Incidents

A man sustained a suspected fracture of his elbow when he slipped. He was treated and evacuated by air ambulance

A couple got themselves in to difficulty on Fairfield when they lost the path. They were encouraged to get moving after giving them directions, but a search was organised anyway. They found their way to a path, heading in the right direction, but it is likley that this was on the other side of the ridge.

Following an RTC on an icy road, a family informed police by phone that they intended to walk back the 2.5 miles home. When they hadn't returned home after a reasonable time, they were reported overdue. A search was being organised when they turned up

We were requested to assist social service in delivering carers to their clients, when snow condition rendered roads a little tricky. A funky Landrover with all traction bells and whisltes, plus snow chains means walking is a thing of the past..

A man suffered an ankle injury while out walking with friends. He was treated and evacuated by team vehicle, the intention being to transfer him to hospital, however the weather conspired to make that very difficult. Roads were blocked by traffic stuck in snow. Eventually he was assessed by a team doctor, and taken home, with instructions to go to hospital the following day if there was a problem.

A mountain biker sustained a lower leg injury in a fall on a snow-covered track. We were able to drive to him and recover him without to much difficulty.

A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped at the base of the Bad Step.

A lone male was found in a state of collapse and hypothermic at Three Tarns at dusk by a goup of 5. They stopped to help him and raised the alarm. The team was dispatched and an SAR helicpter was requested to assist. The helicopter arrived just in advance of the first team members and the man was assisted to the helicopter and flown to Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle for treament.

An 11-year-old boy was reported as seperated from his parents in Little Langdale. A search was being organised whem we heard that he had been located back at their start point. Team stood down.

A woman slipped on wet grass and sustained a lower leg injury. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher.

A woman slipped on very wet ground and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture. She was treated and evacuated by air ambulance

While the previous incident was in progress, a woman called in at the base seeking medical attention for an injury she had sustained to her arm when she slipped while walking. She was treated, including cutting off a ring that was stopping the circulation to her finger, swelling due to her injury. She was given pain relief and referred to hospital. Not a 'normal' job, but her finger would have been seriously at risk if action hadn't been taken

A man slipped on wet ground and sustained a fractured tibia and fibula. We were able to drive to within a short distance and treat him, before evacuating him by vehicle for transport to hospital.

A woman slipped on wet ground and sustained an upper arm injury... the third of the day! With team members already committed to previous rescues we called upon the RAF to assist. A mongrel team made up of LAMRT, Kendal MRT, a couple of membes of UWFRT and Cleveland MRT and the RAF recovered this casualty from Calf Crag. It's a fair trek! There ends a busy years...

With team members committed to the first rescue, members of Kendal MRT were diverted to attend this rescue. Another arm injury sustained when a man slipped on wet ground.

A woman slipped on very wet ground just below the summit of Wansfell and sustainwd an upper arm injury

A woman slipped on very wet ground. She was treated by team members and evacuated to Ambleside for onward transport to hospital.

A man was reported stuck in his car in snow, high on Wrynose Pass. Two team members attended the vehicle, discovering it empty with a note stating that the occupant had gone to stay in a hotel.. A vehicle was stuck behind it. At the time of writing the road is impassable, due in part to snow, but also because the two cars are blocking it...

Two people became stuck when they couldn't find a safe way off through deep snow. They were located just above the top of Dungeon Ghyll, and were assisted off the hill.

We were requested to assist the ambulance service with a man who had become unwell on the summit of Orrest head, Windermere. He was treated by paramedics and stretchered off the hill for onward transport to hospital.

A man fell around 2 or 3 metres while descending from the rocky top of Helm Crag. He was blown off balance by a gust of wind. He sustained head and suspected neck and spinal injuries. He was treated byteam members and evacuated a helicopter from RAF Boulmer. Air ambulance attended but was unable to assist due to poor light conditions

A woman sustained an upper arm injury when she slipped on a waterlogged path. Paramedics from ambulance and air ambulance attended, but we were required to evacuate the woman to lower ground for evacuation by air ambulance

A man was reported overdue after seperating from his walking companions at Esk Hause to take a different route back to Langdale. He was reported overdue when it went dark and he hadn't returned. It was known that he had no torch and would most likely have stopped moving at this point. A search was being organised when he turned up, having been aided by another walker who had found him and helped him down

And another... a couple were reported making very slow progress descending the Rossett Ghyll path... There was concern that they wouldn't make it down before dark. A quick search was organised, followed by a slightly more extensive one, focused on some rough ground around where the abruptly changed direction. Nothing was found, so it was assumed the couple made it out before dark and somehow evaded us....

While winding up the previous incident we were made aware of a second walker, also seperated from his companions around Angle Tarn. Enquiries were being made and a search organised when the man phoned from The Woolpack Inn in Eskdale.

A woman was reported missing after becoming seperated from her walking partner. An extensive search was organised, with help from Kendal MRT, a number of search dogs and a helicopter from the RAF. She was eventually located, being assisted down by a small group of walkers from Crinkle Crags.

