A male was reported as suffering a head injury in a tent in Mickleden. Initially the fire service was called (it’s a long story!) then requested the team’s assistance. The man was recovered by stretcher then handed over to the ambulance service
A male slipped and sustained a fracture/dislocation of the ankle. He was treated and then evacuated by air ambulance
A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg fracture. She was treated with a splint and pain relief and evacuated.
A walker came across a body while ascending. The team attended and recovered the man’s body
A young man slipped and suffered a serious, deep cut to his knee. Working jointly with Keswick MRT, he was treated and evcuated by air ambulance
A man was reported unconscious near Rydal Cave. By the time we had arrived he had regained consciousness. He was extracted to safety
A woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury. She initially attempted to walk off but it proved too painful. She was treated and evacuated by the team
A man suffered a suspected double fracture to his ankle. He was evacuated by stretcher and taken to hospital
A woman slipped and suffered an ankle injury.
We were called to assist multiple Lakes teams to search for a male overdue from a walk from Seathwaite to Scafell. Team members were tasked to search the Rosset Ghyll and Esk Hause region. He was ultimately located in Piers Ghyll, with serious injuries
In another uncharacteristic pre-lunch call Keswick MRT asked us to attend an incident just across the border between us. They were already committed to an incident on Helvellyn White Side (14) - Keswick Mountain Rescue (keswickmrt.org.uk)
A woman sustained a fractured ankle when she slipped in Wythburn
She was given pain relief and evacuated by stretcher
A young woman phoned for help when overwhelmed by weather at Esk Hause. Very poor phone signal meant information was scant so we set off equipped for most eventualities. She was located uninjured at the bottom of Rossett Ghyll having been assisted down by two other people
#beadventuresmart
Ask yourself three questions
Do I know what the weather will do?
Do I have the right equipment?
Do I have the skills?
Two people requested help when they lost the path above Grasmere. They were assisted in finding their way
A woman slipped and suffered a wrist fracture. She continued valiantly on before being assisted the rest of the way by the team
A male collapsed, initially unconscious. The team was called and evacuated the man to handover to an ambulance
Questionable decision making led to a couple going on to the high fells despite warnings of the approaching storm Isha. Forced to abandon a heavy rucsack they found themselves unable to continue and called for help. With considerable difficulty they were recovered in a joint effort by LAMRT, Patterdale, and RAF Leeming and Valley MRTs. A Coastguard helicopter also attempted access but was unable due to extreme weather conditions
Ask yourself three questions
Do I know what the weather will do?
Do I have the skills?
Do I have the equipment?
An apparent distress signal was sighted in the area of Side Pike. Team members met the informant and took a look. Nothing was seen and it was agreed any urgent situation had passed and this was a false alarm with good intent
Two men requested help when they became stuck in the dark. They were located and recovered
A couple became benighted when they were unable to find their way down from Dow Bank, Langdale. They were located via SARLOC and recovered by the team
#beadventuresmart
Ask yourself three questions
Do you know the weather forecast?
Have you got the skills?
Have you got the equipment?
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
