Incident Reports 2010

With the previous incident completed and everyone heading home, foolishly thinking that that was it for 2010, how wrong we were...a man slipped and sustained a nasty ankle injury halfway up (or down) Far Easedale. He was treated by team members, and then evacuated to the valley, with help from RAF Leuchars MRT. This really was the last rescue of 2010!! Unless.... but then the great thing about the internet is the ability to change stuff....

A man sustained a lower leg injury on the summit ridge of Wansfell. The team attended and the man was evacuated by air ambulance.

A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury. She was stretchered off the fell with help from some members of RAF Leuchers MRT.

We were requested to transport a care worker to some of her vulnerable patients as yet more snow fell

The South African occupants of a car were recovered after they slid their car off the road while descending "The Struggle". This is a steep ice bound road and was a poor choice to make. Luckily nobody was injured.

A man was reported a seperated form his group, descending Rossett Ghyll, who were concerned for his whelfare.

On Monday 13th December a bag was found by passing walkers near Stone Arthur. On reaching Grasmere they realised that it belonged to Gwenda Merriott. It was handed in to police, and today we organised a search of the area. At around 10:15 a woman's body was located. She was found in a area that we had previously had difficulty searching due to snow cover. Her body was recovered to Ambleside.

Shouts for help were reported on East Raven Crag, Gt Langdale. A thorough search was conducted, but nothing was found.... it were a nice trip out...

A light was reported high on the hillside above Kirkstone Pass. A team member went to check, and after seeing that it was making progress downhill and subsequently making voice contact, was able to establish that the person was not in need of help. It was very cold!

Search recommenced for women missing since 30th November. Teams from Bowland Pennine and Duddon MRTs plus dogs from SARDA were called to assist following the reciept of new information

We were requested to take paramedics to assist a woman who had sustained a injury when she slipped on an icy path near Elterwater.

We assisted the ambulance service during a spell of heavy snow that was wreaking havoc on the area.

We recieved a call to assist a fallen male climber on Tarn Crag, Easedale, Grasmere. 

A search was organised after a car was found in Ambleside centre and it's owner was reported missing.

The team was requested by police to recover a vehicle and its occupants from The Struggle, near the top of Kirkstone Pass.

Various incidents were dealt with on behalf of the ambulance service during a period of heavy snow

A woman was found on the summit of Bowfell, collapsed and unconscious. With her was found a significant number of opiate based painkillers and part consumed bottle of alcohol.

A figure was seen waving repeatedly from the summit of Todd Crag, above Ambleside.

Shouts for help were heard in the Crinkle Crags area.

As is often the case when multi-tasking, three is better than two.

A couple reported themselves stuck on snowy ground that had forced them to go back up hill and make benightment a certainty.

We were requested to assist an ambulance crew with the evacuation of a 21-year-old woman who had sustained spinal injury

A woman slipped on steep ground in Side Pike sustaining a fractured tibia and fibula.

An off-road motorcyclist sustained lower back injuries when he fell off his bike and it fell on top off him.

A couple reported themselves disorientated in the region of Bright Beck.

A mountain biker sustained facial injuries, including a suspected fractured jaw when he fell off his bike.

A woman climbing Helm Crag collapsed feeling faint and with chest pains. She was treated by team members

A woman walking her dog slipped and sustained a very painful knee injury.

We were requested to assist the police in dealing with a number of incidents relating to heavy rain and associated flooding.

A 17 year-old female suffered a severe asthma attack while on a walk.

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, walking with his freinds, collapsed in Far Easedale.

A man sustained a leg injury near the summit of Crinkle Crags. Although the initial location was unclear,

A man was reported as having a leg injury near the summit of Harrison Stickle. We were already dealing with the first incident,

We were requested to assist the ambulance service with recovering a casualty from the coffing route.

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.

We were requested by police to check an abandoned tent on Loughrigg.

We recieved a request to search a further area following the activation of missing man, Chay Lancaster's phone.

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.

A man sustained a lower leg injury when he slipped on steep ground.

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.

The team was requested by Police to search the Orrest Head area of Windermere after personal effects were located,

A woman slipped and fell, sustaining head injuries.

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.

A solo male was reported overdue from a walk to Silver Howe.

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 woman slipped and sustained a nasty lower leg fracture while walking with her husband.

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.

A competitor in the Three Shires fell race fell and sustained a serious open fractured ankle.

A woman phoned for help after getting lost while descending Low Pike. After some initial difficulty in talking to her,

The team was contacted by police after a woman phoned from the campsite reporting shouts for help sometime earlier.

A solo male walker reported himself lost to his partner at home. She phoned the police after being unable to make further contact with him.