Flashing lights were reported in the Raven Crag area of Gt Langdale. A check found two people, high on the crag and a shouted conversation confirmed that they didn't need any help

A man slipped and sustained a lower leg unjury. The team was called, and we in turn requested Kendal MRT to help, along with an air ambulance. In a break in the low cloud the air ambulancew managed to evacuate the man, leaving us with the casualty's partner to meet and ensure she got down safely.

We assisted the ambulance and air ambulance with a woman who had been injured in a slip on wet ground

A woman sustained a dislocated shoulder when she fell near the summit of Crinkle Crags. Team members responded, along with members of Kendal MRT. We got to within 500 metres and were overtaken by the air ambulance. They were able to walk the woman to the aircraft and fly her to hospital. We returned to pur vehicle parked at Three Shires Stone, grateful that a long stretcher carry had been avoided!

We recieved a call that a woman had sustained a lower leg inury near Blea Tarn, Langdale. The report came second hand from a man who had walked past the injured woman, seen her companions struggling to get a mobile phone signal and offered to go to the phone at Old Dungeon Ghyll to get help. When we arrived, it became apparent that the woman had been evacuated by her companions and this was later confirmed by North West Ambulance Service when they were caled to a local hotel to attend to the woman.

An experieniced and well-equipped walker (he asked me to point that out, since he was rather embarrassed at finding himself in need of our helped) slipped and sustained a lower leg injury. He was treated by team members and evacuated to Ambleside for onward transport to hospital by ambulance. Suggestions that his fall was caused by a tackle from behind by Wayne Rooney have yet to be corroborated, and in truth are unlikely to be....
 

A 17-year-old male sustained a lower leg injury when he slipped on wet grass at the bottom of Rossett Ghyll. He was treated by team members and evacuated to the road-head for onward transfer to hospital.

Two people reported themselves in difficulty on Steel Fell. They were disorientated by the mist and were unable to find their way off. Attempts to talk them down failed. A search was organised and they were quickly located and escorted off.

The team were requested to assist with a search for a missing teenager. The missing person was located by police as the team were responding.

A male, competing in the Langdale Horseshoe fell race, fell and sustained a very deep and nasty cut to his knee. He was treated by the team and evacuated from the hill

We were called to assist a man with a lower leg injury near Rough Crags, Wrynose. He was evacuated from the fell and tranferred to Ambleside for onward transport to hospital.

A solo male walker slipped on wet ground and sustained a suspected fracture to his lower leg. He was treated by team members and evacuated to the valley, then transported to Ambleside for transfer to ambulance to hospital.

A woman fell and sustained a head injury. The team responded and an RAF Seaking was requested to assist. The woman was treated by team members and evacuated by helicopter to West Cumberland Hospital

We were requested to assist the ambulance service with the evacuation of a woman with a lower leg injury.

A man, walking with his family, slipped and fell, dislocating his elbow. Although it relocated itself shorlty afterwards, he was in a great deal of pain. He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher to Ambleside. An air ambulance attempted to reach him, but had to turn back because of the weather. We were assisted by Kendal MRT.

A woman slipped on wet ground and sustained a lower leg injury. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher. An air ambulance was dispatched by North West Ambualnce Service, but was unable to fly due to the weather.

A 72-year-old man became exhaused and unable to continue his walk near Rydal Caves. He was picked up by the team and returned to his hotel.

We were requested to assist ambulance and air ambulance with the recovery of a man who had sustained a nasty lower leg injury on Windermere lake shore

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

A couple reported themselves in difficulty near Stickle Tarn, with mountain bikes, in fading light. The difficulty turned out to be that they weren't near Stickle Tarn, but nearer Gibson Knott.

A 70-year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected fractured wrist. He was strtechered to the air ambulance which had landed uphill of the incident site.

A group left their companion behind because he was slow. He was last seen near Three Tarns. He was reported as an inexperienced walker and had no map. Investigations were under way when we were notified that he had been located in Borrowdale.

A couple became separated on Crinkle Crags... one of them made it back to their vehicle and reported the other missing. The other, it transpired had been searching the rridge for his missing partner, eventually becoming exhausted and benighted near Swinsty Ghyll. He was found here by team members and escorted to safety. We were assisted by Wasdale MRT and search dogs.

A man reported his friend missing after they became separated on Crinkle Crags during a mulit-day walk. He was located in Sheffield, having gone home.

A 78-year-old man slipped and sustained a lower leg injury. He was unable to carry weight on it, so we rescued him. I'm sure we'd all be most happy to be getting to the top end of Far Easedale at 78-years-old.

A 70-year-old male was unable to continue due to exhaustion and lack of a torch. He was stretchered down to the valley.

Two people were assisted from steep ground after becoming cragfast. They sustained minor injuries to there hands, but went on their way after being led back to a decent path!!

A mountain biker was reported as having fallen off his bike on Wrynose Pass. We responded, along with air ambulance. We were stood down on route, once it was established that they had reached him and didn't need our help.

A woman sustained a suspected fracture to her lower leg on the summit of Orrest Head. She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance

We were requested to recover the body of a man from Jack's Rake. We were asssisted by Kendal MRT

A man got separated from his companions and was reported missing. He was eventually located.... on a bus in Kendal, heading home!! There are SO many ways to communicate in a modern world, but sometimes they ALL fail...

