- Select a route and objective suitable for even the weakest party members.
- Get a weather forecast and consider its consequence on your plans.
- Leave a route card with your personal details, the intended route, your equipment and estimated time of arrival at your destination with someone responsible.
- Wear suitable clothing make sure you have warm windproof and waterproof clothing whatever the time of year. Wear good walking boots with suitable soles.
- Carry basic survival equipment, food and spare clothes for the time of year. Remember conditions can change quickly on the hills and even a mid summer day can have gale force winds and rain.
- Always carry a map, compass and torch and learn how to navigate before going onto the high fells
- Enjoy your day take home nothing but good memories and photographs and leave nothing behind except gentle footprints.
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Preparation For Going Into The Fells
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Our Callout Archive: Preparation For Going Into The Fells
Ill Crag – Wed 16th May 2012 – Callout 25 in 2012
We were called by the Police regarding a 27 yr old man who was scrambling on the Eskdale face of Ill Crag and had sustained a 15m tumble fall and was now in pain and could not walk. We responded with a full callout and also asked for the assistance of a Sea King from …
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St Bees Head – Thu 17th May 2012 – Callout 26 in 2012
The team was called out to assist a Coast to Coast walker who had injured his ankle on St Bees Head. The casualty was given casualty care by team doctors and carried back to St Bees by the Great North Air Ambulance.
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Wastwater Screes – Mon 7th May 2012 – Callout 24 in 2012 (limited)
The team was contacted by the police to assist a pair of walkers who were stuck at the boulder field on the Wast Water Screes path. A limited callout was made and team members walked to their location from the south-western end of the lake. The walkers had a large dog with them that would …
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Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sun 6th May 2012 – Callout 23 in 2012
The team was called out to attend an exhausted walker on Scafell Pike. He was a member of a large charity group and was unable to descend any further Due to concerns for his health a Sea King from RAF Boulmer was requested. The casualty was treated on scene and then was winched onto the …
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Kells, Whitehaven – Thu 3rd May 2012 – Callout 22 in 2012
The team was called out to assist the Police with a search in the Kells area near Whitehaven for a missing male. Around 20 team members & 3 Search dogs attended along with the Coast Guard, St Bees lifeboat, Police & Police dogs unit. We stood down at around 2200. The male was found safe …
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Scafell Pike – Mon 30th Apr 2012 – Callout 21 in 2012
The team was called to attend a fell walker with a suspected heart attack on Scafell Pike. Air support was requested and the Great North Air Ambulance attended. They dropped off their paramedic before lifting team members, including the team doctor, to the casualty site. The casualty and doctor were winched off the mountain by …
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Buttermere – Mon 30th Apr 2012 – Callout 20 in 2012
The team was called out to assist Cockermouth MRT with a search for a missing fell runner in the Buttermere area.
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Greta Gill, Scafell Pike – Sat 21st Apr 2012 – Callout 19 in 2012 (limited)
The team was contacted by the police for a group of four walkers who were lost on descent from Scafell Pike. Their position was determined using their smartphone and they were given instructions off the fell. As darkness fell they were still not down so two team members went up the fell to meet them …
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Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Sat 14th Apr 2012 – Callout 18 in 2012 (limited)
We were contacted at 00:30 regarding a party of 2 walkers who had become separated earlier whilst trying to travel between Wasdale Head and Seathwaite in Borrowdale. One of the party had made it back to Seathwaite and raised the alarm because his companion did not turn up. Two members of the leadership were involved …
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Wastwater Screes – Sat 7th Apr 2012 – Callout 17 in 2012
The team was called to a attend a young walker who had injured his leg whilst crossing the boulder field on the Wastwater Screes. He was one of a group of six undertaking an expedition. Team members attended on foot from the southern end of the lake and gave casualty care whilst the boat was …
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