Two people became benighted and overcome by the weather when they attempted to camp at Red Screes. They were recovered by the team
A male sustained a dislocated knee when he fell off a stile.
We were called to a woman who had slipped suffered a suspected shoulder fracture. We were en route when we were informed that she had been rescued by air ambulance
A male was reported as suffering a suspected cardiac event. The team were responding when we were notified that he'd been assisted down by his friends and was on his way to hospital
A woman slipped on wet ground and sustained a suspected sprained ankle
A group became benighted on Esk Pike. The initial call went to Wasdale MRT who were happy to pass it to us! They were recovered from Ore Gap and assisted down, cold and wet but unhurt
#BeAventureSmart
Ask yourself three questions
Do I know what the weather will do?
Do I have the right skills?
Do I have the right equipment?
A woman slipped and sustained suspected multiple fractures to her ankle
She was treated and evacuated to hospital via her own transport
We were called to assist a man who had suffered a suspected cardiac arrest. He was stretchered to an ambulance
A woman tripped and sustained a nasty gash to her head along with some dizziness. She was assisted back to our base and assessed by paramedics
We were requested to assist in a search for a solo walker who hadn’t been heard from while doing the Coast to Coast walk. We checked the ‘normal’ route through our area, failing to locate him. He was subsequently located outside our area, trapped between two swollen rivers and having made the sensible decision to wait for water levels to drop. He was recovered
A man tripped and sustained fractured wrist very close to the summit of Bowfell. The wrist was deformed and very painful. A discussion was had and the casualty and friend they agreed to attempt to keep moving towards Angle Tarn. The team were on the way when we were notified that an air ambulance had managed to uplift the casualty
After a little searching we were able to locate a female who had suffered a fractured lower leg
We’d only just completed the previous rescue when we were notified of a second incident on Long Top, Crinkle Crag. We attended, along with members of Kendal MRT. The female casualty had sustained a suspected lower leg fracture. She was treated and then evacuated below the cloud base and picked up Coastguard helicopter. An air ambulance had attempted to assist but was unable due to high winds
A woman sustained a fractured ankle when she slipped on Grasmere lake shore
A man sustained a lower leg injury. He was evacuated by stretcher
A male was reported with suspected fractured femur and lower back injuries in Sawrey’s Wood, Elterwater
We were able to treat him and recover him to an ambulance waiting in the village
A 73-year-old male was reported overdue. We managed to make phone contact with him, confirming that he had become stuck on steep ground and suffering from exhaustion. He was located, assisted down and returned to his concerned wife for safe keeping
A male descending Pike Howe started suffering extreme cramp. He was unable to continue. He was recovered by the team with assistance from Kendal MRT
A woman slipped and heard a crack from her ankle. The incident was initially directed to Keswick MRT, but they quickly alerted us. We attended and recovered her to an ambulance waiting in Grasmere
A man was reported as unwell descending from Greenup Edge. The team were responding when we were notified that the air ambulance had reached him and was able to deal with the incident. We turned around and went home
WE were requested to assist Kendal MRT with an incident on Gummers How, but were stood down whilst en-route.
Four young men became stuck on Rossett Pike, in cold and windy weather, unable to locate their way down. They also became separated when one of them moved to try and find a mobile signal. They were all eventually located and assisted down.
A male sustained a suspected fractured neck of femur in a fall. He was treated by team members and evacuated to the valley floor for onward transport to hospital
A man became unwell while walking. He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher to an ambulance
A woman suffered a possible stroke, with the subsequent tumble causing facial injuries. She was treated by team members and evacuated by air ambulance
A brief search was made for a dog that had been seen chasing a stick over the edge of some steep ground. Unfortunately, at that stage, we were unable to locate it.
A woman reported herself lost near Sergeant Man. She was located using SARLOC and given directions to find her way to Stickle Tarn. Team members were tracking her progress when we were notified that she had come across another group who offered to see her down. We stood down
A female walker took a tumble and sustained and head injury and nose bleed. She was recovered by the team
A woman became cragfast while wlaking with a family group. While we were responding, a second member of the party also became stuck trying to assist the first. Both were recovered uninjured
Sometimes we have an incident that just leaved you baffled and perplexed... a family group 'lost' a 19-year-old member when she 'wandered off' on the way to Loft Crag. Our 'normal' procedure in these circumstances is to contain the remaining group and locate the missing person, however this does require a certain level of cooperation from the group and this was not forthcoming... by 1830 all members of the group had been accounted for with the original lost person turning up in Langstrath, and another one who'd gone 'searching' for her located at Stake Pass...
