass. The man found his way off the fell the next morning and a helicopter located the body of his wife on The Knott soon after. She is thought to have died of hypothermia. The search lasted 16 hours and 150 personnel from 8 Mountain Rescue Teams and a Helicopter took part in appalling weather conditions.

A 65 year old man collapsed. possibly suffering from a hernia. With help from Patterdale MRT he was stretchered to Patterdale. A thoroughly wet time was had by all.

A 17 year old girl slipped and went 'head over heels' sustaining head and facial injuries. With the assiatsnce manpower fro RAF Stafford and a Helicopter from RAF Leeming she was 'rescued'.

A 26 year old blind woman being led round the Fairfield Horseshoe. collapsed, possibly as a result of a viral infection, suffering from cramps and anxiety. She was stretchered off the fell and taken to Ambleside Health Centre.

The team was asked to convey the body of a 66 year old man to the roadside and waiting ambulance after he had collapsed and died, possibly of a heart attack.

A 55 year old man slipped on icy fellside and fractured his leg.

A 20 year old diabetic man became exhausted and ill as a result. The team was called but his friends had already got him to the roadside and into a vehicle. He was taken to see a G.P. in Coniston.

Two male climbers were reported missing after climbing on Gimmer Crag. they were located making their own way down Mill Ghyll, without torches.

Our glorious leader informed us that it would be a 'quick' job to evacuate a 45 year old gentleman. He'd slipped on steep fellside and sustained back injuries. Three and a half hours later we all got to go home again.

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.

Asked to assist Keswick MRT in a search for two men who were overdue following a walk. Found at Taylorghyll Force at 11.05pm.

A 60 year old woman slipped on steep footpath and fractured her ankle.

A 34 year old man became detached from his party. His known lack of equipment amd knowledge of the area and poor weather conditions was cause for concern so a search was instigated. He was found 2 hours later having suffered no harm.

The team was asked to assist Wasdale MRT in the search for a missing aircraft. It was found at 3.30pm with both pilots dead.

48 year old lady slipped on icy fellside and fractured her left leg. A prior engagement left us a bit short of numbers, so the chaps from RAF Stafford helped out.

A young man, climbing a steep rock pitch n the ghyll, fell some 50ft as he tried to place a runner. His friend and belayer very kindly broke his fall. Both sustained nasty head, back and leg injuries and multiple cuts. Both were wearing helmets, one of which was badly damaged. They were stretchered out of the ghyll and then were flown to hospital by RAF Bolumer. Their lives were probably saved by their helmets.

16 year old boy went missing. Found safe and well.

25 year old man slipped and fractured his leg. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

62 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.

59 year old woman slipped and fractured her shoulder.

44 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.

A man spotted a 'red flare'. Strange to see things in the sky this close to bonfire night.

A group of three went missing. Found with one suffering from exposure.

40 year old woman ... go on, have a guess. I'll give you a clue ... its happened before!

35 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.

38 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.

50 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.

80 year old man was having difficulty getting off the fell, so we helped him.

43 year old man fell from the second pitch up Bilberry Buttress and broke his wrist and badly cut his arm.

29 year old man collapsed with a 'panic attack'. And that was before he saw us.

71 year old woman slipped and, in a stunning break with tradition, broke her arm.

Two groups reported hearing 'positive' cries for help. Nothing found. The farmer and local hunt had been in the valley. I believe one of the farmers has a sheepdog called Help. Nothing else can explain the frequency of this type of incident

64 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.

64 year old man suffered a heart attack. Team assisted by RAF Leconfield.

60 year old man went missing. Nothing found - he'd booked into a B and B and hadn't told anyone.

36 year old man slipped, and, as we've come to expect, broke his leg.

Flashing lights' were seen on Middlefell Buttress. No one was in need of help.

45 year old woman slipped, etc. etc.

38 year old woman slipped and did the usual. It's a long carry to the road.

58 year old man collapsed with a heart attack. Team assisted by RAF Leconfield.

60 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. RAF Leconfield came and took a look.

Three 13 year old boys missing on an expedition. Found after 12 hours.

53-year-old woman slipped, etc. We don't want to boast but we're awfully good at leg splints.

4 lads, 3 aged 14 and one 28, decided to climb Middlefell Buttress despite not having any experience. They became cragfast and were lowered off. Described as being 'less than sensible'.

49 year old man collapsed and died.

59 year old man slipped and broke his ankle.

59 year old man slipped and broke his ankle.

49 year old man collapsed and died.

51 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.

18 year old man, part of a D of E group, collapsed with exhaustion.

47 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.

44 year old woman slipped and as you'd expect, fractured her ankle.

52 year old man slipped and fractured his ankle. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

32 year old Scout leader fell 250 feet from Jacks Rake with FATAL results. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

60 year old woman slipped, fracture, etc.

