Stickle Ghyll

During rescue 42 it was reported that a 37 year old female from Shipley had fallen from a stile and injured her pelvis and back. Half of Team diverted to assist.

The Team went to the assistance of a 50 year male competitor from Preston who slipped on wet rocks and fractured several ribs.

Smooth soled training shoes could have caused a 10 year old girl from York to slip on boulders. She sustained head injuries with temporary loss of hearing and vision. Mother escorted to safety. Both dressed in casual gear and footwear.

The Team went to the assistance of a 27 year old woman from Waiter, York who had a knee and leg injury. She was taken home by a companion for treatment.
Weather Conditions: Dull Drizzle, Cold, Very Wet Underfoot.

The Team went to the assistance of a 27 year old woman from Waiter, York who had a knee and leg injury. She was taken home by a companion for treatment.
Weather Conditions: Dull Drizzle, Cold, Very Wet Underfoot.

The Team recovered the body of a 74 year old man from Morecambe. It is not known if this man slipped and sustained head injuries or whether he had a medical condition which proved fatal.

Weather Conditions: Fine, Cool, Wet Underfoot.

A 15 year old schoolboy from Southport slipped and fell. He sustained slight head injuries (which affected his balance) in Mill Ghyll, Langdale. The team carried him down on a stretcher and then to Kendal Hospital. Footnote: Genuine accident. Well led party.

A woman collapsed with an unknown medical condition. She was stabilised at the scene and evacuated to Carlisle Hospital by a helicopter from RAF Boulmer.
 

A 47-year-old man was reported as collapsed on the path part way up to Stickle Tarn. Because of the way this incident was reported (badly) there was an ambulance called, and the local 1st responders, having been told that the man as at the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. He wasn't, and when they found out, we were called to assist. His collapse was probably due to having next to nothing to eat prior to going for a walk with his friends. He was carried down to the valley.
 

A 21-year-old woman injured her leg when she slipped. Her friends started to assist her down, and a passerby alerted us. When we got to them, they had made their way most of the way down. We gladly relieved them of their load for the last few hundred yards.
 

A man in his 50s complained of chest pains just below the bridge on the Stickle Ghyll path.

While the previous incident was under way we were alerted to another incident below us on the same path. A woman had slipped and sustained a suspected ankle fracture. Having left the previous casualty with paramedics at a point where the helicopter could pick them up, we descended, met other team members and dealt with the second casualty. She was stretchered to the valley floor and sent to hospital. She was wearing inappropriate footwear.

A 45-year-old man slipped while descending, fracturing his ankle in the process. An air ambulance was called and we were asked to assist because of the difficult location. A number of team members were airlifted to the dam and made their way down to the cas site. The man was evacuated uphill to the dam and airlifted to hospital. Let me just say that uphill is bad. Very bad. It hurts.
 

A woman slipped and sustained a wrist injury. She was treated by team members and evacuate to the valley.

A man collapsed, unconscious on the path up to Stickle Tarn.

A 70-year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected broken wrist.

A woman felt faint, clammy and suffered breathing difficulties ascending Stickle Ghyll.

We received report that a woman had fractured both ankles after she had jumped into the ghyll.

We were requested to assist the ambulance service after a they were called to help a woman who had sustained a dislocated knee after a slip.

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, 69 years, collapsed and died in Stickle Ghyll, Great Langdale. Body brought down by team.

40 year old woman slipped on loose stones and fractured her leg.

25 year old woman fell "head over heals" and sustained head injuries.

18 year old woman, part of a youth group, collapsed with arm and chest pains. Team assisted by members of Rossendale MRT and RAF Boulmer who airlifted her to hospital.

43 year old man fell into the waterfalls and sustained head and leg injuries. Team assisted by SARDA, RAF St. Athan and RAF Boulmer.

Two men bivvi'd out on Tarn Crag after a "liquid" supper. Next morning one staggered down with ahead injury saying his friend had gone missing. The team with assistance from SARDA, RAF St Athan, and RAF Boulmer found him with severe exposure. Moral, don't go for a walk at night after drinking Old Peculiar! Airlifted to hospital.

69 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and injured her leg. Team assisted by personnel from RAF Leeming and Stafford.

69 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and injured her leg. Team assisted by personnel from RAF Leeming and Stafford.

A man fell and sustained rib and chest injuries. He was treated by team members and escorted down to the valley to make his own way to hospital if necessary.