1997

1

3 January

12:23

Sail Col

A man (52 yrs) slipped on ice and broke his ankle. He was lowered down a steep, rocky slope in icy conditions and carried down to a waiting ambulance.

2

18 January

13:13

Cat Bells - Yewthwaite Mines

A girl (15 yrs) suffered a dislocated knee cap. She was given an analgesic and carried down.

3

18 January

17:29

Esk Pike

2 men had become last and disoriented from late morning when on Scafell Pike. They had called in on their mobile phone for advice but were clearly lost. Eventually a search by 2 teams found them on Esk Pike.

4

18 January

22:28

Kinn

3 separate reports of 4 red flares and torch movements being seen on Grisedale Pike. A search found nothing. False alarm with good intent.

5

1 February

19:25

Millican Dalton's Cave

A man was reported to be suffering an asthma attack. His own inhaler hadn't helped. His crisis was largely over on arrival of the team and medical support.

6

8 February

10:05

Crag Hill - Scott Crag

A request to recover a cragfast hound which had been on the mountainside for 3 days, but only just located. Local shepherds had been unable to get to it. Some teams members went to its aid.

7

11 February

20:20

Blea Tarn Gill, Watendlath

After delays earlier in the day, 2 men were returning late to their car in the Thirlmere valley. One of them slipped and fell 20' breaking his arm and sustaining facial lacerations.

8

23 February

15:06

Cat Bells

A man (46 yrs) slipped on steep wet grass and broke his leg. His companion went down to the road, hi-jacked a passing car and went to Keswick MRT HQ only to find it unmanned. He then went to the local police station which was closed. The local tourist office put him in touch with 999! NB Team members only attend when called out by the police by radio pager. Go to the nearest phone!

9

26 February

17:19

Ashness Fell

A man in his 20's became unable to walk after suffering knee problems. He was helped off the fell and taken to the local hospital for a check-up.

10

1 March

20:15

Scafell Pike area

2 young men had left Wasdale Head at 1.30 pm to climb Scafell Pike, but had not returned. (They had been lost here before!) 7 mountain rescue teams and search dogs spent 12 hours in appalling conditions looking for them. They walked in to Wasdale Head Hotel at 7.45 am.

11

1 March

22:30

Sergeant's Crag Gully

5 students from Liverpool were reported overdue from their climb. A search in storm-force winds and torrential rain eventually located them, cold and wet, sheltering behind a wall at the top of Heron Crag. They were escorted down.

12

4 March

15:38

Greenup Edge

A lady slipped and sustained a scalp laceration. She managed however, after initial concern, to walk down with only little assistance from the Team.

13

4 March

18:12

Sty Head

A lone walker phoned in on his cellphone saying he was lost in the mist. The description of his location seemed to be Sty Head. However, he was not found there, but a note was saying that he was making his way down. He turned up at Wasdale Head and phoned again to ask if anyone was looking for him!

14

8 March

14:55

Brown How, Thirlmere

A woman (56 yrs) slipped on wet grass and slithered steeply 80' down a boulder-strewn slope into scree. She sustained multiple lacerations, abrasions, head injuries and a broken nose.

15

13 March

01:45

Skiddaw House

Request from Police to assist with transport - absconded youths.

16

18 March

01:37

Castle Crag

A call to search for a missing, depressed woman (28 yrs). She was located on the summit in a drugged condition and had to be carried off.

17

22 March

16:00

Upper Falcon Crag

A cragfast sheep was taken off.

18

29 March

11:22

Lonscale Fell

A mountain biker fell off his bike and dislocated his shoulder.

19

30 March

15:24

Whinlatter Forest - Seldom Seen

A man (43 yrs) slipped on a rock while crossing a stream and injured his ankle.

20

6 April

17:24

Maiden Moor - above Grange

A woman (53 yrs) slipped on steep, wet grass and broke her ankle.

21

9 April

15:00

Hindscarth

A man (65 yrs) was taken ill on the summit.

22

11 April

14:00

Glaramara - Cam Crag Ridge

Request by local farmer to rescue a cragfast sheep.

23

18 April

15:25

High Spy - Nitting Haws

A woman (35 yrs) slipped and broke her ankle.

24

21 April

12:40

Stoneycroft Gill - Newlands

A woman (50 yrs) slipped on wet rock and broke her leg in four places.

25

24 April

13:51

Hall's Fell Ridge - Blencathra

A man (55 yrs) suffered a heart attack. He was stretchered to down below the cloud level and then airlifted to hospital.

26

1 May

11:45

Dale Head summit

A woman (63 yrs) slipped and sat down on her leg, fracturing it. She was airlifted to hospital.

27

3 May

17:06

Skiddaw - Jenkin Hill

A mountain biker went out of control on descent. He sustained multiple lacerations, bruising, and a broken bike. The Team also towed the ambulance out of some mud.

28

4 May

20:45

River Greta

A request from the police to investigate an abandoned canoe on the river bank. Nothing untoward was found.

29

12 May

13:10

Black Wall - Langstrath

2 sheep reported to be stuck on ledge. One was found to be dead. The other was miraculously saved.

30

15 May

13:23

Shepherd's Crag

A male climber who had been soloing, was found dead at the foot of the crag.

31

17 May

10:50

Ullscarf above Harrop Tarn

A man (56 yrs) collapsed on his walk.

32

17 May

16:26

Seathwaite Mine

A dog which had fallen down an old mineshaft was safely recovered.

