Incident Report #31 1993
A 16 year old girl slipped and fractured her ankle. Her friends carried her some of the way, leaving us the last, easy, two mile, downhill stretch.
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Incident Report #30 1993
An 11 year old boy slipped and sustained and ankle injury. His friends carried him over a mile on a makeshift stretcher until we arrived and carried him the rest of the way.
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Incident Report #29 1993
A man driving to Keswick at 10.30am observed two figures stationary on steep fellside. On his return he noticed they were still there. He quite reasonably thought they might be in need of help, so we went to take a look.
The two men were photographing low flying aircraft.
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Incident Report #28 1993
The team was called to assist the ambulance crew in evacuating a 62 year old woman with an ankle fracture down a steep bank to the roadside.
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Incident Report #27 1993
A young girl on an ATC expedition was hit on the head when a stone fell off a cairn. When the team arrived, in addition to the head injuries, all five were suffering from hypothermia. All five had to be stretchered off the fell.
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Incident Report #26 1993
The team were called after an injured person was reported on Side Pike. A search revealed nothing. Any injured person there must have been removed from the fell by persons unknown. This afternoon's excursion was made more
interesting by hailstones, strong wind and lightning strikes.
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Incident Report #25 1993
A 26 year old woman fell onto a section of shed she was carrying, sustaining a puncture wound to her knee. She continued to work for 4 1/2 hours, until the pain became too much. The N.T. supervisor (and team member) on scene summoned the team using M.R. radio.
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Incident Report #24 1993
Two men were reported after failing to 'check in' after a long distance walk. We couldn't find them, which is not surprising since they'd gone home to Wetherby in Yorkshire much earlier, without telling anyone.
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Incident Report #23 1993
Three team members took our 'Propac' monitor to Kentmere to assist Kendal MRT in the rescue of a 10 year old boy who has sustained head, neck and spinal injuries in a fall.
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Incident Report #22 1993
A couple reported seeing flashing lights on Raven Crag. A search revealed nothing in the area, however lights were seen in another area. This turned out to be 8 members of a D of E group struggling down in the dark.
They were escorted to the National Trust campsite in Great Langdale, where they spent the night.
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Incident Report #21 1993
This 13 year old boy attempted to catch us out by doing himself a mischief before lunch. he sustained injuries to his back, legs and pelvis. We sorted him out before our sandwiches had gone curly.
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Incident Report #20 1993
Walkers came across the body of a 70 year old man on the footpath. Team members attempted to resuscitate him, but were unsuccessful.
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Incident Report #19 1993
A 71 year old man slipped and fell 20ft into the ghyll sustaining mulitiple lacerations and a thorough wetting. His companion's quick action in removing him from the water
and changing him into dry clothes avoided further complications.
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Incident Report #18 1993
A 58 year old man slipped on wet footpath and broke his lower leg. It snowed a bit.
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Incident Report #17 1993
A well intentioned man reported seeing a man shouting for help. Believing that a climbing accident may have occurred on Pavey Ark, team members searched the area, with the assistance of a helicopter. Nothing was found so the search was called off. While descending Mill Gyhll, team members saw three youths 'raving' to a portable cassette player. They ran away when approached. Draw your own conclusions.
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Incident Report #16 1993
A massive search was undertaken for a 50 year old couple who had seperated from their companions and failed to reach their rendevous at Kirkstone Pass. The man found
his way off the fell the next morning and a helicopter located the body of his wife on The Knott soon after. She is thought to have died of hypothermia. The search
lasted 16 hours and 150 personnel from 8 Mountain Rescue Teams and a Helicopter took part in appalling weather conditions.
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Incident Report #15 1993
A 65 year old man collapsed. possibly suffering from a hernia. With help from Patterdale MRT he was stretchered to Patterdale. A thoroughly wet time was had by all.
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Incident Report #14 1993
A 17 year old girl slipped and went 'head over heels' sustaining head and facial injuries. With the assiatsnce manpower fro RAF Stafford and a Helicopter from
RAF Leeming she was 'rescued'.
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Incident Report #13 1993
A 26 year old blind woman being led round the Fairfield Horseshoe. collapsed, possibly as a result of a viral infection, suffering from cramps and anxiety.
She was stretchered off the fell and taken to Ambleside Health Centre.
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Incident Report #12 1993
The team was asked to convey the body of a 66 year old man to the roadside and waiting ambulance after he had collapsed and died, possibly of a heart attack.
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Incident Report #11 1993
A 55 year old man slipped on icy fellside and fractured his leg.
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Incident Report #10 1993
A 20 year old diabetic man became exhausted and ill as a result. The team was called but his friends had already got him to the roadside and into a vehicle.
He was taken to see a G.P. in Coniston.