Team members where returning to base from the previous incident when our vehicle was flagged down by police officers wanting help with a man suffering a suspected MI. With no ambulance immediatley available the team assisted until an ambulance arrived

A man suffered a deep cut to his head in a fall. He was treated by paramedics and team members and then evacuated to hospital

A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg inury. She was treated by team members and evacuated to the roadside for onward transfer to hospital.

A woman slipped while descending from Helm Crag. She sustained a suspected fractured, and very painful ankle fracture. She was treated by team members and evacuated from the hill and transferred to NWAS ambulance at our base.

A woman slipped on the wet path descending from Stickle Tarn. She sustained a nasty shoulder injury. She was treated by air ambulance paramedic and then evacuated to the dam for the flight to Lancaster

A teenage male sustained spinal injuries when he slippws and fell from the path on the way up Harrison Stickle. He was treated initially by RAF MRT who were in the area and then evacuated by RN Seaking .

Flashing lights were reported from ODG. Checks were made but nothing was found... false alarm with good intent

A lone male walker was found collapsed on the path just below the summit of Pike O'Blisco. The team and an air ambulance attended but despite attempts to revive him, he was declared to have died at the scene. His body was recovered to Ambleside by the air ambulance.

A 37-year-old woman sustained an ankle injury.. she was treated and evacuated by the team

A solo male walker became disorientated, cold and very wet while attempting to reach Grasmere on the Coast to Coast walk. He was located near Greenup Edge and escorted of the hill.

A group of 11 D of E gold and silver particpants become lost and panicked up near Sergeant Man, while supposedly heading for Gt Langdale campsite. They were located with help form their assessors and then escorted to safety... just like the old days...

Shouts were heard around Bowfell Buttress area. An investigation failed to find anything

Just on our way home from the previous two incidents when we were requested to assist a man who had fallen in to Dungeon Ghyll. He had tumbled about 5 metres from the path above and sustained injuries to his back, chest, hip and knee. He was treated and with some difficulty, evacuated from the ghyll, to a location from where he could be winched safely by RAF Seaking. We were assisted by Kendal MRT.

Initial confusion was quickly cleared up to establish that a second, very similar incident had occurred and a seconf man was suffering a suspected MI a relatively short distance from the previous incident. Team members attended and a second air ambulance was requested to assist. The second casualty was airlifted to hospital

A male was reported as suffering a suspected MI near Black Wars, Red Tarn.. the team was mobilised, along with an air ambulance. He was treated and evacuated to hospital.

Group of D of E participants reported significantly overdue. Team members were carrying out initial information gathering when they turned up.

A mountain biker came off his bike, sustaining head and facial injuries. The team were called to assist the ambulance in recovering him. As it transpired, he was able to walk down with some assistance. We got to enjoy the sun...

A man was reported missing by his wife on a recce of an upcoming 100 mile run.. which left more than a few possibilities open as to where he might be.. anywhere from Cockermouth to Ambleside via Keswick and Penrith... luckily he was located in bed by an eagle eyed team member who had gone to their holiday accommodation with the man's wife...

Two seperate groups, one of two on Wansfell, and one of five on Hart Crag, were given guidance and instructions to find their way off each hill when they became disorientated in misty conditions...

Team assisted Wasdale MRT with a search for a man seperated from his father and brother on the walk back from Scafell to Langdale.. he was not very fit, couldn't navigate and had little by way of equipment... so when he got tired.... in their words "in agreement with me and his brother was making his own slower progress and we would wait for him to catch up. This method we had used on the way up. Unfortunately unknown to us he took a wrong turn and only after looking for him for 2 hours and asking other walkers if they had seen anyone matching his description did we make the difficult decision to make our way back down." He turned up at the Woolpack Inn, Eskdale..

A climber dislocated his shoulder, and as a result fell 4 or 5 metres. He was treated on the ledge he landed on and airlifted to hospital in Newcastle by a helicopter from RAF Boulmer.

The team was attending the Grasmere Gallop as a fundraising event, when they were requested to help a passerby who had fallen from the pavement and sustained a suspect fractured elbow. She was treated and recommended to seek further hospital treatment

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.

We were requested to assist the ambulance service with access to a remote property where a man had been taken ill.

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. The search was just resuming early on 18th when he walked out to Seathwaite, Borrowdale. It's a mystery where he spent the night.

A man collapsed on while walking on Windermere lake shore. He was treated by team members from LAMRT and Kendal MRT and evacuated by Lake Wardens in their boat

An hour was spent/lost/wasted (delete as appropriate) trying to locate a missing fellrunner. He had been seen by Wasdale MRT in upper Eskdale, and was eventually pointed in the right direction by an RAF MRT heading for Borrowdale.. a long day for somebody who was on a short run from Gt Langdale tom Pike O'Blisco and back... take map!!

An 83-year-old woman became short of breath while walking with friends on the Cumbria Way, near Side House in Langdale. SHe was treated by parameidcs and evacuated to an ambulance by the team.

