Incident Reports 1989

A 72 year old man slipped on frozen ground and sustained hand and finger injuries.

A 55 year old man slipped on ice and sustained lower leg injuries.

A 16 year old youth fell 60 feet, sustaining multiple injuries including head injuries. The Team assisted by R.A.F. Stafford M.R.T. administered first aid then the casualty was flown by R.A.F. helicopter to hospital.

The Team assisted by Keswick M.R.T. and Search Dogs searched for two middle aged men reported missing. Located at Green Hole, Mosedale at 1.15 a.m. No injuries.

The Team received reports of 'flashing lights' on the Band. Upon investigation it turned out to be a group of 5 people benighted because they weren't carrying torches. The 'flashing light' was an electronic camera flash. Rescue teams could well do without this sort of incident; if people carried torches or got themselves off the hill before dark there would be no problem.

The Team received reports of 'flashing lights' on the Band. Upon investigation it turned out to be a group of 5 people benighted because they weren't carrying torches. The 'flashing light' was an electronic camera flash. Rescue teams could well do without this sort of incident; if people carried torches or got themselves off the hill before dark there would be no problem.

Team members were involved in a search for a lone walker who failed to return to the Old Dungeon Ghyll hotel where he was staying. Search called off at 12.00 p.m. when the man turned up in Eskdale.

Believe it or not, yet another lower leg fracture, this time to a 54 year old woman. Evacuated as usual by stretcher to waiting ambulance.

Yet another lower leg fracture, this time to a 59 year old man who slipped on the very wet fellside.

A 44 year old man slipped on the wet fellside and sustained a lower leg fracture. An R.A.F. helicopter which was in Ambleside at the time, flew Team members to the scene.

A 23 year old woman slipped and sustained a dislocated knee cap. The doctor at the scene put her knee cap back into place whilst she was under the influence of pain killers.

Whilst call-out No. 50 was in progress part of the Team were diverted to this second incident, where a 59 year old woman had sustained an open fracture of the ankle. Evacuated by Team's 4 wheel drive ambulance to Ambleside for transfer.

A 47 year old woman slipped and sustained a fractured ankle.

A 55 year old woman slipped and fell a short distance. She received pelvic, rib and leg injuries.

A 14 year old boy slipped and sustained leg injuries. Casualty's equipment was poor.

A 61 year old man collapsed with a heart attack. Team stretchered him off the hill to waiting ambulance. His condition was constantly monitored using the Team's defibrillator.

A 14 year old boy member of a Duke of Edinburgh group slipped and fell into the gill, sustaining leg injuries.

A 60 year old man collapsed (probable heart attack). Evacuated by Team to Team's ambulance and then transferred to County ambulance in Ambleside.

Another beck scrambling accident, this time to a 15 year old boy member of a youth activity group. He slipped and sustained a lower leg fracture.

A 68 year old woman slipped and sustained a lower leg fracture. Poor footwear may have contributed to this incident.

The Team were called to assist a 20 year old man who had pulled a rock onto himself and fractured his femur. He had lain there for 4 hours before passing walkers found him. He was flown by R.A.F. helicopter to Whitehaven hospital.

A 55 year old woman slipped and sustained a lower leg fracture.

A group of 3 climbers were reported overdue. The Team searched the crag and the surrounding area. They were eventually found in Middlefell Gully having become benighted on their descent.

A 63 year old woman collapsed and died whilst walking with friends. The Team recovered her body.

A 56 year old man collapsed and died. The Team recovered his body.

A 16 year old girl became ill whilst on a Duke of Edinburgh expedition. The Team helped her off the hill.

A 50 year old woman slipped and sustained a lower leg fracture. Poor footwear may have contributed to this accident.

A 50 year old woman slipped and sustained a lower leg fracture. Poor footwear may have contributed to this accident.

A 14 year old girl member of a youth activity group, slipped and fell whilst scrambling in Stickle Gill. She received spinal, pelvic and leg injuries.

A 34 year old man left his friend at Kirkstone at 3.00 pm. on 10/6/89. He was in a distressed state. Police alerted Team and Search Dogs searched the area for 3 hours. The man turned up in Keswick on 12/6/89.

A 61 year old woman slipped and sustained a fractured lower leg. Stretchered to Team's ambulance and then transferred lo County ambulance at Ambleside for the journey to hospital.

The Team, together with a helicopter from R.A.F. Valley went to the assistance of 3 teenage girls reported to be suffering from exposure on Fairfield. The Team were recalled at 5.45 p.m. when it was known that the girls were safely off the hill. The girls were on a Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition.

A 72 year old woman fell, receiving leg and chest injuries and possibly having a heart attack at the same time. By chance a helicopter was in the area and flew the woman to hospital. The casualty had a heart attack 3 weeks previous to this incident.

