Crinkle Ghyll

Incident Report #53 2012

Wednesday, 8 August, 2012 - 18:43

A woman was reported overdue after separating from her husband in Crinkle Ghyll earlier in the day. With rough terrain and big drops in the area, her husband was concerned for her wellbeing. A search was being organised when we were contacted to say that she'd turned up

Man Hours

8 team members for 1 hour

Incident Type

Rock Scrambling

Location

Crinkle Ghyll

Gt Langdale

OS Grid Reference

NY258050

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Incident Report #30 1996

Saturday, 18 May, 1996 - 11:38

This man fell and sustained serious head and back injuries. When we arrived at the reported scene we found nothing. A bit of detective work located them a bit lower down, the injured man being "walked" down by his friends. Although well intentioned, this is not a very safe method of evacuating a barely conscious man with unknown neck and back injuries.

Incident Type

Fellwalking

Location

Crinkle Ghyll

Gt. Langdale

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Incident Report #41 1985

Monday, 26 August, 1985 - 13:24

Whilst climbing out of the upper section of Crinkle Ghyll a 20 year old male from Solihull fell a short distance when a rock hold broke loose. He sustained a compound fracture to his wrist. Stretchered to an awaiting ambulance, assisted by Kendal M.R.T.

Incident Type

Ghyll Scrambling

Location

Crinkle Ghyll

Gt Langdale