A male climber fell whiel demonstrating techniques to a group. He sustained a nasty head injury and a fracture/dislocated ankle. He was treated by team members, air and land ambulance paramedics and evacuated to the valley floor for onward transport to hospital by air ambulance.

A woman slipped while descending Loughrigg and sustained an ankle fracture. We know this because she was a doctor, and she had a floppy foot , and was holding it on when we got to her ... her injury was stabilised and she was evacuated to Ambleside for onward transfer to hospital.

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.

A woman was reported as struggling down from Red Tarn towards Oxendale. She was insistant that she needed no help, but there was concern about the progress she was making, so a team member went to check. She was located in Oxendale, hobbling badly. She was recovered in a farm vehicle. SHe subsequently contacted us, thanking us and the farmers for helping, and reported that, on X-ray, the ankle was fractured.. A stirling effort to get so far aided only by her husband!

The team were called to a climber who had fallen a considerable distance from the top of Raven Crag, Walthwaite. He fell around 75 metres, sustaining serious multiple injuries. His second also sustained minor injuries , including rope burns, because he was pulled off his stance. We worked with paramedics, air ambulance and RAF to treat and evacuate the man

With most of Kendal MRT committed to a search in the Howgill area, we were requested to assist them with an urban search for a missing despondent male. Nothing was found following a search of open ground, playing fields and housing estates

A 73-year-old woman sustained an ankle injury on the path between White Moss Common and Grasmere. She was evacuated to White Moss to an ambulance.

A man collapsed in Mickleden while walking and sustained a head injury. He was treated and evacuated to an ambulance waiting at the road head.

A man was reported moving very slowly and in some difficulty descending The Band. After seeming to make little progress it was decided to go and investigate. He was located having succeeded in getting down.

The team were requested to assist Patterdale MRT with a search for  a couple who had got lost while trying to complete the Fairfield Horseshoe. They were located on Hutable Crag, after the only light source they had, a camera flash was used to find them. They were escorted to Dunmail Raise by team members and returned safety.. no map, torch, compass,

A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped on wet ground.She was treated by paramedics and evacuated to an air ambulance by the  team

The team searched gullies and ravines on Gimmer Crag for a missing man. Nothing was found

A climber fell 5 meteres to the ground and sustained concussion and a wrist fracture. He was treated and then evacuated by theteam to the air ambulance, which had landed lower down the fell.

A couple became lost and disorientated when descending from what they thought was Fairfield. It is unlikely they ever went up Fairfield but after a bit of detective work and searching, they were located near Buckstones Jump in Rydal valley. They had a map and compass in their bag, but didn't know how to use either and had been 'navigating' from Google maps on an iphone... not good...

A man slipped on a wet rock while crossing a boggy section of path and sustained a painful lower leg injury. He was treated by team members and evacuated to the valley and transported to Ambleside for onward transfer to hospital.

A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg fracture. She was treated by team members and evacuated to our Landrover ambulance and then to a NWAS ambulance in Ambleside for onward transfer to hospital

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.

A woman sustained a reoccurrence of an old groin injury near the summit of Loughrigg. She was treated by the team and stretchered to our ambulance fo rtransport off the fell.

A man sustained a painful knee inury while descending the main path from Stickle Tarn. He was treated by team members and stretchered off the fell.

A 70 year-old-woman slipped and sustained a head injury. She was treated by paramedics and carried by the team to the air ambulance. The weather was a bit rubbish.....

A man was taken ill on the path behind Rydal Mount. He was treated by the team and evacuated to a team ambulance.

A woman sustained an ankle injury while descending Bright Beck. With help from her husband she managed to descend as far as Stickle Tarn before we located her and evacuated her to the valley by stretcher.. a whole heap less pain....

A man and wife became stuck in hill fog, unable to find there way off. Attempts to talk them down failed, so we went and got them.

A woman slipped and fell around 10 feet from a rock on the side of the track in Mickleden. Ironically she had climbed the rock in order to avoid a big a big puddle on the track, which she then fell back in to... some days just don't go as planned!! She sustained head, arm, shoulder and neck injuries and was evacuated by team vehicle to an ambulance at Old Dungeon Ghyll.

We were requested by police to carry out an additional search for personal items relating to the previous days incident. Team Swiftwater Rescue Technicians searched rivers and banks and located several items that allowed the casualty to be identified.

A woman was reported being washed down a swollen river through Grasmere. The team responded to assist a multi-agency search of the river side and lake. Sadly, a body was located and recovered just after 3pm.

Flares were reported in the sky above Loughrigg, spotted from Elterwater. An investigation found nothing.

We were requested by police to recover the occupants of a car that had skidded on to it's roof on an ice covered road. They were uninjured. We also assisted the police in recovering their vehicle after it became stranded in similar conditons

While we were en route to the previous incident, we had to split resources to deal with this second incident. A man slipped and sustained a lower leg injury on the summit ridge. He was treated by team members and evacuated in the same helicopter as the previous casualty.

A man slipped and fell around 30 metres, sustaining rib, arm and shoulder injuries. He was treated by team members and evacuated by helicopter from RAF Boulmer to Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.

