Incident Report #3 1971
Call to White Ghyll, Langdale: Party of three had got into difficulties on steep, snow covered slopes. Assisted to safe ground by the Team. Ropes used in lowering. No injuries. Clothing fair: Equipment, none.
Call to White Ghyll, Langdale: Party of three had got into difficulties on steep, snow covered slopes. Assisted to safe ground by the Team. Ropes used in lowering. No injuries. Clothing fair: Equipment, none.
Student, 20 years: Slipped on ice in Rossett Ghyll: Slight head injuries. Brought down by Team.
Man, aged 22 years, slipped on the path between Rossett Ghyll and Angle Tarn. Sustained severe lacerations of the right leg below the knee. Brought down by the Team and attended to by Team Doctor in his surgery. All members of the party were adequately equipped.
Student, aged 17 years, was suffering from slight exposure whilst on a scheme with the Ullswater Outward Bound School. Brought down by the team and taken in the School car to the Ullswater School.
Girl Student, 18 years, slipped and fell some 30ft. whilst descending The Band. Brought down by the Team and then conveyed to County Hospital, Kendal, by Ambulance. Sustained head and neck injuries.
Man, aged 33 years, walking down Blake Rigg towards Blea Tarn became crag bound. Persons in the area assisted the man down off the crag and with the Team brought down the man who was conveyed by Ambulance to County Hospital, Kendal, suffering from shock and slight exposure.
Man, aged 18 years, walking on a path in Far Easedale on an organised Club Ramble. Sustained fractured kneecap. Brought down by Landrover and seen by local Doctor and conveyed by Ambulance to Kendal Hospital.
Man, aged 30 years, walking down Middle Fell Gully slipped. Lowered by stretcher down gully and taken by ambulance to County Hospital, Kendal.
Report received of person in difficulty on Pavey Ark. Team at the New Hotel were about to leave for the incident when information was received that two members of the Millom Fell Team in the area at the time had given assistance. Both persons were unhurt.
Team alerted to commence search for youth missing fron Three Tarns, Langdale to Grasmere on previous day. Before search commenced youth found on Windermere Railway Station. Had not contacted his friends in Grasmere of his whereabouts.
Search continued for boy as above. Team searched Upper Eskdale from Taw House. Boy found around 1-15 p.m. by Members of the Keswick Team. Langdale/Ambleside assisted in bringing the boy down.
Search in conjunction with other Teams, in the Scafell area for a missing 15 year old boy, on a walk near Cam Spout. Called off at dark. Search panel in charge.
Man, aged 27 years, slipped while descending from Harrison Stickle. Fell some 80ft. Serious rib, back and head injuries. Brought down by the Team to Hospital with Landrover escort part of the journey. Not properly shod or clad. Remainder in the party similarly equipped.
Man, 24 years. Slipped while descending Nab Scar. Sprained right ankle. Brought down by Team and attended by the local Doctor. Taken to his lodgings by Landrover.
Man, slipped in Troughton Ghyll, Gt. Langdale, and sustained minor head injuries . Brought down by the Team.
Man, 55 years. Collapsed with heart attack on Wansfell and died. Brought down by stretcher by the Team.
Student, 17 years. Walking on either Pike O'Stickle or Gimmer. Fell on screes and sustained head injuries and fractured left arm. Made his own way down and was attended to by Mr. Carr of the Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, in the Advance Base
Schoolboy, 14 year, descending gully on Green Tongue. Sprained ankle, brought down by Team Members on stretcher to the Old Dungeon Ghyll hotel.
School party from Solihull, Warwickshire. Descending Pike O?Stickle Screes under leadership of teachers. Party split in to two groups: one party descended in good order but on the way down the other party came under boulders rolling down the scree. They managed to evade the boulders but a teacher and two boys, aged 16 and 13 years respectively, were hit by flying stones dislodges by the boulders and sustained head injuries. The youngest boy was brought down by stretcher by the Team and all conveyed to Kendal Hospital by Ambulance. The youngest boy had four stitches and others treatment.
Man, 21 years, walking on Fairfield collapsed, suffering from exposure. Brought down by Team on stretcher and conveyed to Kendal Hospital by Ambulance. Suitably shod but clad only in shirt, pullover and jeans. Insufficiently clad in bitter cold and deep snow.
An 82-year-old man was unable to continue walking due to the onset of chest pains. He was treated by team members and then evcauated to hospital by air ambulance
50 year old man collapsed with chest pains 100 yards from the last incident. Thankfully RAF Boulmer were in the area and airlifted the team up and the casualty down.
60 year old man slipped on wet fellside and fractured his leg. Luckily we're "getting the hang" of this sort of thing.
55 year old man collapsed and died whilst on a sponsored walk around Fairfield Horseshoe. Team assisted in evacuation by personnel from RAF Leeming MRT
54 year old woman slipped and, guess what, fractured her ankle.
50 year old woman slipped crossing a beck and fractured her leg.
18 year old woman, part of a youth group, collapsed with arm and chest pains. Team assisted by members of Rossendale MRT and RAF Boulmer who airlifted her to hospital.
64 year old woman slipped and broke her ankle.
58 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. Airlifted to Ambleside by RAF Boulmer en route to incident 29.
19 year old man, part of an RAF party, slipped and fractured his ankle. A passing helicopter from RAF Boulmer gleefully airlifted the man to hospital.