Stickle Tarn

The Team went to the assistance of a 17 year old Youth from Essex who slipped on wet fellside and sustained an ankle injury.

Four teenage schoolgirls and one female school teacher from Radcliffe, Manchester were reported lost by other members of the school party. The team searched from the Grasmere and Langdale sides of Stickle Tarn. The Team found this group at 8.30pm near Tarn Crag, Langdale they were escorted from the fellside.

A woman slipped and fell, sustaining a shoulder injury. She was treated at the scene and carried down. She was taken to hospital in her own car.
 

A 32-year-old man collapsed, and was unconscious for a short time, possibly as a result of a pre-existing heart condition. He was given oxygen and monitored by team members, and then evacuated to Furness General Hospital by the North West Air Ambulance.

A local woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury on a wet, loose path. Her ankle was splinted and she was carried down on a stretcher. It transpired that she had sustained a fractured fibula. We were alerted to this job by a member of Kendal MRT.

A 15-year-old girl slipped and sustained an injury to her pelvis, while descending the path just below the dam. She was treated on scene, and flown to hospital by a helicopter form Royal Navy Gannett.
 

The fells had only been officially reopened for 3 hours, following relaxing of FMD
regulations, when we were called out to assist a 51-year-old man who had collapsed with a suspected heart attack. He was treated at the scene and a helicopter, training in Coniston, flew him to Carlisle Royal Infirmary.
 

A 58-year-old woman slipped and sustained a deep penetrating wound to her knee. She was treated by team members, evacuated to the valley by stretcher and then taken to hospital in the ambulance of Kendal MRT, who had come to assist.

While we were finishing off from the previous rescue we were made aware of a family who were lost in the vicinity of Stickle Tarn. They were cold and unable to find a way down in the mist. They were located just below Stickle Tarn, and escorted to the valley floor.

We had just finished clearing up and repacking from the previous incident when we were called to attend another. A woman had sustained a suspected ankle fracture after a slip descending Stickle Ghyll. She was treated by team members and evacuated to the valley floor by the helicopter that was still in the area.

A Maltese man slipped and sustained a lower leg injury. We don't normally go up hill, but in this case we took the slightly scenic route because the smooth, grassy descent around the back of Tarn Crag is much better than the rocky descent of Stickle Ghyll. After seeing the man safely in to an ambulance we retired to the pub to refresh ourselves. A couple of men at the bar who had seen us go up, and who had read about the team offered to stand us a round. A much appreciated gesture! Thanks.

A 48-year-old man slipped and sustained an ankle injury.

A 65-year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected fracture of her wrist.

A woman sustained a suspected fractured wrist near Stickle Tarn.

A man slipped and went over on his ankle, hearing it 'crack'. Help was summoned by passing walkers.

We were called to attend a woman with a suspected broken ankle at Stickle Tarn.

A couple were reported as not having returned from their walk to Langdale Pikes.

A woman sustained a suspected fracture wrist when she slipped on wet ground.

A 13-year-old girl became separated from her parents while descending to Stickle Tarn.

A 22-year-old woman was camping with friends and had sprained her ankle the previous day.

A man suffered a suspected hamstring injury, making walking very difficult and painful. Showing great fortitude, and assisted by his companions, he made significant progress down, before coming to a halt near Stickle Tarn.

Woman, aged 48 years, from Barrow-in-Furness, slipped on rocks near the outlet of Stickle Tarn, fell about 15 feet, sustaining head injuries. Brought down by team, then taken by Ambulance to County Hospital, Kendal.

Woman aged 46 years, from Nottingham, descending from Sergeant Mann to
Stickle Tarn, when she slipped and sustained a suspected fracture of the right
ankle. Brought down by the team, and conveyed by car to County Hospital, Kendal.

A 16-year-old male was reported with a knee injury. The team was mobilised, and found the casualty about 600mteres from the road, being assisted by companions.
14 team members for 1.5 hours, plus Air Ambulance

A man was reported as suffering a head injury near the tarn. We set off up the hill, but the man out-flanked us and made his own way to the car park. We went home.

The remainder of the group was being assisted down, when a second member of the group succumbed to a similar problem. She rapidly became too weak to continue and a stretcher and additional team members were requested to evacuate her to the valley. About this time we enjoyed a brief but violent thunder storm; something that always enlivens any rescue.