We assisted police in checking the area after multiple reports of flares were recieved... we think someone was mucking about... cheers.. we had nothing better to do..

A man sustained a head and suspected spinal injury when he fell off a stile. The team was called and the man was treated and evacuated to a waiting ambulance.

A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she parted company with her mountain bike on a very wet track. She was treated and evacuated to a waiting ambulance

We were requested to assist in the search for a missing 11-year-old autistic child. Fortunatlely he turned up as the team was responding, so we were able to stand down.

With the previous incident completed and everyone heading home, foolishly thinking that that was it for 2010, how wrong we were...a man slipped and sustained a nasty ankle injury halfway up (or down) Far Easedale. He was treated by team members, and then evacuated to the valley, with help from RAF Leuchars MRT. This really was the last rescue of 2010!! Unless.... but then the great thing about the internet is the ability to change stuff....

A man sustained a lower leg injury on the summit ridge of Wansfell. The team attended and the man was evacuated by air ambulance.

A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury. She was stretchered off the fell with help from some members of RAF Leuchers MRT.

We were requested to transport a care worker to some of her vulnerable patients as yet more snow fell

The South African occupants of a car were recovered after they slid their car off the road while descending "The Struggle". This is a steep ice bound road and was a poor choice to make. Luckily nobody was injured.

A man was reported a seperated form his group, descending Rossett Ghyll, who were concerned for his whelfare. A preliminary search was organised, and he was located in the pub having decided that with the group having no torches, getting down once he was seperated was his priority. A debrief and some disagreement amongst the group ensued and we left them to it....

On Monday 13th December a bag was found by passing walkers near Stone Arthur. On reaching Grasmere they realised that it belonged to Gwenda Merriott. It was handed in to police, and today we organised a search of the area. At around 10:15 a woman's body was located. She was found in a area that we had previously had difficulty searching due to snow cover. Her body was recovered to Ambleside.

Shouts for help were reported on East Raven Crag, Gt Langdale. A thorough search was conducted, but nothing was found.... it were a nice trip out...

A light was reported high on the hillside above Kirkstone Pass. A team member went to check, and after seeing that it was making progress downhill and subsequently making voice contact, was able to establish that the person was not in need of help. It was very cold!

We were requested to take paramedics to assist a woman who had sustained a injury when she slipped on an icy path near Elterwater. She was located and treated, then transported to Ambleside ambulance station for onward transport to hospital.

Search recommenced for women missing since 30th November. Teams from Bowland Pennine and Duddon MRTs plus dogs from SARDA were called to assist following the reciept of new information

We assisted the ambulance service during a spell of heavy snow that was wreaking havoc on the area.

We recieved a call to assist a fallen male climber on Tarn Crag, Easedale, Grasmere.  The team set off but realised that the location was wrong and after further investigation identified the crag above Red Tarn, Hellvellyn. The incident was passed to Patterdale MRT and we stood down.

A search was organised after a car was found in Ambleside centre and it's owner was reported missing. Their were indications that its owner had gone on to the fells and not returned. Snow and freezing conditions gave cause for concern. The search centred around information provided by a trailing search dog from Bowland Pennine MRT. Unfortunately we were unable to locate a direction in which the lady may have travelled into the hills so were unable to continue the search.

The team was requested by police to recover a vehicle and its occupants from The Struggle, near the top of Kirkstone Pass.

Various incidents were dealt with on behalf of the ambulance service during a period of heavy snow

A woman was found on the summit of Bowfell, collapsed and unconscious. With her was found a significant number of opiate based painkillers and part consumed bottle of alcohol. She was treated by team members, and evacuated by stretcher in treacherous winter conditons. Because of her life-threatening condition, a helicopter was requested to assist, but despite attempts by three different aircraft, all failed due to weather conditions, and the woman was evacuated by MRT members.

A figure was seen waving repeatedly from the summit of Todd Crag, above Ambleside. Team members went to check and found a man waving to his wife in Ambleside and photographing the setting sun... and not requiring any assistance... We returmed home.

Shouts for help were heard in the Crinkle Crags area. We were unable to contact the informant, so we went to have a look. After a couple of hours finding nothing, we managed to speak to teh local farmer, who confirmed that he had been gathering sheep in the approximate area, so the search was abandoned.

As is often the case when multi-tasking, three is better than two. While dealing with  the previous incident, and helping marshall the switch on of Ambleside Christmas Lights, shouts for help were reported Heron Pike. Team members in the area on  the previous search were able to respond quickly and escorted two people from the fell. Lack of torches and poor footwear were an isuue!

A couple reported themselves stuck on snowy ground that had forced them to go back up hill and make benightment a certainty. A search was organised and some useful information was extracted from a Tom Tom car sat nav that eventually placed them on Hart Crag and descending towards Patterdale. Their recovery was then passed over to Patterdale MRT. They were eventually repatriated to Ambleside

We were requested to assist an ambulance crew with the evacuation of a 21-year-old woman who had sustained spinal injury when she fell on a piece of palyground equipment in a park in Ambleside. Not our usual work, but hey, what else is there to do in Ambleside on a Tuesday night.....