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Incident Report #9 1993
Two male climbers were reported missing after climbing on Gimmer Crag. they were located making their own way down Mill Ghyll, without torches.
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Incident Report #8 1993
Our glorious leader informed us that it would be a 'quick' job to evacuate a 45 year old gentleman. He'd slipped on steep fellside and sustained back injuries.
Three and a half hours later we all got to go home again.
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Incident Report #7 1993
A 25 year old woman collapsed with heat exhaustion near the summit of Crinkle Crags. She was stretchered off, and her compainions were escorted off the fell.
Although the brand used was unknown, the woman's eye make-up remained un-smudged during her ordeal.
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Incident Report #6 1993
Asked to assist Keswick MRT in a search for two men who were overdue following a walk. Found at Taylorghyll Force at 11.05pm.
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Incident Report #5 1993
A 60 year old woman slipped on steep footpath and fractured her ankle.
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Incident Report #4 1993
A 34 year old man became detached from his party. His known lack of equipment amd knowledge of the area and poor weather conditions was cause for concern so a search was
instigated. He was found 2 hours later having suffered no harm.
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Incident Report #3 1993
The team was asked to assist Wasdale MRT in the search for a missing aircraft. It was found at 3.30pm with both pilots dead.
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Incident Report #2 1993
48 year old lady slipped on icy fellside and fractured her left leg. A prior engagement left us a bit short of numbers, so the chaps from RAF Stafford helped out.
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Incident Report #1 1993
A young man, climbing a steep rock pitch n the ghyll, fell some 50ft as he tried to place a runner.
His friend and belayer very kindly broke his fall. Both sustained nasty head, back and leg injuries and multiple cuts.
Both were wearing helmets, one of which was badly damaged. They were stretchered out of the ghyll and then were flown to hospital
by RAF Bolumer. Their lives were probably saved by their helmets.
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Incident Report #83 1992
16 year old boy went missing. Found safe and well.
Incident Report #82 1992
25 year old man slipped and fractured his leg. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.
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Incident Report #81 1992
62 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #80 1992
59 year old woman slipped and fractured her shoulder.
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Incident Report #79 1992
44 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.
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Incident Report #78 1992
A man spotted a 'red flare'. Strange to see things in the sky this close to bonfire night.
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Incident Report #77 1992
A group of three went missing. Found with one suffering from exposure.
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Incident Report #76 1992
40 year old woman ... go on, have a guess. I'll give you a clue ... its happened before!
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Incident Report #75 1992
35 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #74 1992
38 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #73 1992
50 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.
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Incident Report #72 1992
80 year old man was having difficulty getting off the fell, so we helped him.
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Incident Report #71 1992
43 year old man fell from the second pitch up Bilberry Buttress and broke his wrist and badly
cut his arm.
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Incident Report #70 1992
29 year old man collapsed with a 'panic attack'. And that was before he saw us.
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Incident Report #69 1992
71 year old woman slipped and, in a stunning break with tradition, broke her arm.
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Incident Report #68 1992
Two groups reported hearing 'positive' cries for help. Nothing found. The farmer and local hunt had been in the valley. I believe one of the farmers has a sheepdog called Help. Nothing else can explain the frequency of this type of incident
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Incident Report #67 1992
64 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.
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Incident Report #66 1992
64 year old man suffered a heart attack. Team assisted by RAF Leconfield.
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Incident Report #65 1992
60 year old man went missing. Nothing found - he'd booked into a B and B and hadn't told
anyone.
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Incident Report #64 1992
36 year old man slipped, and, as we've come to expect, broke his leg.
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Incident Report #63 1992
'Flashing lights' were seen on Middlefell Buttress. No one was in need of help.
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Incident Report #62 1992
45 year old woman slipped, etc. etc.
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Incident Report #61 1992
38 year old woman slipped and did the usual. It's a long carry to the road.
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Incident Report #60 1992
58 year old man collapsed with a heart attack. Team assisted by RAF Leconfield.
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Incident Report #59 1992
60 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. RAF Leconfield came and took a look.
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Incident Report #58 1992
Three 13 year old boys missing on an expedition. Found after 12 hours.
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Incident Report #57 1992
53-year-old woman slipped, etc. We don't want to boast but we're awfully good at leg splints.
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Incident Report #56 1992
4 lads, 3 aged 14 and one 28, decided to climb Middlefell Buttress despite not having any experience. They became cragfast and were lowered off. Described as being 'less than sensible'.
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Incident Report #55 1992
49 year old man collapsed and died.
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Incident Report #54 1992
59 year old man slipped and broke his ankle.
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Incident Report #54 1992
59 year old man slipped and broke his ankle.
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Incident Report #53 1992
49 year old man collapsed and died.
