2000

Letters - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - Great End - Sharp Edge - Statistics

A total of 75 callouts with 3 fatalities

1	16 January	12:12	Blencathra, Sharp Edge	A man (30 yrs) slipped from the Edge and fell down what has become known as the 'usual gully'. He sustained serious multiple injuries. A rescue helicopter was in the area training with Patterdale MRT and was able to airlift the casualty direct to Newcastle.
2	26 January	14:32	Barrow	A man became marooned when his path across some scree collapsed.
3	29 January	15:52	Shepherd's Crag	A female student (20 yrs) lost her footing and handholds on descent after climbing, sustaining various abrasions and contusions after tumbling about 30 metres.
4	31 January	23:24	Latrigg	A female (17 yrs) was in a collapsed condition on the summit in wet and windy weather. She was carried off and taken to hospital.
5	17 February	17:30	Bowfell area	A request from Langdale/Ambleside MRT to assist in a search for a family lost in poor conditions. They were subsequently located at the top of Rossett Gill.
6	20 February	17:47	Quayfoot Buttress	A climber (20 yrs) fell 35' and sustained various injuries.
7	26 February	21:10	Central Fells	A request from Wasdale MRT to assist in search for 4 overdue men in rapidly deteriorating weather conditions.
8	6 March	04:32	Piers Gill, Corridor Route, Scafell Pike	A request from Wasdale MRT to assist in evacuating 2 stretcher cases, after a search had found them suffering from the poor weather conditions.
9	25 March	16:00	1000' Boulder, Sty Head track	A man slipped on the path and broke his arm when trying to stop his fall.
10	10 April	14:02	Threlkeld Knotts	A novice paraglider lost control and landed badly on a rocky hillside. He sustained a broken wrist and various other bruises and abrasions.
11	15 April	12:53	Beckstones Gill, Barf	A man (65 yrs) slipped on the path and broke his ankle.
12	17 April	14:16	High Raise area	A male walker became lost and disorientated in cloud and snow. He used to mobile phone to call for assistance!
13	23 April	14:07	Cat Bells, Manesty	An 8 year old boy sustained head injuries when he lost control running downhill.
14	5 May	18:11	Brown Crag, Whiteside	A man (56 yrs) slipped on wet ground and sustained a triple fracture of his tibia when he fell awkwardly.
15	8 May	12:16	Latrigg summit	A lady in her 60's fell over on a raised section of the summit plateau on to her face. She received facial injuries.
16	10 May	15:27	Honister Pass	A man (63 yrs) was reported missing from home in Manchester. After his car was found abandoned, a search was undertaken, involving several teams, over several days. He turned up in Carlisle 2 weeks later.
17	13 May	21:00	Caldbeck area	7 girls reported missing. They turned up as the Team was moving into the area.
18	21 May	14:46	Harrop Tarn	A lady (66 yrs) slipped on a stone while crossing a stream and broke her forearm.
19	27 May	11:10	Latrigg path above Spooney Green	A man (31 yrs) collapsed having fitted.
20	27 May	21:00	Base Brown, Gillercomb	A youth (16 yrs) fell off the path and cart wheeled several times, sustaining head lacerations and suspected broken clavicle.
21	29 May	07:33	Angle Tarn/ Esk Hause area	A man had suffered severe abdominal pains for 8 hours but had recovered before the arrival of the Team!
22	29 May	17:51	Troutdale Pinnacle, Black Crag	A climber with a dislocated shoulder became cragfast.
23	30 May	16:18	Skiddaw House	A woman who was 21 weeks pregnant suffered severe stomach cramps. She was airlifted to hospital.
24	13 June	20:46	Scafell Pike	An 80 year old man was reported overdue. He turned up as the team was mobilising.
25	24 June	16:42	Langstrath - foot of Stake Pass	A girl (16 yrs), a member of a D of E group, sustained a sprained ankle.
26	25 June	16:43	South Castle Rock, Thirlmere	A man (20 yrs) was being lowered having completed the climb, when the belay failed, dropping him 50-60 feet. He sustained various injuries and was airlifted to hospital.
27	2 July	19:58	Grains Gill above Stockley Bridge	A man (46 yrs) suffered gout, causing immobility.
28	8 July	20:03	Greenup Edge	A party of 6 youths (17 yrs) on a D of E expedition encountered difficulties and got off route in poor weather. 2 went to raise the alarm. The others were taken by helicopter to hospital - one with ankle problems, another with mild hypothermia.
29	10 July	11:36	Hopegill Head	A party of 4 youths (17 yrs) on a D of E expedition encountered difficulties and got off route into bad ground in poor weather. 2 went to raise the alarm. The others managed to sort themselves out while the team was mobilising. (Not related to the above!)
30	18 July	11:27	Swanesty How	A lady (51 yrs) slipped on the path and sustained a broken tibia and fibula.
31	19 July	16:13	Grains Gill	A lady (48 yrs) slipped on the path and sustained a broken tibia and filbula.
32	25 July	21:28	Scafell Pike - Wythburn	A man (30 yrs) made a navigational error while traversing the 3 Peaks. He turned up as the Team was mobilising.
33	26 July	12:45	Puddingstone Bank, Rosthwaite	A girl (17 yrs) in a D of E expedition group suffered an asthma attack.
34	26 July	18:25	Hee Haw, Shepherd's Crag	A young woman (23 yrs) fell 30' while climbing and pendulumed into the rock, resulting in a broken leg.
35	26 July	23:32	Blackmoss Pot, Langstrath	A boy (14 yrs) suffered from a fit while camping. He was transferred to hospital as a precaution.