54 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg-Team assisted by RAF Boulmer and RAF Stafford.

22 year old woman fell 150 feet down steep fellside sustaining head and leg injuries.

60 year old woman slipped on a footpath and. as you would expect, fractured her leg.

A couple in a car heard shouts for help between, and I quote, Hardknott Pass and Blea Tarn. A cursory glance would have revealed farmers gathering sheep.

A D of E group took the wrong route and ended up exhausted at Rossett Ghyll at midnight! Team escorted them off and played nursemaid until their supervisor could be bothered to collect them the next morning.

77 year old woman slipped on quarry stones and injured her pelvis.

70 year old woman slipped on steep path and fractured her ankle.

40 year old woman fell, possibly over a crag end, and sustained spinal injuries and a broken arm. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

47 year old woman slipped on a footpath and fractured her ankle.

78 year old man collapsed and suffered head injuries. Team assisted by Bowland Pennine MRT.

65 year old woman slipped and it was out with the leg splint.

46 year old woman slipped on footpath and fractured her ankle.

49 year old woman slipped and fractured her ankle.

37 year old man collapsed with heat exhaustion. Not a common complaint in Cumbria.

60 year old man 'tripped up' and sustained head and shoulder injuries. Usually it's the leg that goes.

Several people reported seeing flashing lights on Bowfell Buttress. It was a sponsored climb of 'classic rock'. They could have informed someone.

14 year old boy slipped on a path and injured his leg.

16 year old girl slipped on greasy rock and fractured her leg.

42 year old woman collapsed and suffered head injuries.

Two Team members injured by rock fall during training session.

44 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.

21 year old man slipped on very rough ground and suffered multiple injuries. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

69 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. Not the first, not the last.

Man returned late from a walk. He turned up after last orders.

45 year old man slipped on wet fellside and sustained pelvic, back and rib injuries.

20 year old man fell 30 feet whilst climbing and sustained spinal and pelvic injuries.

72 year old woman slipped and damaged her leg tendons.

4 girls and D of E expedition became Very frightened' walking down Troughton Ghyll. Call me an old cynic, but I bet they got the award. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

28 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.

The Team had dried off from the last rescue when we had to jump into a river to rescue a canoeist who had fractured both legs when his canoe 'folded'.

16 year old boy, part of a D of E group, came down with exhaustion/exposure in vile weather conditions. An accurate grid reference was most useful in the prevailing conditions. Team was assisted by Kendal MRT.

75 year old man was reported feeling 'very sick' by the leader of his walking party.

15 year old girl, part of a D of E group, slipped and injured her knee and ankle.

67 year old man slipped and fractured his ankle.

53 year old man became separated from the main rambling group. He turned up soon enough.

Two girls, part of a D of E expedition, collapsed with exposure. All evacuated by ourselves and Keswick MRT.

53 year old man slipped and fell 200 feet from a steep fellside with FATAL results.

A 62 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.

Objects' were reported on Loughrigg. investigation revealed 30 students bivvying out for the night so we left them to it.

A father and his two sons became separated. We managed to find the missing.

61 year old solo walker slipped and fractured his leg at 3.15 p.m. the previous day and wasn't found by passing walkers for 22 hours. Treated for exposure also. Team assisted by RAF Valley.

60 year old woman with good equipment and excellent coffee slipped on snow and tore her knee ligaments.

38 year old mentally ill man faked his own accident.

49 year old man slipped on an icy footpath and fractured his leg.

65 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.

25 year old woman collapsed with severe stomach pains.

46 year old man slipped on wet fellside and sustained a festive fractured leg.

Three young boys became stranded at the junction of two very swollen rivers during floods. Fortunately some team members can walk on water.

53 year old woman slipped and to no-ones surprise but her own, fractured her leg.

Two men set to walk from the ODG to Stickle Tarn and back and with almost impossibly bad navigation managed to get benighted at Angle Tarn. Team assisted by SARDA, RAF Leeming MRT and RAF Boulmer. They walked down in the morning. 'Words fail me' said the team leader.

30 year old man's car slipped on black ice and left the road down a steep slope. The man was thrown clear of the car and sustained serious multiple injuries.

51 year old woman slipped on a footpath and fractured her ankle.

22 year old man fell 50 feet and fractured his arm and sustained possible spinal injuries. Team assisted by RAF Leeming and RAF Valley MRTs.

3 adults and a 6 year old child went missing whilst walking from Three Shires Stone and Crinkle Crags. Found at 2 a.m. at Lingcove Bridge by the team. Team assisted by SARDA.

56 year oid woman slipped and you know the rest.

A passing team member on the way to incident 62 saw a 14 year old girl slip and fracture her leg.