A woman slipped on steep ground in Side Pike sustaining a fractured tibia and fibula. She was tretaed by team members and paramedics and evacuated to a waiting amublance.

An off-road motorcyclist sustained lower back injuries when he fell off his bike and it fell on top off him. He was evacuated by stretcher  to our 4 WD ambulance and transported to hospital.

A couple reported themselves disorientated in the region of Bright Beck. They were given instructions on how to get down while there was still some daylight, and met by team members near Stickle tarn and escorted down.

A mountain biker sustained facial injuries, including a suspected fractured jaw when he fell off his bike. He was treated by paramedics and then evacuated by team 4 wheel drive to an ambulance waiting on tarmac!

A woman climbing Helm Crag collapsed feeling faint and with chest pains. She was treated by team members then handed over to the air ambulance for transfer to hospital

A woman walking her dog slipped and sustained a very painful knee injury. She was treated at the scene and then stretchered off the fell to a waiting air ambulance.

We were requested to assist the police in dealing with a number of incidents relating to heavy rain and associated flooding. A number of minor incidents were dealt with.

A 17 year-old female suffered a severe asthma attack while on a walk. She was treated by paramedics and stretchered the short distance to the air ambulance.

Two women reported themselves lost and benighted in the area of the Langdale Pikes.

A woman slipped on wet ground descending from Stickle Tarn. She sustained a lower leg/ankle injury. She was treated by the team and carried down on a stretcher.

A man, walking with his freinds, collapsed in Far Easedale. Team members not already committed to the earlier rescue were dispatched, along with members of Coniston MRT, but sadly the man died at the scene.

A man sustained a leg injury near the summit of Crinkle Crags. Although the initial location was unclear, he was located near the southern end, but not before we'd dispatched most team members to the northern end! Kendal MRT were requested to assist, and after a very lengthy and wet evacuation, the man a his family members were all recovered.

A man was reported as having a leg injury near the summit of Harrison Stickle. We were already dealing with the first incident, so assistance was requested from air ambulance and Kendal MRT. The air ambulance managed to get to him, so we were able to stand down once it was confirmed he was on board and on the way to hospital.

We were requested to assist the ambulance service with recovering a casualty from the coffing route. He was reported as fitting.

Two people lost the path on the descent from Bowfell and were unable to relocate it. Sometimes it's quicker to go and get them, rather than faff around trying to talk them back in the right direction. This was one of those occasions.

A man slipped and sustained a lower leg and shoulder injury. He was treated by team members and paramedics and stretchered to the valley floor

We were requested by police to check an abandoned tent on Loughrigg. This was done and papers were passed to police that should allow identification of its owner

We recieved a request to search a further area following the activation of missing man, Chay Lancaster's phone. Nothing was found and no explantaion as to why the phone had suddenly showed a signal after being missing for a month.

A man slipped and fell about 75 meteres, and landed on a very narrow sheep trod, avoiding a considerable further fall. He suffered nasty head injuries and was treated and evacuated uphill to a waiting air ambulance. Now officially our luckiest casualty of 2010...

 A man suffered a suspected Miocardial Infarction on Great Knott, south of Crinkle Crags. The team was called along with helicopters from RN Prestwick and air ambulance. The air ambulance arrived first, and was able to treat and evacuate the man, with the terrain being suitable for it to land nearby. Once it was clear that the man was safely evacuated, the team stood down along with the Seaking...Kendal MRT were also en-route to help, but were also stood down.

A man sustained a lower leg injury when he slipped on steep ground. He was treated by team members and stretchered off.

While training in Langdale with RAF Leconfield our Deputy Team Leader overheard a request for helicopter assistance with an incident on Scafell Pike from Wasdale MRT. The helicopter flew 3 of our team over to assist and the casualty was evacuated with a nasty head injury. The team then walked back to Langdale, accompanying a relative of the casualty back to where they had started from.

The team was requested by Police to search the Orrest Head area of Windermere after personal effects were located, leading them to believe that a missing man from Southport was likely to be in the area and suicidal. The area was searched by team members and search dog handlers with nothing more found. The team stood own around 8pm, only to discover that the man had been taken to hospital from Grizedale Forest that morning, having been found having taken an overdose. Somehow this vital piece of information was not passed to police, thus wasting both their time and ours.

A woman slipped and fell, sustaining head injuries. She was treated by air ambulance paramedics and carried to the helicopter by the team, before being evacuated to Furness Generak Hospital

A further search was carried out in connection with incident 116. The face and various gullies on Gimmer Crag and Pike O'Stickle were checked with assistance from Lancashire police helicopter. Nothing was found.

A solo male was reported overdue from a walk to Silver Howe. We were already tied up with the previous incident, so a small search was organised by dicerting a search dog and a couple of team members to do a quicxk check of obvious places. Luckily he turned in Langdale, having gome the wrong way.

We recieved information that suggested a man reported missing for two weeks from the Blackpool area may have attempted to go to a specific part of the Langdale Pikes. The area was searched by team members and SARDA, but unfortunately, nothing was found.