36	29 July	18:00	Grains Gill - White Bridge	A man (29 yrs) slipped on wet grass and broke his ankle.
37	16 August	03:30	Esk Hause - Bowfell area	Requested to assist Langdale/Ambleside MRT in search for 2 missing walkers. They were located in the morning on Glaramara by helicopter!
38	18 August	15:40	Great How, Thirlmere	A woman (51 yrs) tripped over a tree root and broke her ankle.
39	3 September	12:44	Bishop of Barf	Some walkers in Whinlatter Forest reported seeing a family with a young child in difficulties. On arrival of the Team to investigate, the family had got down.
40	18 September	07:00	Central Fells	A man (52 yrs) failed to report in on a long-distance walk. He was located in good condition at 10:15 in Upper Esk after a night of poor weather.
41	16 September - 1 October		Rosthwaite area	Search for a man in his late 60's who went missing from his holiday flat. The search involved 153 rescuers from 11 MRTs at one stage, and included 17 search dogs and a helicopter. 3390 man hours were expended. The search has now been suspended. Found 4 months later. See Callout 4/2001
42	30 September	14:17	Jopplety How	A lady (65 yrs) slipped on the summit rocks and injured her ankle. A doctor in the area attended to her. She was airlifted to hospital by a helicopter assisting in Callout 41.
43	3 October	12:33	Catbells summit	A lady (61 yrs) lost her footing in extremely high winds and rain. She sustained head lacerations and damaged both forearms, possibly fracturing one.
	7 October	14:23	Blencathra, Sharp Edge	2 men encountered problems in wet weather, when one of them fell back on the other. They both lost their nerve and mobile phoned for help. Fortunately, other walkers following were able to assist them before the Team left.
	10 October	12:33	Skiddaw Forest	A man with a mobile phone but no map or compass got lost in the mist. He was talked down until he could see the track below.
	11 October	23:46	Helvellyn	3 young people doing Swirral and Striding Edges cut their route short and descended to Thirlmere. However, they failed to turn up as expected, having last been seen 500m from the summit at 5.30 pm. They turned up as the Team was mobilising.
44	14 October	13:16	Rigg Head Quarries	A man (64 yrs) was discovered on a collapsed condition by 3 walkers. He was found to be dead on arrival of the Team.
45	15 October	12:52	Blencathra - Sharp Edge	A woman (36 yrs) slipped on greasy rock and broke her wrist 20 metres before the 'bad step'.
46	16 October	15:24	Allen Crags	A man (40 yrs) slipped on steep, broken ground and fell 100' into a gully, sustaining multiple injuries. The Team was flown in by helicopter to attend to the casualty before he was airlifted to hospital. 2 others in the party also had to be extricated from their precarious position.
47	16 October	15:49	Sty Head	A man (75 yrs) was found to be seriously suffering from hypothermia by some students from Sunderland College. He was airlifted with the previous casualty to hospital.
48	21 October	14:19	Brown Cove Col	A lady (41 yrs) slipped and gashed her knee. Her rescue was accelerated as there was a helicopter training in the area.
49	21 October		Sticks Pass track from Greenside	Another lady managed to break her leg while we were engaged in the above. She was also airlifted to hospital.
50	22 October	22:10	Scafells	A request from Wasdale MRT to assist in a search for 2 men (42 & 46 yrs) on the south side of Scafell Pike. One had fallen and they had become separated. They were located in Greta Gill, one with concussion, minor cuts and bruises and hypothermia. See letter.
51	23 October	12:54	Walla Crag - Ashness path	A lady (64 yrs) slipped and broke her ankle.
52	26 October	02:30	Grasmere to Keswick	Two men (44 & 50 yrs) failed to arrive after a mountain bike journey (route unknown). They turned up later next day, having spent the night on Greenup Edge. One was suffering from hypothermia.
53	26 October	13:27	Grains Gill	A man (28 yrs) suffered problems with an old ligament injury and needed to be carried off.
54	28 October	16:46	Scope End, Hindscarth	A lady (59 yrs) slipped and broke her ankle.
55	28 October	19:59	Glenderaterra valley	A girl (16 yrs) was suffering from mild hypothermia.
56	30 October	16:50	Grey Knotts area	2 men became lost in cloud and snow while undergoing part of the Coast to Coast walk. They used their mobile phone to call for assistance. Having estimated their whereabouts, the Team went out to bring them down.
57	31 October	13:58	Langstrath - Stake Pass path	A lady (53 yrs) slipped and broke her ankle.
58	4 November	12:26	Glaramara	A lady (48 yrs) with a medical condition 'ran out of steam' somewhere between Allan Crags and Glaramara. She called for help on her mobile phone. See letter.
59	10 November	13:54	Skiddaw - Barkbethdale	A young lady (25 yrs) slipped on wet grass and broke her ankle.
60	13 November	15:00	Stile End, Barrow	A man (63 yrs) slipped on wet grass and broke his ankle.
61	15 November	19:21	Thornthwaite Forest	The body of a man (23 yrs) was recovered.
62	19 November	12:07	Walla Crag	A lady (53 yrs), on her first day of a holiday from America, slipped on mud and broke her ankle.
63	20 November	13:59	Low Brandelhow, Derwentwater	A lady (79 yrs) had sustained and broken leg on the lake shore.
64	24 November	09:19	Hause Gill, Honister Pass	A request from the Police to assist, by making access safe with ropes, etc., in the inspection and recovery of a lorry loaded with � ton of explosives which had gone off the road and fallen 30 feet into the gill!