Shouts for help and flashing lights were reported from fields above Ambleside by a local resident.

A woman was reported as having a head and chest injury near the summit of Fairfield.

A man scrambling up Jack's Rake became cragfast near the top.

Team leader spent 30 minutes on the phone to a man who had phoned for help after becoming cragfast and lost while trying to find his way back to Gt Langdale from Scafell Pike.

We were requested to assist ambulance and air ambulance with a man who had collapsed on the lower slopes of Sliver How.

Flares were reported at Butter Crags in the Grasmere area. A search of the are found nothing. We all went home...

Two young lads, being spoken to by the police on a seperate matter revealed that in fact they had family members overdue from a walk.

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.

Casualty suffered minor ankle injury near Loughrigg summit.

A man was reported in difficulty with a knee injury and low blood sugar. The team attended and located him making slow progress down,

A mother and daughter reported themselves lost on Crinkle Crags. We were able to estimate roughly where they were.

A man was crossing an obscure steep ghyll, near Stickle Ghyll when the rocks gave way and he fell between 50 and 100 ft., sustaining head and arm injuries.

A late night trip out o check a report of flashing lights near Loughrigg summit. Nothing was found,

While enjoying the walk down from the previous incident we were alerted to another incident on Helm Crag. A man had sustained a lower leg injury.

A woman suffered a nasty fracture/dislocated ankle high in Far Easedale. We treated her injury, and she was evacuated by air ambulance, removing the need for a long carry down. We were happily trekking down when were alerted to another incident on Helm Crag.

Two climbers became cragfast when their rope got stuck while trying to abseil off their route. The fact that they only started climbing at 19:30 may have had an bearing on their situation. A team member was lowered down to them,

A man slipped on the steep path coming down the path at the side of Dungeon Ghyll. He sustained injuries his hip and lower back.

We were requested to urgently assist ambulance and air ambulance in geting a seriously injured motorcyclist from a beck.

We were called to assist a young man who had spent the night out, having left home after a domenstic argument.

A man phoned for help having succumbed to the cold conditions while walking from Borrowdale to Grasmere. After all, it is summer! We got the minimum information from the initial call,

We were requested to assist Wasdale MRT with a search for group overdue from Scafell. The search was in it's early stages when we got a message confirming that they had turned up.

A man was reported missing from a residential care home in Ambleside.

A family group got into difficulty when the mother collapsed with exhaustion and was unable to continue. Initially reported as in Little Langdale,

A woman reported her husband overdue at the campsite in Great Langdale.

A woman sustained a painful shoulder and arm injury when she fell and tumbled.

We were requested to assist the ambulance and air ambulance with a male who was reported as suffering a collapse near the summit of the Blea Tarn road.

While trying to locate casualty no. 79 we were led to this boy, part of the same group.

An initially confusing and frustrating rescue, that eventually came to a successful conclusion.

A young woman with learning difficulties was reported missing from an organised coach tour.

Our base was opened and personell sent to assist Wasdale and Keswick MRTs in a search for a young man reported missing in the Styhead Tarn area. He was located in Langstrath.

A woman sustained an ankle fracture when she slipped on a steep, wet path. She was treated by team members and evcuated to Ambleside, where she was transferred to an ambulance and taken to hospital.

With a good number of team members committed to the previous rescue,

While dealing with the previous incident we were also trying to locate 2 men who had phoned for help after becoming lost on Crinkle Crags.

A family group of 8 reported themselves lost and unable to find the way off 'Langdale Pike'.

We were requested to assist NWAS in recovering a woman who had slipped and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture.

A man sustained a leg injury near Angle Tarn. The team was mobilised on a rather unpleasant night to rescue him. We were assisted by Kendal MRT.

Flashing lights and shouts were heard from Raven Crag. An investigation found people working late at a farm, and darkness on the crag. Back in bed inside the hour!

A man became seperated from his group when they went up Seat Sandal and left him at Grisedale Tarn.

A man walking with his wife suffered a groin strain walking near Tarn Crag.

Having been called to this incident initially at 13:20, we handed it over to Keswick MRT since it was marginally in their area of operation, close to the 'border' between us.

A 16-year-old boy sustained a lower leg injury between Harrison Stickle and Pike O'Stickle.

The team was called to rescue a 60-year-old woman who had become cragfast on steep ground near the top of Steel Fell.

The team provided first aid cover for the Windermere Triathlon.

An 80-year-old women was reported missing from home by family members.

A solo male walker called for help after becoming disorientated in the Thornthwaite Beacon area.

We were requested to help NWAS access a collapsed diabeitc male at a remote house in Ambleside.