A woman slipped and sustained a nasty lower leg fracture while walking with her husband. She was treated by team members and evcuated by Air Ambulance

A couple became lost having missed the Crinkle Crag ridge. The team located them near Red Tarn and they were escorted down to the valley. We're losing count of these type of incidents and it's only September...

A woman slipped on a steep, wet path near Browney Ghyll. She was treated by team members and evaucated, in very wet conditions, to our ambulance, and then on to a normal ambulance for onward transport to hospital. Lightwiegh 'approach' shoes failed to provide adequate support in the very slippy conditions...

A man reported his two friends overdue after they had split up at Angle Tarn, the solo male having returned to Langdale and his friends intending to carry on a little further, before returning. This, they failed to do! Although already engaged in the previous incident a search was arranged, with additional SARDA help and Kendal MRT called to assist. We were deploying team members to various places to start searching,  when they turned up in Borrowdale, having taken a wrong turn at Angle Tarn. The team members engaged in this search then joined those involved in the previous incident in assisting the party down.

Two women reported themselves as in difficulty on Crinkle Crags, being unable to work out where they were, and how to get down. A search was organised with initial help from SARDA. The two women were located cold and very wet near Rest Ghyll and were escorted down The Band and back to their car.

A competitor in the Three Shires fell race fell and sustained a serious open fractured ankle. He was treated by team members and evacuated from the fell and transferred to a waiting air ambulance

A woman phoned for help after getting lost while descending Low Pike. After some initial difficulty in talking to her, because she was on the phone to her mum, we established that she had found a path, got to a road and was now in a car with a total stranger! At this point she ceased to be our problem....

The team was contacted by police after a woman phoned from the campsite reporting shouts for help sometime earlier. The team leader went to the campsite to interview the woman, but was unable to locate her, despite a lengthy search. Eventually the incident was stood down, since no further information was available.  

A solo male walker reported himself lost to his partner at home. She phoned the police after being unable to make further contact with him. A search was organised and he was located in Caiston Beck by a Search Dog Beinn.

Shouts for help and flashing lights were reported from fields above Ambleside by a local resident. The team searched fields, but found nothing except various members of a large group  of lads, staying in a local house, all of whom denied being in any difficulty. It would have helped if they actually knew the name of the house they were staying in, and where it was...perhaps writing the name on something they weren't going to lose...an arm, for example.

A woman was reported as having a head and chest injury near the summit of Fairfield. The team was called, but we stood down en route when we discovered that Patterdale MRT and the air ambulance were also attending.

A man scrambling up Jack's Rake became cragfast near the top. A small group were mobilised to retrieve him, arriving at the top of the Rake just in time to meet darkness and an approaching storm. The man was recovered to the top by team members in heavy rain and strong winds, then assisted to the valley. It was very wet!

Team leader spent 30 minutes on the phone to a man who had phoned for help after becoming cragfast and lost while trying to find his way back to Gt Langdale from Scafell Pike. Having gone through the workings of the GPS he had in his possession, and instructing him on how to change the datum to OS GB (from WGS 84) he was dicovered to be on the southern slopes of Scafell Pike. The incident was passd over to Wasdale MRT.

We were requested to assist ambulance and air ambulance with a man who had collapsed on the lower slopes of Sliver How. Despite efforts to revive him, he was declared to have died at the scene. We evacuated his body to Ambleside.

Flares were reported at Butter Crags in the Grasmere area. A search of the are found nothing. We all went home...

Two young lads, being spoken to by the police on a seperate matter revealed that in fact they had family members overdue from a walk. We managed to speak briefly to them, finding out that one of them had an ankle injury, but were without lights and were quite vague as to where they where. A search was organised but the party turned up while the team were responding

A mother and daughter were reported overdue from an ambitious walk to High Raise and back, from Gt Langdale campsite. A team member went to the campsite to interveiw the informant, who had also disappeared. They turned up as the informant was being looked for! The informant was never located!!

A Canadian family of 5 with a very young child were reported about 5 hours overdue from what should have been a relatively short walk. A search of their route and possible alternatives was quickly organised. Thankfully the family were located quickly (in the centre of Ambleside!). Their route was to recreate a well known tragic walk from Grasmere to Langdale taken by the Green family in March 1808, where the parent died in a blizzard, leaving 6 children to be cared for by members of the Grasmere community, including Dorothy Wordsworth.
William Wordsworth wrote the following poem about the incident. If I have reproduced it here without appropriate permission, I apologise. Let us know and I'll remove it
Who weeps for strangers? ­ Many wept
For George and Sarah Green;
Wept for that Pair's unhappy end,
Whose grave may here be seen.
By night upon these stormy Heights
Did Wife and Husband roam;
Six little-ones the pair had left
And could not find their Home.
For any Dwelling-place of men
As vainly did they seek. ---
He perish'd; and a voice was heard
The Widow's lonely shriek.
Down the dark precipice he fell,
And she was left alone,
Not long to think of children dear,
Not long to pray or groan!
A few wild steps ­ she too was left
A body without life!
The chain of but a few wild steps
Now lodge they in one grave, this Grave
A house with two­fold roof,
Two hillocks but one Grave, their own,
A covert tempest­proof
And from all agony of mind
It keeps them safe and far;
From fear, and from all need of hope,
From sun, or guiding star.
Our peace is of the immortal Soul,
Our anguish is of clay;
Such bounty is in Heaven, so pass
The bitterest pangs away.
Three days did teach the Mother's babe
Forgetfully to rest,
In reconcilement how serene!
Upon another's breast.
The trouble of the elder brood
I know not that it stay'd
So long ­ they seiz'd their joy, and they
Have sung, and danc'd, and play'd
Now do those sternly-featur'd Hills,
Look gently on this Grave,
And quiet now is the depth of air
As a sea without a wave.
But deeper lies the heart of peace
In shelter more profound;
The heart of quietness is here,
Within this Church­yard ground.
O Darkness of the Grave! How calm
After that living night,
That last and dreary living one
Of sorrow and affright!
O sacred Marriage­bed of Death
That holds them side by side,
In bond of love, in bond of God,
Which may not be untied!
William Wordworth, 1808.

