A walker injured his ankle. He was unable to raise the alarm due to lack of mobile signal so his friend went to the nearest farmhouse for help. The team was responding when we were contacted to say that the man had been assisted from the hill by other people and was now in his car.
Two people with dogs reported themselves cragfast in a gully between Crinkle Crags and Bowfell. We set off to locate and rescue them, which is what would have happened if this is where they were. They had actually misidentified Pike O'Blisco and misreported their location, so managed to extract themselves while we were looking in the wrong place
Male with head injury in Oxendale. Rescued by the team and air ambulance
A 51-year-old female suffered a lower leg injury. She attempted to self-evacuate but eventually had accepted an offer to call for assistance. She was treated and evacuated by team members
A woman was reported as struggling down from Red Tarn towards Oxendale. She was insistant that she needed no help, but there was concern about the progress she was making, so a team member went to check. She was located in Oxendale, hobbling badly. She was recovered in a farm vehicle. SHe subsequently contacted us, thanking us and the farmers for helping, and reported that, on X-ray, the ankle was fractured.. A stirling effort to get so far aided only by her husband!
A woman slipped on a steep, wet path near Browney Ghyll.
Whilst ascending to overnight camp a 19 year old female from Huntington collapsed with "Heatstroke" and was evacuated to safety by stretcher.
A 30 year old female from Doncaster sustained head, pelvic, arm injuries and shock when she slipped and fell 30' into shallow pool at base of waterfall.
The Team were called to the assistance of a 30 year old man from Dalton-in-Furness, who had collapsed in Mickleden with fatigue.
A man suffered a leg injury on the fell, but managed to walk a significant way down. A friend had gone ahead to raise the alarm, but when we got there he had managed to walk into Oxendale, saving us a trip up the hill in the rain.
A 58-year-old female from Scotland slipped and sustained an ankle fracture. She was treated by team members, stretchered from the fell and transferred to an ambulance for onward transport to hospital.
A man taking part in a mountain trial took a tumble, sustaining a head injury, shoulder injury, and multiple cuts and grazes. We were able to drive very close to him, and didn't have to expend too much energy in rescuing him.
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 man slipped and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture. He was treated at the scene and evacuated to the valley. He was a big fellow, and there were a few bad backs.
A woman collapsed due possibly due to a previous condition and hot weather. Assisted by SAR helicopter and Kendal MRT.
A man slipped and tumbled about 25 feet, sustaining an ankle fracture and suspected lower spinal injuries.
A team member fell in the ghyll, while ascending to assist on this rescue, sustaining chest injuries.
The team were called to the aid of a 37-year-old male who had sustained a suspected ankle fracture high up in Crinkle Ghyll.
We were midway through evacuating the first casualty when we were made aware of second incident in nearby Oxendale.
22 year old man 'having difficulty' in getting down from Bowfell having exposure and ill-fitting boots.
A group of 4 became split up when one managed to cross a stream that the others weren't able to. They had only gone for a 'short walk' because of the weather! They had no torches, so had to stop moving once it went dark. They were eventually located at 03.15 by Kendal MRT members who had come to assist after we had been out in atrocious conditions for 4 hours. The evacuation was made difficult by the speed and volume of water flowing.
