Incident Report #4 1973
Male, 52 years, walking in Dungeon Ghyll above the intakes
Male, 52 years, walking in Dungeon Ghyll above the intakes
Boy, eight years walking in a party up Stickle Ghyll, when he was hit on the head by a stone dislodged on fellside above him.
Male, 21 years. Climbing on Gimmer Cragg when he slipped and sustained arm and rib injuries.
Male, 41 years. Climbing on Pavey Ark with his son when he slipped and sustained fatal injuries. Body recovered by the team.
Girl, 14 years. Walking on the Band when she sustained a knee injury. She was carried down the fell by companions and assisted to her transport by team members after attention by team doctor.
Boy, 15 years. Walking on Martcrag Moor when he sustained a suspected fracture of his left leg. Carried down the fell by team.
Male, 18 years. Fell about 120ft. into Middlefell Gully from Raven Crag.
Student, 18 years. Climbing in White Ghyll when he fell about 40ft. sus¬taining leg and shoulder injuries.
Male, 25 years. Leading a climb on Lower Scout Crag, Great Langdale when he slipped and sustained a fracture of left knee and shoulder injuries.
Student, 19 years. Walking with a companion down Rossett Ghyll when she sustained a muscular strain in her right leg.
Male, 17 years, on a Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.
Male, 16 years, on a Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme when he suffered exposure in Crinkle Ghyll. He was brought down the fell by the team -and then taken to hospital.
Male, 69 years, collapsed and died in Stickle Ghyll, Great Langdale. Body brought down by team.
Male, 56 years, reported as missing on a walk from Ambleside to the Langdale area on the previous day. Search made on Loughrigg and Lingmoor.
Team members made a search of Stake Pass and Rossett Ghyll after a report was received that a man and a woman were missing on a walk to Buttermere from Langdale.
Male, 58 years, collapsed and died on Raw Fell, Great Langdale, whilst on a walk with his family. Body brought down by the team.
Call-out to the Old Dungeon Ghyll hotel. Report of three men who had been walking from Langdale to the top of Scafell Pike.
Search in Langdale for man and wife who were reported missing on a walk on the fells by their hotel proprietor. Car found by police at Wall End about 6 a.m. and the couple were found by the team on the Band, Great Langdale, about 9 a.m. They became lost when the mist descended the previous day but appeared to be very little the worse for a night on the fells.
Male, 28 years. Climbing on Lower Scout Crag, Great Langdale, when he slipped about 30 feet sustaining a lacerated right knee and an injury to his right elbow. Brought down the fell by the team and taken in the land rover to Ambleside and then by ambulance to hospital.
We were requested to assist the Police with a search for a 2-year-old child missing at the end of Langdale.
We were called to a man who had suffered a knee injury on Crinkle Crags. Due to the distance of the carry-off
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
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 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
Mother and daughter, aged 58 and 22 years from Northampton, set out on a walk from Seatoller, Borrowdale, via Langstrath, and Stake Pass, and Mickledon to The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale.
Husband and wife, from Manchester, were walking down from the top of Bowfell, when husband slipped and started to fall down very slippery snow on Left Hand Gully. He fell a considerable distance, sustaining slight injuries. Wife also fell about 500 feet, sustaining fatal injuries. Husband brought down by team that evening, and conveyed to County Hospital, Kendal, and detained. Due to very extreme weather conditions the body of the wife was recovered the following morning.
Man, aged 23 years, from Oxford, climbing on Raven Cragg about 4.30 p.m. when he got into difficulties.
Man from Halifax, sustained an ankle injury on Stake Pass, and the team were alerted.
Youth, aged 16 years, from Slough, Bucks., was taken ill whilst on a course from the Y.W.C.A. Newby Bridge, near the top of Rossett Ghyll. He was brought down by the team, and conveyed by Ambulance to County Hospital, Kendal.