We were called out near midnight . A party of three were overdue at their rendesvous at Cockley Beck from Scafell.

A woman tripped and sustained an injury to her wrist.

An exhausted female walker was assisted from Stake Pass and returned to Ambleside

A woman suffered a fit on a track near the road in Little Langdale.

We were requested to assist the Police with a search for a 2-year-old child missing at the end of Langdale.

A man was reported as being separated from his friends after an early morning walk up Loughrigg.

While the previous incident was on-going we were requested assist the air ambulance

We were called to a man who had suffered a knee injury on Crinkle Crags. Due to the distance of the carry-off

A couple were reported overdue when they became seperated from other family members.

While the previous incident was ongoing we were called to a 49-year-old male with a lower leg injury. He was treated by team members

The team recieved a request to prepare to assist Police with the clearing of streets in Ambleside and surrounding area following the news that a man was heading in this direction shooting, apparently randomly, from a car. At this stage he was thought to have killed 12 people and injured many, many more.

While the previous incident was ongoing a second casualty was reported on Calf Crag, his knee having given way and being unable to walk as a result.

A casualty was reported as suffering soft tissue injuries on Crinkle Crags.

Flashing lights were seen above the NT campsite in the Crinkle Crag area.

A woman, walking with a party down from Silver How, slipped and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture. She was initially assisted down by her companions, but was handed over to us for the strtecher descent.

More checks were carried out in the search for the missing man from 21st May.

A man fell and dislocated his shoulder while scrambling on Jacks Rake. He was treated with pain relief, and his injury immobilised. A rescue helicopter was requested, and were notified that there was one in the area, but this deveopled a fault

We were requested to assist the air ambulance with loading a casualty after she slipped and suffered an lower leg injury above High Sweden Bridge.

Woman reported as having a leg injury, and suffering loss of vision and dizziness. Team attended and she was evacuated to safety

Requested to assist ambulance service with accessing an unconscious diabetic casualty at an isolated property.

An 82-year-old man was unable to continue walking due to the onset of chest pains. He was treated by team members and then evcauated to hospital by air ambulance

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.

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

Three members of a party of 4 were injured when one fell while scrambling up Dungeon Ghyll. An air ambulance had been called, but was unable to access the casualties due to the steep-sided ravine and the fact that hey were trapped some 20 metres up the rock face.

Male with dislocated kneecap (ouch!!) at the top of Rossett Ghyll

We were requested to assist with the search for an 18-year-old male, who had gone on to the fells, threatening suicide. He was located by friends and assisted down. Team stood down during preliminary response

A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped on wet ground on the descent from Slver Howe. She was treated by team members and evcuated to Ambleside for transport to hospital.

A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped on wet ground just below the summit of Snarker Pike. She was in a lot of pain and was treated by team members, then evacuated to Furness General Hospital by North West Air Ambulance.

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

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

An elderly woman collapsed and became briefly unconscious.

A 17-year-old girl, on a D  of E training expedition, collapsed, probably from a combination of exhaustion and hypothermia.

We were requested to assist in recovering a man who was suffering from a heart condition some way from the road.

A rucsac was reported abandoned on the Climbers Traverse. The team was on a training exercise with a helicopter from RAF Leconfield

Shouts for help were reported from the area of the crag. A small group went to investigate

A member of Patterdale MRT was driving over Kirkstone, going home after a lengthy rescue, when he spotted lights high on the crag in a similar location to the previous incident. He reported them to us and we went to investigate.

Lights were spotted, stationary, high on the crag above Kirkstone Pass. They didn't move for a long time and it was reported that shouts for help were heard.

A local woman slipped outside her house on an icy path. The ambulance was unable to reach her due to the ice covered road, so we collected her and transferred her to a county ambulance.

A man suffered a suspected hamstring injury, making walking very difficult and painful. Showing great fortitude, and assisted by his companions, he made significant progress down, before coming to a halt near Stickle Tarn.

A group of five were struggling with one torch, approaching darkness and steep snow covered paths. They were located by team members and escorted to the valley floor.

We were requested by North West Ambulance Service to assist in accessing a remote, snowbound property where a patient required urgent evacuation to hospital with a serious medical problem.

A group of three young men became stranded when one of them finally succumbed to a knee injury sustained earlier in the day. It had swollen horribly and he could no longer walk.

Two young women reported themselves benighted and very uncertain as to where they were. A search was being organised and

A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped. The team was mobilised,

A woman sustained a suspected lower leg fracture, when she slipped on frozen and damp ground. She was treated by team members and evacuated by Great North Air Ambulance.