During a college course a 20 year old female from Co. Durham suffered head and spinal injuries whilst abseiling. A delay was caused because the informant named the wrong quarry. Assisted by the Coniston Team.
The Team were called to assist a 17 year old female Police Cadet from Stockport, who fell 30? whilst under instruction and suffered face/head and arm, leg injuries. Evacuated through flooded section of old Quarry.
The Team were called to assist a 19 year old youth from Cheltenham, who suffered an ankle injury. Coniston Team called to assist. Found 10.20 p.m. at Leverswater, Coniston, 2 miles from original reference.
A 14 year old girl from Carlisle stumbled and fell 30ft. into open quarry hole. She suffered spinal and leg injuries. Team evacuated her through flooded sections of the quarry.
The Team went to the assistance of a 50 year old woman from Westhoughton, Bolton who had slipped on the wet fellside and fractured her leg.
Footnote: With Rescue 29 just finished this was the start of a very busy day. Weather Conditions: Cold, Wet, Rain at times, Wet Underfoot.
A 24 year old man from Maidstone, Kent was abseiling and fell 40ft. — landing on his back and sustaining severe spinal injuries. The Team were called to assist.
Footnote: He descended the last 50ft. too fast, out of control and fell. All the climbing equipment was in first class order.
Weather Conditions: Warm, Sunny, Dry.
The Team went to assist a man from Frodsham, Cheshire who had fractured his lower leg. This man was walking in Wellingtons and he had Rally type clothing on. Footnote: Team Members had to use Crampons to rescue this man who had no idea of the dangers that prevailed. This was the quickest rescue of the year — the Team was training 200 yards from him.
Weather Conditions: Clear and Cold, Ice on all Footpaths.
A 45-year-old man suffered a knee injury when he fell from his motorbike. He was in a great deal of pain and unable to move. We drove our Landrovers to within 200 yards. He was given pain relief and then his knee was splinted and he was evacuated from the hill back to meet and ambulance in Ambleside
The occupants of a car phoned the Police when they became stuck on an ice-covered Wrynose Pass. They were concerned that they couldn't get down. A vehicle was dispatched to assist them, but we couldn't find them. It transpired that they had got down the pass by themselves and were making their way to Lancaster. We returned home.
A family group got into difficulty when the mother collapsed with exhaustion and was unable to continue. Initially reported as in Little Langdale,
We were requested by the Police to go and recover two people who had got their car stuck on Wrynose Pass in icy conditions. They claimed not to have seen the 'Road Closed' signs and became stuck on ice near the top. The recovery was hampered by a number of other cars abandoned and blocking the road.
A boy sustained a deep cut to his leg when he jumped in to a pool at Slater Bridge.
A 60-year-old Kendal man collapsed suffering from chest pains.
A man slipped and sustained a lower leg injury. The team treated his injuries, and onward transport to hospital was arranged.
A man suffered a leg injury at Slaters Bridge.
Shouts for help and whistles were heard in Little Langdale. We went to investigate
A woman suffered a fit on a track near the road in Little Langdale.
Father and son, aged 9 years, from Leeds, were walking on Blake Rigg, Little Langdale, when they got into difficulties. They shouted for help,
52 year old woman slipped on footpath and fractured her leg.
26 year old woman tried to avoid another para-glider and crashed, fracturing her leg.
A 35-year-old male sustained suspected serious multiple injuries when he took a leader fall. He was treated, stabilised and evacuated from the crag by team members, then airlifted to hospital in Newcastle by RAF Boulmer.
A man sustained a nasty lower leg fracture when he slipped on an icy path. We set off, but found the man on the roadside being attended to by Paramedics, having been dragged there