Casualty suffered minor ankle injury near Loughrigg summit. Stretcher carried uphill to load into air ambulance!!

A man was reported in difficulty with a knee injury and low blood sugar. The team attended and located him making slow progress down, having sorted his blood sugar and struggling with is knee. He was assisted to the valley. Kendal MRT had been requested to assist, but were stood down, once it was realised he was partially mobile

A mother and daughter reported themselves lost on Crinkle Crags. We were able to estimate roughly where they were. We tried to persuade them to walk back uphill towards Three Tarns, but it quickly became apparent that this wasn't going to happen without help. Team members were dispatched to go and find them and they were located towards Green Hole. Food, drink and encouragement soon had them back on their feet and heading back towards The Band. A slow walk had everyone back at valley level by 1am.

A man was crossing an obscure steep ghyll, near Stickle Ghyll when the rocks gave way and he fell between 50 and 100 ft., sustaining head and arm injuries. Initially an ambulance and air ambulance were called and subsequently the team. Despite initial difficulties locating the casualty, he was treated by the paramedic and team members and then airlifted to hospital by RAF Boulmer. Kendal MRT also assisted.

A late night trip out o check a report of flashing lights near Loughrigg summit. Nothing was found, but it is possibel that someone had been up there to get a better view of a meteor shower that was supposed to be visble.
False alarm with good intent.

While enjoying the walk down from the previous incident we were alerted to another incident on Helm Crag. A man had sustained a lower leg injury. For a brief moment, the long trek across country to get to Helm Crag was contemplated, but e quickly decided that the incident would be best dealt with by a handful of team members not already committed to rescue 92 , backed up by www.KendalMRT.org.uk and again by the air ambulance. He was evacuated uphill on a stretcher to a flat spot by MRT members and then loaded into the helicopter.

A woman suffered a nasty fracture/dislocated ankle high in Far Easedale. We treated her injury, and she was evacuated by air ambulance, removing the need for a long carry down. We were happily trekking down when were alerted to another incident on Helm Crag.

Two climbers became cragfast when their rope got stuck while trying to abseil off their route. The fact that they only started climbing at 19:30 may have had an bearing on their situation. A team member was lowered down to them, and then all three lowered to the bottom of the crag. Sounds simple! It's a fair trek to the Loft Crag, with over 400 metres of rope and associated metalwork, and then a 100m lower in the dark takes extra care to get right, so the whole thing took over 6 hours. Back in time for breakfast and work...beautiful dawn!

A man slipped on the steep path coming down the path at the side of Dungeon Ghyll. He sustained injuries his hip and lower back. Some team members were air lifted to the scene, and the rest had to walk when the air ambulance ran short of fuel. The man was treated by an air ambulance paramedic and team members, then carried by stretcher to a more open spot, then airlifted to Furness General Hospital by a helicopter form RAF Boulmer. 
 

We were requested to urgently assist ambulance and air ambulance in geting a seriously injured motorcyclist from a beck. He had hit the wall, gone over it and landed some 30 ft. below, sustaining serious, multilple injuries. He was evacuated back to the road, and then transferred to the air ambualnce for transfer to hosiptal.

We were called to assist a young man who had spent the night out, having left home after a domenstic argument. He was escorted, uninjured, from the fell and taken home by police officers.

A man phoned for help having succumbed to the cold conditions while walking from Borrowdale to Grasmere. After all, it is summer! We got the minimum information from the initial call, and were unable to re-establish contact with the man. It took three and half hours to locate him, and this was with the aid of a second phone call from another walker who spotted him on the side of Ullscarf. Fortunately the weather was clear enough for us to call the air ambulance in to recover him; team members, at this stage being spread over a fairly wide area in the search for him.

We were requested to assist Wasdale MRT with a search for group overdue from Scafell. The search was in it's early stages when we got a message confirming that they had turned up.

A man was reported missing from a residential care home in Ambleside. We were requested to search the riverside area of Ambleside, but the man turned up safe and well in a neighbours bathroom as we were responding. Back to bed and not a wet foot to be seen...