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Incident Report #52 1992
51 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #51 1992
18 year old man, part of a D of E group, collapsed with exhaustion.
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Incident Report #50 1992
47 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.
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Incident Report #49 1992
44 year old woman slipped and as you'd expect, fractured her ankle.
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Incident Report #48 1992
52 year old man slipped and fractured his ankle. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.
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Incident Report #47 1992
32 year old Scout leader fell 250 feet from Jacks Rake with FATAL results. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.
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Incident Report #46 1992
60 year old woman slipped, fracture, etc.
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Incident Report #45 1992
54 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg-Team assisted by RAF Boulmer and RAF Stafford.
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Incident Report #44 1992
22 year old woman fell 150 feet down steep fellside sustaining head and leg injuries.
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Incident Report #43 1992
60 year old woman slipped on a footpath and. as you would expect, fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #42 1992
A couple in a car heard shouts for help between, and I quote, Hardknott Pass and Blea Tarn. A cursory glance would have revealed farmers gathering sheep.
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Incident Report #41 1992
A D of E group took the wrong route and ended up exhausted at Rossett Ghyll at midnight! Team escorted them off and played nursemaid until their supervisor could be bothered to collect them the next morning.
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Incident Report #40 1992
77 year old woman slipped on quarry stones and injured her pelvis.
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Incident Report #39 1992
70 year old woman slipped on steep path and fractured her ankle.
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Incident Report #38 1992
40 year old woman fell, possibly over a crag end, and sustained spinal injuries and a broken arm. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.
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Incident Report #37 1992
47 year old woman slipped on a footpath and fractured her ankle.
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Incident Report #36 1992
78 year old man collapsed and suffered head injuries. Team assisted by Bowland Pennine MRT.
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Incident Report #35 1992
65 year old woman slipped and it was out with the leg splint.
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Incident Report #34 1992
46 year old woman slipped on footpath and fractured her ankle.
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Incident Report #33 1992
49 year old woman slipped and fractured her ankle.
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Incident Report #32 1992
37 year old man collapsed with heat exhaustion. Not a common complaint in Cumbria.
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Incident Report #31 1992
60 year old man 'tripped up' and sustained head and shoulder injuries. Usually it's the leg that goes.
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Incident Report #30 1992
Several people reported seeing flashing lights on Bowfell Buttress. It was a sponsored climb of 'classic rock'. They could have informed someone.
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Incident Report #29 1992
14 year old boy slipped on a path and injured his leg.
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Incident Report #28 1992
16 year old girl slipped on greasy rock and fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #27 1992
42 year old woman collapsed and suffered head injuries.
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Incident Report #26 1992
Two Team members injured by rock fall during training session.
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Incident Report #25 1992
44 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #24 1992
21 year old man slipped on very rough ground and suffered multiple injuries. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.
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Incident Report #23 1992
69 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. Not the first, not the last.
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Incident Report #22 1992
Man returned late from a walk. He turned up after last orders.
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Incident Report #21 1992
45 year old man slipped on wet fellside and sustained pelvic, back and rib injuries.
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Incident Report #20 1992
20 year old man fell 30 feet whilst climbing and sustained spinal and pelvic injuries.
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Incident Report #19 1992
72 year old woman slipped and damaged her leg tendons.
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Incident Report #18 1992
4 girls and D of E expedition became Very frightened' walking down Troughton Ghyll. Call me an old cynic, but I bet they got the award. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.
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Incident Report #17 1992
28 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #16 1992
The Team had dried off from the last rescue when we had to jump into a river to rescue a canoeist who had fractured both legs when his canoe 'folded'.
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Incident Report #15 1992
16 year old boy, part of a D of E group, came down with exhaustion/exposure in vile weather conditions. An accurate grid reference was most useful in the prevailing conditions. Team was assisted by Kendal MRT.
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Incident Report #14 1992
75 year old man was reported feeling 'very sick' by the leader of his walking party.
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Incident Report #13 1992
15 year old girl, part of a D of E group, slipped and injured her knee and ankle.
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Incident Report #12 1992
67 year old man slipped and fractured his ankle.
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Incident Report #11 1992
53 year old man became separated from the main rambling group. He turned up soon enough.
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Incident Report #10 1992
Two girls, part of a D of E expedition, collapsed with exposure. All evacuated by ourselves and Keswick MRT.
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Incident Report #9 1992
53 year old man slipped and fell 200 feet from a steep fellside with FATAL results.
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Incident Report #8 1992
A 62 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.
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Incident Report #7 1992
'Objects' were reported on Loughrigg. investigation revealed 30 students bivvying out for the night so we left them to it.
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Incident Report #6 1992
A father and his two sons became separated. We managed to find the missing.