33

22 May

17:59

Side of Ullock Pike

A search involving 2 other teams and a RAF helicopter for a missing 32 year old epileptic male. Found on the road by a police patrol car.

34

25 May

15:20

Sty Head

A 32 year old man slipped and fell, badly lacerating his arm.

35

26 May

19:36

Castlerigg Stone Circle area

A woman was trampled by an aggressive, stampeding herd of cows. She sustained leg and facial injuries.

36

28 May

12:45

Park Wood, Thirlmere

A 41 year old woman slipped on the path and broke her leg.

37

28 May

13:49

Black Crag, Troutdale

A local 72 year old man collapsed and fell unconscious while walking.

38

31 May

16:10

White Stones path, Thirlspot

A 62 year old man slipped on a steep path and broke his leg.

39

14 June

15:34

Greenup Edge

A 55 year old woman slipped on the path and broke her leg.

40

18 June

13:40

Falcon Crag, Borrowdale

A 27 year old man became distressed and stuck in steep ground. His calls for help eventually attracted attention.

41

24 June

21:06

Cat Gill, Walla Crag

A woman had slipped and broken her leg.

42

28 June

08:00

Calf Cove, Great End

A 38 year old male, in a sponsored attempt at the 3 Peaks Challenge, succumbed to the weather and his own physical condition. He was stretchered down with 2 sprained knees.

43

2 July

21:17

Sty Head Tarn

A 17 year old male, with a previous injury, suffered a seized hip.

44

4 July

18:38

Threlkeld Knotts

A paraglider made a poor landing which resulted in sustaining a badly gashed leg when he was dragged over rocks.

45

4 July

19:20

Dock Tarn area

A 17 year old male slipped and sprained his ankle.

46

9 July

14:40

Blencathra

A 37 year old male collapsed and died.

47

9 July

22:46

Ennerdale to Borrowdale

A Dutch family of 4 failed to make a RV in Borrowdale. They were located by search dogs at Black Sail.

48

16 July

14:53

Brandlehow, Derwentwater

A 74 year old man tripped over a tree root and sustained head and rib injuries.

49

23 July

19:03

Seathwaite Slabs

A 13 year old boy fell 20 feet when his abseil rope became detached.

50

29 July

15:50

Blea Tarn

A 16 year old Italian girl in a group collapsed on an expedition.

51

29 July

23:20

Blackmoss Pot, Langstrath

A 27 year old female ended up in the wrong valley after a walk to Scafell Pike.

52

30 July

11:30

Walla Crag

A 51 year old lady slipped and broke her ankle.

53

4 August

19:53

Whinlatter Forest

A German family became lost on a walk in the forest. They turned up on the road 10 miles away!

54

6 August

12:40

High Rigg

A 13 year old boy slipped while scrambling, sustaining head injuries.

55

6 August

16:00

King's How

A family became separated when exhausted, some of them becoming stuck in bad ground.

56

24 August

16:25

Ashness Gill waterfalls

A youth of 19 years became cragfast when blindly following the watercourse bed. This is normally a severe scramble!

57

31 August

11:42

Bowderstone area

Whistles and shouts for help were heard. An investigation found a mountain leadership on a training exercise!

58

20 September

10:57

Castle Rock, Thirlmere

A climber, 39 years old, fell 20 feet and received a compound fracture of his leg.

59

21 September

14:59

Brandlehow, Derwentwater

A lady of 50 years tripped over a tree root and crashed to the ground, receiving various cuts and bruises to her head and face.

60

29 September

13:32

Cat Bells

Shouts for help were heard. An investigation found a shepherd rounding up sheep!

61

6 October

20:30

Watendlath - Thirlmere

A man (57 years) was reported overdue. He had left at 16.20 hours for a 3 mile walk without map, compass or torch!

62

12 October

13:18

Roughten Gill mines, Caldbeck

A woman slipped and broke her ankle.

63

19 October

13:52

Rigg Beck Col, Newlands

A woman slipped and broke her ankle.

64

31 October

14:27

Brown Crag Cove, Helvellyn

A woman slipped and broke her ankle.

65

1 November

14:17

Birkett Edge, Skiddaw

A man (31 yrs) slipped while crossing a wet wall and broke his ankle.

66

2 November

13:37

Glenderaterra valley

An abandoned car was found, off-road. Fearing for the safety of its occupant, a search was mounted. The owner was later found in an hotel in Grasmere.

67

8 November

13:25

Jopplety How

A lady slipped on wet grass and broke her leg.

68

11 November

13:37

Ashness Bridge area

A lady slipped on a wet stile and broke her leg.

69

20 November

14:42

Blencathra - Gate Gill

A man (64 yrs) slipped and fell 300 feet, sustaining fatal head injuries. A difficult rescue in hostile conditions.

70

23 November

23:00

Crinkle Crags

A father and son became lost and benighted. They were found at 05.40 sheltering in poor weather.

71

25 November

19:42

Crinkle Crags

A man (64 yrs) failed to return to his car after an ambitious walk in poor conditions. He was found in Rossett Gill at 23.00 hrs.

72

31 December

11:00

Blencathra - Sharp Edge

A man (33 yrs) slipped on greasy rock and fell 200 metres to the bottom of the ridge. He was helicoptered to hospital, escaping with only multiple lacerations, severe bruising and a broken finger. Luck was on his side!111