Incident Report #41 1990
60 year old man slipped on wet fellside and fractured his leg. Luckily we're "getting the hang" of this sort of thing.
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.
Two women were walking down Far Easedale. Woman 'A' left woman 'B' to make her own way down because 'B' was "too slow" and made no arrangements to meet up again.
A man, walking with his wife, collapsed. Despite the best efforts of paramedics, air ambulance and ourselves, he was declared to have died on reaching hospital.
19 year old man, part of ATC group, slipped and sustained a dislocated kneecap. The rescue was not helped by the team being given a highly inaccurate grid reference.
69 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and injured her leg. Team assisted by personnel from RAF Leeming and Stafford.
69 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and injured her leg. Team assisted by personnel from RAF Leeming and Stafford.
74 year old woman slipped on a rocky path and injured her leg and knee. Team assisted by personnel from RAF Leeming and Stafford.
38 year old man slipped on Blake Rigg and fell 15 feet onto a ledge - he could easily have fallen another 150 feet and become cragfast. He sustained a slight knee injury.
65 year old man walking the Coast to Coast slipped and injured his leg.
Nine people on a D. of E. exercise reported overdue. Route planned by the instructor was very ambitious in the time allowed. Found safe and well in Rossett Ghyll.
Nine people on a D. of E. exercise reported overdue. Route planned by the instructor was very ambitious in the time allowed. Found safe and well in Rossett Ghyll.
61 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.
44 year old woman fell 150 feet into the waterfall sustaining FATAL injuries. 3 team members flown direct from incident 8 by RAF Boulmer to recover body. Team assisted Kendal M.R.T.
25 year old man fell 250 FEET from Jacks Rake into deep snow and somehow survived with only minor head and other injuries. Airlifted to Ambleside by RAF Boulmer.
67 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and fractured her lower leg/ankle.
25 year old man slipped in North Gully and injured his foot and ankle.
71 year old woman lady slipped climbing a fence and fractured her arm and collar bone.
24 year old woman slipped on rock path and fractured her leg/ankle.
24 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and fractured her ankle.
A 16-year-old male was reported with a knee injury. The team was mobilised, and found the casualty about 600mteres from the road, being assisted by companions.
14 team members for 1.5 hours, plus Air Ambulance
Male with dislocated kneecap (ouch!!) at the top of Rossett Ghyll
A couple set off from Grasmere to go to Sergeant Man, but got lost in the High Raise area when the path was obliterated by snow. During the early stages of the search the couple came across a group who knew where they where, and the way down. They were assisted towards Langdale and met by team members at Stickle Tarn
A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped on wet ground just below the summit of Wansfell. She was treated by team members and evacuated to the valley for onward transport to hospital