A 15 year old girl slipped and sustained an ankle injury. Carried off the hill to Team's ambulance and then to Ambleside Health Centre.

The Team assisted a 22 year old female member of a Duke of Edinburgh practice group, who received minor leg injuries. Taken to Ambleside Health Centre by Team ambulance.

A 36 year old woman slipped at the bottom of a ladder stile and sustained a fractured lower leg.

A 17 year old woman received pelvic and spinal injuries after being struck on the back by falling rocks. She was part of a voluntary group working for the National Trust. Stretchered to ambulance and then to hospital.

The Team, assisted by Kendal M.R.T. and a helicopter from R.A.F. Boulmer, searched the Crinkle Crags area for 5 hours after two people heard light aircraft noise followed by a crash which they assumed was the aircraft crashing. There was thick mist at the time. Nothing was found. False alarm with good intent.

Passing walkers found a 53 year old man collapsed on the path. The Team went to the scene and a helicopter from R.A.F. Boulmer flew the casualty to hospital. Diagnosed as a diabetic coma.

A 55 year old man slipped on wet grass and fractured his tibia and fibula.

A 73 year old man collapsed and died while out walking with his family; the Team recovered his body.

Two teenage girls, part of an A.T.C. group, went down with exposure in poor weather conditions. One slipped and sustained head and spinal injuries. Both girls were stretchered off the hill.

A 54 year old woman slipped and sustained a lower leg fracture.

Over 250 personnel from various M.R.T.s and an R.A.F. helicopter searched for a school group comprising 13 girls (aged 16-17) and 3 adults, after one of the girls was reported to have collapsed from exposure in the Calf Cove area. They were found at 8.00 p.m. near Styhead tarn. One girl was taken to hospital with exposure, the others were fit enough to walk down. The weather conditions were atrocious, blizzards, bitterly cold, strong winds, thick mist. The group was lucky, had they remained in the Calf Cove area the outcome could have been much more serious.

A 39 year old man was recovered from Jackdaw Crag after becoming cragfast.

A 54 year old man collapsed with severe chest pains thought to be a heart attack but later found to be acute angina. Stretchered off hill to waiting ambulance.

A 17 year old girl fell 25 feet whilst climbing under instruction on her first day rock climbing. She sustained a dislocated elbow, spinal injuries and fractured ankle.

Five teenage members of a youth group suffered mild exposure after gales and heavy rain destroyed their tents. Team members escorted them off the hill.

Team assisted a 59 year old woman who slipped and suffered a fractured lower leg.

A 44 year old female member of a rambling group suffered a fractured lower leg. Stretchered to Team's 4 WD ambulance in Mickleden and via County Ambulance Service to hospital from the O.D.G. Poor footwear probably a major contributory factor.

Team members, 6 Search Dogs and Patterdale M.R.T. searched for a young couple long overdue on a walk, located safe and well near Red Screes at 2.00 a.m. This was a very wet and windy night.

The Team recovered the body of a 23 year old Kendal man who had fallen whilst climbing alone receiving fatal injuries. This man was a very experienced climber and it was an especially sad occasion as he was well known to many Team members.

The Team assisted by Kendal M.R.T. and a helicopter from R.A.F. Boulmer went to recover a 15 year old youth who had fallen 10 feet onto a ledge sustaining an ankle injury. It transpired that he was one of two brothers who decided to climb Jack's Rake, half-way up the Rake the elder brother bet £1.00 for the other brother to climb the rock face above the Rake! The challenge was duly taken up and he became 'cragfast' and then fell off onto a ledge. He was very, very lucky not to fall the remaining 300 feet with the inevitable consequences. Experience nil and clothing abysmal.

The Team extracted a 19 year old woman from the river (which was in flood) who had broken both legs in a Canoeing accident.

A 21 year old man hit a stone wall whilst sledging and received head, arm and pelvic injuries. He was stretchered off the hill and taken to hospital by ambulance.

The Team assisted a 52 year old man off the hill who had slipped on steep snow covered ground sustaining superficial arm and head injuries.

A 66 year old woman fell and broke her wrist whilst on a walk with her family.

The Police requested the Team's assistance to recover the body of a 57 year old woman from the fells around Windermere.

Two male climbers in their twenties were reported overdue by friends. A local farmer heard shouts and saw flashing lights on Gimmer Crag. A helicopter from R.A.F. Boulmer winched the two men (who had become cragfast and were now suffering from exposure) from the rockface. Both men had either little or no experience.

The Team were called to assist a 77 year old gentlemen who had fainted several times. The Team took the man to Ambleside Health Centre for a check-up.

A 56 year old man received a lower leg fracture after slipping on wet ground.

A 58 year old man was reported overdue after leaving the rest of his party to descend by himself. A Search Dog found the man at the base of a 50 foot crag some distance from the path. The man had fallen over the crag whilst descending in darkness (no torch found) and had sustained fatal injuries.