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We were requested to join Keswick and Wadale MRTs in a search for a solo female walker, lost in snow and encroaching darkness in the Central Fells. She was located near Great End as the team was assembling, and escorted down.
A ill-prepared couple phoned for help when it started to snow heavily, and they found that they were unable to make safe progress off the hill due to the snow cover and underlying ice.
A woman was reported as seperated from her group near Sergeant Man. She was reported by her companions as having no torch and missing since 15:30. The group had searched for themselves for a couple of hours,
A man was reported as suffering chest pains near the dam at Stickle Tarn. The team mobilised,
Two people were reported as seperated from their party, having no torches and limited experience, and overdue at Kirkstone car park. Two team members set off the interview the informant.
A 72-year-old man was reported as having collapsed near the summit of Calf Crag. The team was dispatched and
A man slipped and sustained a suspected fractured wrist. The team was called and eventually located the group, despite them having moved from their original position and having got a little lost near the top of Rest Ghyll and
An obcenely early start to assist the local ambulance crew recover a man who had slipped on icy ground and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture
A second delivery of groceries to a remote property, whose occupants had been unable to leave for three weeks, and needed resupplying. Assisted by Ambleside Spar shop.
We were requested to assist with a vehicle recovery on Kirkstone Pass. The road is still impassable, but despite this a number vehicles were trying to cross.
A man sustained a nasty lower leg fracture when he slipped on an icy path. We set off, but found the man on the roadside being attended to by Paramedics, having been dragged there
We transported an elderly male back to his home after some time in a residential care home and took a care worker to an elderly rersident in a remote house. Both destinations were inaccessable via conventional means due to snow and ice on steep roads.
A man slipped and fell approximately 5 metres down steep bank, sustaining a nasty head injury and suspected neck injury. He was treated by Paramedics and a doctor from the air ambulance, and then evacuated from the steep ground by the team.
Groceries and medication transported to a remote property, whose occupants had been unable to leave for two weeks, and were running low on supplies. Assisted by Ambleside Spar shop and Bells Chemist.
A young couple trying to get to Eskdale to celebrate a birthday became stranded on Wrynose Pass, while following a sat-nav. Fresh snow was falling on an ice covered road,
An 11-year-old boy sustained a painful leg injury. He was treated by team members, diverted from the previous incident. The boy evacuated to hospital.
A woman slipped on a very icy path and sustained a suspected wrist fracture. She was treated by team members and then evacuated.
Assisted ambulance crew in accessing a casualty on a steep ice bound road.
We were requested to assist police in evacuating 13 people from a Hummer stretch limo after it became stuck in deep snow at the summit of the pass. The driver had followed his sat-nav, which failed to warn him of the snow. Looking out of the window obviously failed to provide enough information. Sadly we failed to get any photos.
A woman slipped on a very icy path and sustained a suspected wrist fracture. She was given pain relief and evacuated to Ambleside for onward transport to hospital.
