- Incident
- 12 in 2024
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Mosedale
- Weather
- Drizzle, Mild
- Diagnosis
- Ankle Injury
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a lone male walker and his dog. The walker had suffered an ankle injury on the descent, was unable to walk and getting cold. He had been able to report via iPhone satellite emergency call. His location was about halfway up towards Wind Gap.
The Team Leader made a full callout, with the first vehicle away quickly as members were already in base. Happily, shortly after leaving the vehicle at Wasdale Head a single head torch was seen. It was confirmed that this was the casualty, and he had managed a slow walk off the fell after all. After a quick assessment the party all made their way back to Wasdale Head and the team stood down.
Incident started at 17:06 and ended at 19:28 making 2.4 hrs in total. There were 24 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 171 113. Total rescuer hours: 58
