Just as the team were getting back to Overbeck, one of the other Deputy Team Leaders received a call direct whilst at Wasdale Head. The informant had run to the Barn Door Shop reporting a 50yr old female from Coventry with a suspect fractured left ankle, location being the stream crossing below Sty Head, bottom …
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Yewbarrow – Sun 20th Jul 2008 – Callout 41 in 2008 (limited)
Police paged the team regarding a father (60s’) and son (20) from Hampshire who reported themselves stuck, cragfast and frightened on the main ridge of Yewbarrow. Despite having walked up to their location they felt unable to descend without mountain rescue assistance. The Deputy Team Leader conducted a limited call out and 7 team members …
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Lingmell – Sat 19th Jul 2008 – Callout 40 in 2008
Call came direct from the Wasdale Head Hotel. Informant walked in reporting 44yr old female with possible heart attack. Location was Lingmell towards Brown Tongue path. Symptoms were consistent with a heart related issue and she was treated at the scene by team members. She was then carried to the nearest flat landing area (fields …
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Wastwater Screes – Sat 12th Jul 2008 – Callout 39 in 2008 (limited)
Call came in to the team from Easthwaite Farm from a lady whose husband and dog were stuck on the Screes path. The dog could not move as its paws were cut. A limited callout was made with the Boat squad. 4 team members attended but before the boat could be launched the man had …
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Wastwater Screes – Fri 11th Jul 2008 – Callout 38 in 2008
Police paged the team following a ’999′ call from a pair of crag fast walkers on the Screes. The male and female in their 30s had walked from the Pump House along the far side of the lake until they came tot he boulder field. They lost the path (very difficult to find a path …
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Scafell Pike – Sat 5th Jul 2008 – Callout 37 in 2008
The team were paged by the police to respond to a ’999′ call from a friend of a 50 yr old male walker doing the 3-peaks who was ‘unable to walk’ down from Scafell Pike. The acting team leader spoke to the informant who was on scene and confirmed that the subject had twisted his …
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Great End – Thu 3rd Jul 2008 – Callout 36 in 2008
Whilst the above was in progress the team was requested to assist Keswick MRT with an incident in the upper end of Custs Gully on Great End where there was a report of multiple casualties in a precarious position. Six team members were flown with crag gear and first aid pack by RAF Sea King …
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Burnmoor, Eskdale – Thu 3rd Jul 2008 – Callout 35 in 2008
The team was called to a lady in Eskdale near Burnmoor Tarn who had become progressively unwell during the day and was now unable to walk. Due to her location and one interpretation of her symptoms being due a serious condition the Great North Air Ambulance was requested to evacuate her to hospital. She was …
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Scafell Pike – Fri 27th Jun 2008 – Callout 34 in 2008
Team paged by the Police to attend to a ’999′ call for 3 long overdue, Three Peakers and 2 dogs. The 2 males and 1 female (from the Liverpool area) had left Brackenclose at 8.00 p.m. the previous evening and were due back down at 12:30 hrs – Their waiting driver raised the alarm from …
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Kirkfell – Thu 26th Jun 2008 – Callout 33 in 2008
A WMRT member who lives in the Wasdale noticed a light near the top of Kirk Fell moving very slowly down. The light then topped moving and started flashing. Since the flashing was the international distress signal [6 short flashes] he responded with the standard response [3 short flashes] and got a response. After informing …
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