Incident Report #22 1972
Man, aged 58 years, from Coventry, collapsed and died above Easedale Tarn. Brought down by the team.
Man, aged 58 years, from Coventry, collapsed and died above Easedale Tarn. Brought down by the team.
We were requested to assist in recovering a man who was suffering from a heart condition some way from the road.
Shouts for help were reported from the area of the crag. A small group went to investigate
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.
A woman was reported as seperated from her group near Sergeant Man. She was reported by her companions as having no torch and missing since 15:30. The group had searched for themselves for a couple of hours,
A 72-year-old man was reported as having collapsed near the summit of Calf Crag. The team was dispatched and
Man, aged 31 years, from Leeds, was walking with a companion in Trout Ghyll, Great Langdale, about 1 p.m. when he slipped and fell, sustaining a fracture of the left ankle. He was brought down the fell, and conveyed to the County Hospital, Kendal. (Walking on fell footpath).
Woman aged 57 years from Preston, walking with her husband on Silver Howe, Grasmere, when she slipped and sustained a suspected fracture of the left ankle. Brought down by team, and then by car to County Hospital, Kendal. Properly clad, footwear only fair.
15 year old woman, part of a Girl Guide group, collapsed with exhaustion.
Three walkers reported hearing clear shouts for help on the other side of the valley. Area searched with no result. False alarm with good intent.
62 year old woman slipped on wet footpath and fractured her ankle.
69 year old woman slipped on a rock and dislocated her knee.
Lights seen flashing from summit of Helm Crag, Grasmere, and shouts heard. Search commenced by Team. Called off when.youths located on road near camp site. Youths were signalling to their friends on the camp site. False alarm.
Lady aged 67 years: Slipped on fell path. Silver Howe. Brought down by Team on stretcher and conveyed to County Hospital, Kendal by ambulance. Clothing good: Equipment not known. Footwear, poor. Ankle injury.
Man, aged 18 years, walking on a path in Far Easedale on an organised Club Ramble. Sustained fractured kneecap. Brought down by Landrover and seen by local Doctor and conveyed by Ambulance to Kendal Hospital.
50 year old woman slipped crossing a beck and fractured her leg.
58 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. Airlifted to Ambleside by RAF Boulmer en route to incident 29.
Two women were walking down Far Easedale. Woman 'A' left woman 'B' to make her own way down because 'B' was "too slow" and made no arrangements to meet up again.
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.
19 year old man, part of ATC group, slipped and sustained a dislocated kneecap. The rescue was not helped by the team being given a highly inaccurate grid reference.
74 year old woman slipped on a rocky path and injured her leg and knee. Team assisted by personnel from RAF Leeming and Stafford.
65 year old man walking the Coast to Coast slipped and injured his leg.
Nine people on a D. of E. exercise reported overdue. Route planned by the instructor was very ambitious in the time allowed. Found safe and well in Rossett Ghyll.
67 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and fractured her lower leg/ankle.
24 year old woman slipped on rock path and fractured her leg/ankle.
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.
While rescue 101 was taking place we were made aware of a casualty with a lower leg injury on the way from Easedale Tarn. Due to being committed to the previous rescue we were assisted by Kendal MRT.
A woman slipped and sustained a suspected fractured lower leg. She was treated by team members and evacuated to hospital.