Incident Reports 1990

3 men failed to return after setting out to climb Bowfell Buttress. All 3 turned up wet and tired in Eskdale. For some reason they'd turned right instead of left at Three Tarns.

25 year old man fell 40 feet when his abseil anchor failed. Sustained head, arm and spinal injuries. Two morals: 1. Wear a helmet: 2. Don't try learning abseiling by trial and error method

22 year old man 'having difficulty' in getting down from Bowfell having exposure and ill-fitting boots.

10 year old boy, part of a youth group supervised by nuns, slipped and fell 50 feet over Tarn Crag, sustaining serious head injuries. Airlifted to hospital by RAF Boulmer.

69 year old woman slipped on a rock and dislocated her knee.

23 year old man, in a small group, collapsed for no clear reason. He didn't fracture his leg.
                                                                   

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

45 year old woman slipped on steep footpath and fractured her leg. We're getting awfully good at leg splints by now.

35 year old man slipped on wet rock and fractured his leg.

62 year old woman slipped on wet footpath and fractured her ankle.

41 year old man fell whilst climbing, fracturing his leg. His friend successfully lowered him to the ground. Stretcher carriers reported that the casualty was "tall and broad".

48 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and fractured her leg.
                                                        

37 year old woman fell on footpath and fractured her leg.

 Three walkers reported hearing clear shouts for help on the other side of the valley. Area searched with no result. False alarm with good intent.

58 year old had possible heart attack and collapsed. Revived by rest of party. Airlifted to hospital by RAF Boulmer.

Everyone out looking for the man above. This time we found him safe and well.

60 year old man set off from Langdale to walk to Buttermere via Crinkle Crags. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer, Furness, Eskdale, Kendal, Cockermouth and Keswick MRTs failed to find him. Search called off at 5-00 am.

52 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. We knew what to do.

52 year old woman slipped on footpath and fractured her leg.

Warden at campsite reported seeing a "flare". Area searched by SARDA. Nothing found.

74 year old woman slipped and fractured her femur. Team assisted by Keswick MRT. Airlifted to hospital by RAF Boulmer.

15 year old woman, part of a Girl Guide group, collapsed with exhaustion.

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

11 year old boy became separated from his family. A pleasant change to have a search on a lovely sunny afternoon.

50 year old man collapsed with chest pains 100 yards from the last incident. Thankfully RAF Boulmer were in the area and airlifted the team up and the casualty down.

35 year old woman suffering from chest and arm pains during the Saunders two day Mountain Marathon. The team volunteered to carry her round the rest of the course on the stretcher, bit she declined.
                       

60 year old man slipped on wet fellside and fractured his leg. Luckily we're "getting the hang" of this sort of thing.
                     

55 year old man collapsed and died whilst on a sponsored walk around Fairfield Horseshoe. Team assisted in evacuation by personnel from RAF Leeming MRT

54 year old woman slipped and, guess what, fractured her ankle.

50 year old woman slipped crossing a beck and fractured her leg.

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.

63 year old woman slipped on path and sustained minor head injury and was in shock

64 year old woman slipped and broke her ankle.

 8 year old boy went 'walk-about' inside Great Tower Scout site. Found safe and well by SARDA at 6-45am.

58 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. Airlifted to Ambleside by RAF Boulmer en route to incident 29.

27 year old fell 100 feet onto a ledge sustaining multiple injuries. Airlifted to hospital by RAF Boulmer.

19 year old man, part of an RAF party, slipped and fractured his ankle. A passing helicopter from RAF Boulmer gleefully airlifted the man to hospital.

 Two women were walking down Far Easedale. Woman 'A' left woman 'B' to make her own way down because 'B' was "too slow" and made no arrangements to meet up again.

26 year old woman tried to avoid another para-glider and crashed, fracturing her leg.

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.

19 year old man, part of ATC group, slipped and sustained a dislocated kneecap. The rescue was not helped by the team being given a highly inaccurate grid reference.
                                                     

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.

74 year old woman slipped on a rocky path and injured her leg and knee. Team assisted by personnel from RAF Leeming and Stafford.

38 year old man slipped on Blake Rigg and fell 15 feet onto a ledge - he could easily have fallen another 150 feet and become cragfast. He sustained a slight knee injury.

14 year old girl twisted her foot in a hole injuring her ankle.

65 year old man walking the Coast to Coast slipped and injured his leg.

25 year old man fell 80 feet whilst climbing and sustained serious injuries to head, neck, spine and arms. Airlifted to hospital by RAF Boulmer. Wearing a helmet saved this man's life.

Nine people on a D. of E. exercise reported overdue. Route planned by the instructor was very ambitious in the time allowed. Found safe and well in Rossett Ghyll.

Nine people on a D. of E. exercise reported overdue. Route planned by the instructor was very ambitious in the time allowed. Found safe and well in Rossett Ghyll.

Two 17 year olds were reported overdue. Both reported to Police in Keswick safe and well after a short search with help from Furness MRT.

64 year old man suffered a heart attack and was airlifted to hospital by RAF Boulmer.
                               

We provided communications and radio relays for a major search in the Coniston area.

61 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg.

44 year old woman fell 150 feet into the waterfall sustaining FATAL injuries. 3 team members flown direct from incident 8 by RAF Boulmer to recover body. Team assisted Kendal M.R.T.

25 year old man fell 250 FEET from Jacks Rake into deep snow and somehow survived with only minor head and other injuries. Airlifted to Ambleside by RAF Boulmer.

67 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and fractured her lower leg/ankle.

25 year old man slipped in North Gully and injured his foot and ankle.

58 year old woman slipped injured her leg/ankle.

71 year old woman lady slipped climbing a fence and fractured her arm and collar bone.

24 year old woman slipped on rock path and fractured her leg/ankle.

24 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and fractured her ankle.