Fellwalking

Incident Report #50 2011

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.

Man Hours
13 team members for 4 hours, plus Kendal MRT
Incident Type
OS Grid Reference
NY290066

Incident Report #49 2011

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
Man Hours
10 team members for 1 hour, with Kendal MRT en-route
Incident Type
OS Grid Reference
NY276058

Incident Report #43 2011

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.

Man Hours
2 team members for 2 hours
Incident Type
OS Grid Reference
NY225080