60 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. It's not the first time this has happened.

56 year old woman slipped and you know the rest.

52 year old woman collapsed whilst walking.

17 year old man, part of a D of E group, collapsed with a re-occurrence of glandular fever.

65 year old woman slipped on a steep footpath with the usual result.

17 year old man, part of a D of E group, collapsed after an all night camp with a viral infection.

41 year old man, leader of an A.T.C. group, suffered a heart attack. Team assisted, for a change, by RAF Leconfield.

35 year old man fell whilst leading and sustained serious multiple injuries. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer Removals Ltd.

68 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. Luckily we knew the way there.

66 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.

28 year old man had his foot crushed by a large rock. It was interesting to hear the excuses offered by some team members who attended this but not the previous incident.

The 'best' man on a stag night tried to climb down Side Pike after drinking many pints of Old Peculiar. Surprisingly, he fell and injured his head, spine and fractured his leg. He felt no pain, at least not till morning!

43 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg

70 year old man suffered a fatal heart attack. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

21 year old man slipped whilst soloing and sustained multiple injuries.

41 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.

36 year old woman collapsed semi-paralysed. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

16 year old woman slipped on a path and fractured her ankle, so it was out with the leg splint yet again.

31 year old lady slipped and sustained a serious knee injury on the summit of Harrison. Its a long way down!

A group of 100 teenagers were descending Red Screes with difficulty. At the bottom there were 98! After numerous headcounts of various sub-groups the 'missing' turned up somewhere.

12 year old girl slipped and fractured her leg whilst jumping across the beck. Team assisted by RAF Leeming MRT.

38 year old man suffered a serious attack of vertigo and was unable to walk. Recovered in valley bottom. It sounds a bit odd but was a genuine medical condition.

17 year old girl, part of a D of E group, suffered 'breathing problems'. In truth she was only tired and was walked off by the team.

Several groups reported cries for help. The team with two of our Search Dogs found only a Church rambling club who had been singing hymns.'Father forgive them for they know not what they do'

61 year old man slipped and fractured his leg. We were well practiced by now. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

16 year old girl slipped and fractured her leg. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

42 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. Luckily we remembered where everything was and what to do.

64 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.

77 year old man collapsed and died whilst walking.

25 year old man fell 120 feet whilst climbing and sustained multiple injuries which proved fatal. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.

54 year old woman slipped and badly lacerated her knee.

20 year old man fell and dislocated his kneecap whilst climbing. RAF Boulmer were in the area and flew him off.

10 year old girl slipped on fellside and badly lacerated her knee and face.

15 year old boy, part of a D of E group, collapsed with appendicitis and was airlifted to hospital by RAF Boulmer, who were, thankfully, in ^e area as holiday traffic prohibited the team driving anywhere near the area. The teacher 'shadowing' the group was still missing at 8.30 p.m., and 'unaware of the rescue'

30 year old man slipped and fractured his leg and wrist after scrambling up the ghyll.

49 year old man slipped and fractured his leg near the summit. Team assisted by Kendal MRT.

64 year old man collapsed and died whilst walking.

20 year old man slipped and fell 30 feet fracturing his ankle.

Two separate and reliable informants reported seeing two parachutes lying on the ground and up a tree. Team searched the area and found nothing. A mystery, this one.

52 year old woman collapsed and called for help which was heard by several people. The team with RAF Boulmer searched the area with negative results. The woman and her husband had walked off the fell but failed to inform the police or ourselves of this!

9 year old girl was hit on the head by a 'misguided' stone thrown by her father and, not surprisingly, received head injuries.

45 year old man slipped on a path and fractured his leg.

16 year old girl collapsed after a fit with exposure.

15 year old girl, part of a D of E group, collapsed with cold and exhaustion. Their rucksacks were much too heavy for their needs.

38 year old Frenchman with no experience, equipment or map failed to return from a walk to Scafell. Found at midnight and reunited with his wife. Team left when 'une grande domestique' started.

55 year old man with a history of cardiac trouble was suffering from exhaustion and dizzy spells.

47 year old woman slipped on a path and sustained a compound fracture of her leg.

Someone' reported whistles from the Raven Crag area. A search revealed a ten year old boy to be responsible for the whistling. His parents were 'educated' whilst the team conducted a thorough search of the ODG bar, which lasted well into the night. Team assisted by Furness MRT.

Two brothers reported missing. We looked around for a bit then they turned up. Team assisted by Wasdale MRT.

54 year old man slipped on a footpath and fractured his leg.

30 year old instructor from Ullswater Outward Bound School failed to keep a rendezvous with a fellow instructor whilst following a group. She was found at Great Slab with a fractured ankle. Team assisted by Ullswater OBMS and RAF Boulmer.