Incident Report #140 2010
A woman slipped on steep ground in Side Pike sustaining a fractured tibia and fibula.
A woman slipped on steep ground in Side Pike sustaining a fractured tibia and fibula.
A couple reported themselves disorientated in the region of Bright Beck.
A woman walking her dog slipped and sustained a very painful knee injury.
Two women reported themselves lost and benighted in the area of the Langdale Pikes.
A woman slipped on wet ground descending from Stickle Tarn.
A man sustained a leg injury near the summit of Crinkle Crags. Although the initial location was unclear,
Two people lost the path on the descent from Bowfell and were unable to relocate it.
A man slipped and sustained a lower leg and shoulder injury.
A 38 year old female from Lockerbie suffered a broken arm and shock when a lead climber fell 60 feet onto her belay. Team lowered stretcher to accident site, rendered first aid and lowered casualty 200 feet to base of crag. Rest of team then evacuated the casualty down the fellside. Lead climber uninjured.
After finishing a route, a 40 year old man from Hinckley collapsed with severe pain due to kidney stones.
A man slipped and fell about 75 meteres, and landed on a very narrow sheep trod, avoiding a considerable further fall.
A man suffered a suspected Miocardial Infarction on Great Knott, south of Crinkle Crags.
While training in Langdale with RAF Leconfield our Deputy Team Leader overheard a request for helicopter assistance with an incident on Scafell Pike from Wasdale MRT.
A further search was carried out in connection with incident 116. The face and various gullies on Gimmer Crag and Pike O'Stickle were checked with assistance from Lancashire police helicopter.
We recieved information that suggested a man reported missing for two weeks from the Blackpool area may have attempted to go to a specific part of the Langdale Pikes.
A couple became lost having missed the Crinkle Crag ridge.
A woman slipped on a steep, wet path near Browney Ghyll.
A man reported his two friends overdue after they had split up at Angle Tarn, the solo male having returned to Langdale and his friends intending to carry on a little further, before returning.
Two women reported themselves as in difficulty on Crinkle Crags, being unable to work out where they were, and how to get down.
The team was contacted by police after a woman phoned from the campsite reporting shouts for help sometime earlier.
A man scrambling up Jack's Rake became cragfast near the top.
During a C.H.A. walk a 55 year old female from Stuttgart, West Germany was blown off the dam wall in gale force winds and fell 10 feet. She sustained shock, facial and head injuries. A search dog handler gave first aid until the team arrived.
The team assisted a 48 year old female from Kent who slipped on very wet fellside and injured her right arm and shoulder.
The team went to the assistance of a 39 year old Surrey man who fell 6 feet whilst on an O.B. course. He sustained a compound fracture of his right leg/ankle when someone failed to hold him on a safety rope.
A mother and daughter were reported overdue from an ambitious walk to High Raise and back, from Gt Langdale campsite. A team member went to the campsite
A Canadian family of 5 with a very young child were reported about 5 hours overdue from what should have been a relatively short walk. A search of their route and possible alternatives was quickly organised.
A 47 year old man from Hatf ield, who had no intention to rock climb, decided to solo climb the first pitch of Middlefell Buttress. He slipped and fell 20 feet and fractured his right leg/ankle.
At the request of Wasdale M.R.T. a large search was mounted when three boys were reported missing. Eight teams, S.A.R.D.A., RAF Stafford M.R.T. and RAF Linton M.R.T., searched with negative results. Found on Wasdale campsite, had been there 18 hours.
Two soldiers from Catterick Camp collapsed with exposure and exhaustion during gale force winds and torrential rain. Found by a group from RAF Linton M.R.T. who alerted the team. RAF Stafford M.R.T. also assisted with the evacuation of the two casualties.
A search was mounted with assistance from S.A.R.D.A. for a group reported missing. Found by search dog on the Band. One of the group had suffered temporary blindness, the others exhaustion. All escorted to safety.