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Incident Report #5 1992
61 year old solo walker slipped and fractured his leg at 3.15 p.m. the previous day and wasn't found by passing walkers for 22 hours. Treated for exposure also. Team assisted by RAF Valley.
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Incident Report #4 1992
60 year old woman with good equipment and excellent coffee slipped on snow and tore her
knee ligaments.
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Incident Report #3 1992
38 year old mentally ill man faked his own accident.
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Incident Report #2 1992
49 year old man slipped on an icy footpath and fractured his leg.
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Incident Report #1 1992
65 year old man slipped and fractured his leg.
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Incident Report #73 1991
25 year old woman collapsed with severe stomach pains.
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Incident Report #72 1991
46 year old man slipped on wet fellside and sustained a festive fractured leg.
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Incident Report #71 1991
Three young boys became stranded at the junction of two very swollen rivers during floods. Fortunately some team members can walk on water.
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Incident Report #70 1991
53 year old woman slipped and to no-ones surprise but her own, fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #69 1991
Two men set to walk from the ODG to Stickle Tarn and back and with almost impossibly bad navigation managed to get benighted at Angle Tarn. Team assisted by SARDA, RAF Leeming MRT and RAF Boulmer. They walked down in the morning. 'Words fail me' said the team leader.
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Incident Report #68 1991
30 year old man's car slipped on black ice and left the road down a steep slope. The man was thrown clear of the car and sustained serious multiple injuries.
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Incident Report #67 1991
51 year old woman slipped on a footpath and fractured her ankle.
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Incident Report #66 1991
22 year old man fell 50 feet and fractured his arm and sustained possible spinal injuries. Team assisted by RAF Leeming and RAF Valley MRTs.
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Incident Report #65 1991
3 adults and a 6 year old child went missing whilst walking from Three Shires Stone and Crinkle Crags. Found at 2 a.m. at Lingcove Bridge by the team. Team assisted by SARDA.
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Incident Report #64 1991
56 year oid woman slipped and you know the rest.
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Incident Report #63 1991
A passing team member on the way to incident 62 saw a 14 year old girl slip and fracture her leg.
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Incident Report #62 1991
60 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. It's not the first time this has happened.
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Incident Report #64 1991
56 year old woman slipped and you know the rest.
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Incident Report #61 1991
52 year old woman collapsed whilst walking.
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Incident Report #60 1991
17 year old man, part of a D of E group, collapsed with a re-occurrence of glandular fever.
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Incident Report #59 1991
65 year old woman slipped on a steep footpath with the usual result.
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Incident Report #58 1991
17 year old man, part of a D of E group, collapsed after an all night camp with a viral infection.
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Incident Report #57 1991
41 year old man, leader of an A.T.C. group, suffered a heart attack. Team assisted, for a change, by RAF Leconfield.
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Incident Report #56 1991
35 year old man fell whilst leading and sustained serious multiple injuries. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer Removals Ltd.
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Incident Report #55 1991
68 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. Luckily we knew the way there.
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Incident Report #54 1991
66 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #53 1991
28 year old man had his foot crushed by a large rock. It was interesting to hear the excuses offered by some team members who attended this but not the previous incident.
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Incident Report #52 1991
The 'best' man on a stag night tried to climb down Side Pike after drinking many pints of Old Peculiar. Surprisingly, he fell and injured his head, spine and fractured his leg. He felt no pain, at least not till morning!
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Incident Report #51 1991
43 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg
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Incident Report #50 1991
70 year old man suffered a fatal heart attack. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.
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Incident Report #49 1991
21 year old man slipped whilst soloing and sustained multiple injuries.
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Incident Report #48 1991
41 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.
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Incident Report #47 1991
36 year old woman collapsed semi-paralysed. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.
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Incident Report #46 1991
16 year old woman slipped on a path and fractured her ankle, so it was out with the leg splint yet again.
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Incident Report #45 1991
31 year old lady slipped and sustained a serious knee injury on the summit of Harrison. Its a long way down!
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Incident Report #44 1991
A group of 100 teenagers were descending Red Screes with difficulty. At the bottom there were 98! After numerous headcounts of various sub-groups the 'missing' turned up somewhere.
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Incident Report #43 1991
12 year old girl slipped and fractured her leg whilst jumping across the beck. Team assisted by RAF Leeming MRT.
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Incident Report #42 1991
38 year old man suffered a serious attack of vertigo and was unable to walk. Recovered in valley bottom. It sounds a bit odd but was a genuine medical condition.
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Incident Report #41 1991
17 year old girl, part of a D of E group, suffered 'breathing problems'. In truth she was only
tired and was walked off by the team.
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Incident Report #40 1991
Several groups reported cries for help. The team with two of our Search Dogs found only a Church rambling club who had been singing hymns.'Father forgive them for they know not what they do'
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