The team were called out to assist a 63 year old fell walker who had sustained a fractured ankle following a stumble fall on Illgill head above Wastwater (The Screes). He was treated on scene by the team doctors and stretchered down to a waiting ambulance to be transferred to Read more…
The team was paged to rescue a lady in her 50’s who was descending from Scafell area when she stumbled/slipped and sustained a suspected fractured lower leg. She had fallen early afternoon and had been walking with her husband. A passing walkers raised the alarm by descending the fell to Read more…
The team was paged by the police to rescue a 70 yr old male walker who had fallen on Harter Fell and sustained an unstable tib and fib fracture (lower leg). The injury was treated and splinted on scene by the team doctors and he was carried back down the Read more…
The team was paged by Cumbria Police to rescue a 42 yr old male walker from London. He had injured his ankle at Lincove Bridge on the way up the valley. His son ran back down to Brotherikeld Farm to raise the alarm. The team was mobilised but by the Read more…
Pager message from the police regarding a 50 yr old female who had taken a short tumble fall on the path from Great Gable summit towards Beck Head. She had sustained cuts to her wrist, face and leg and although she had received good first aid on scene she needed Read more…
Pager message from Police to respond to a 71 yr old male walker from Ashford in Kent who had a fracture dislocation of his tib and fib (lower leg). He was given analgesic and his leg splinted by the team before being and taken to West Cumberland Hospital by Great Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Police paged the team following a ‘999’ call from a 59 year old female walker who had fallen and injured her leg while descending from Styhead. The lady managed to walk part of the way down herself but was then carried off by stretcher and taken to hospital by her Read more…
Police paged the team to attend a fallen male climber on Great Gable. The local man was climbing on Kern Knotts with two friends when he fell 6m onto the rocky ground below. He sustained a suspected back injury and lacerations. 16 team members attended and following a request for Read more…
Police paged the team to attend a 44 yr old male walker from Leeds who had slipped on the descent path into Mosedale from Wind Gap, Pillar and sustained a fracture dislocation to his left ankle. He was accompanied by a couple of colleagues. 22 team members attended and following Read more…
Police paged the team to assist a 65 year old male who had slipped and suffered an ankle injury on Horn Crag, Scafell. The party of four were up in the Lakes on holiday from South London. The gentleman was stretchered down to the valley and taken to Whitehaven hospital Read more…
Police paged the team to report a broken ankle on the path to the west of Penny Hill farm. The casualty was a local lady in her mid 50s. She was located on the footpath between Penny Hill farm and Wha House Bridge near the head of Eskdale. 14 team Read more…
Whilst the team were attending the fallen walker on Broad Stand, a second callout came in from the police regarding a group of three walkers, again on Scafell and fortunately not too far from the Mickledore incident. The group of three were scrambling up Deep Gill from Lord’s rake. They Read more…
Police paged the team to rescue a female walker in her early 40’s who had injured her ankle (suspect fracture). She and her husband had set off from Langdale to climb Scafell Pike. Due to the relatively small numbers of team members available and the long carry out, a helicopter Read more…
Team called to assist a female fell-walker who had a suspected torn calf muscle and was unable to walk off the fell by herself. She was quickly located on the Corridor Route, just off Lingmell Col and stretchered down to Wasdale. The injury did not require hospital treatment but was Read more…
Call at 23:20hr from Cumbria Police. Informant was Police in North Wales which caused some confusion. They had a police team doing 3 peaks and reported a male walker with a broken ankle in group also doing the 3 peaks by the slabs just below the summit plateau on Scafell Read more…
The team were paged to rescue a male walker in his early 60s with an injured knee. He along with his son and nephew in their mid 20s had climbed Scafell Pike from Eskdale and whilst descending his knee was causing him severe pain and he was unable to walk. Read more…
A limited call out for an injured person on Buckbarrow. A 36yr old mother accompanied by her partner and three children were descending Buckbarrow when she slipped and broke her ankle. The Partner ran down to the nearest farm to raise the alarm. Only a limited callout was necessary as Read more…