65	24 November	16:14	High Spy	A lady became separated from her partner while descending the mountain in poor weather. In spite of the best efforts of her partner to find her, contact was not regained. A (fortunately) short search found her sheltering in Robin's Fold, high up on the mountain, fearing she would be attacked by the wolves! See letter.
66	25 November	13:18	Steel Fell	A man (48 yrs) slipped and injured his lower leg.
67	25 November	20:30	Langdale Pikes	A request from Langdale/Ambleside MRT to assist in a search for 2 men (20 yrs & 40 yrs), overdue from a walk in the Pavey Ark area. They were located sheltering in Langstrath having been lost and having run out of light.
68	10 December	11:48	Seathwaite - Longthwaite path	A lady (53 yrs) slipped and broke her ankle.
69	16 December	14:31	Causey Pike - Oughterside area	A man (61 yrs) collapsed and died while walking. A helicopter on exercise in the area assisted in the rescue.
70	23 December	09:00	Nab Crags, Wythburn	Further search effort for man missing since September (see callout 41), to investigate new information.

	23 December	14:57	Cat Bells	Call to assist a roe deer with a broken leg. Santa obviously had further work to do as the deer managed to evade the rescue attempts.
71	27 December	14:42	High Rigg	A lady (69 yrs) slipped in freezing conditions and sustained and severe fracture to her leg. She was airlifted to hospital.
72	28 December	10:05	Keswick area	Following overnight snow, a request from Ambulance Control to standby with the local crews with our 4WD ambulance.
73	30 December	12:18	Latrigg	A lady (44 yrs) fell off her sledge and broke her leg.
74	31 December	13:57	Skiddaw summit	2 men (24 yrs & 25 yrs) succumbed to the blizzard conditions and went to ground. An epic rescue in atrocious conditions, involving 2 mountain rescue teams. See letter.
75	31 December	15:15	Harrison Stickle - Stake Pass area	4 people were overtaken by the appalling weather. 3 went to ground and the other managed to get to Langstrath where he was interviewed by the Team. Fortunately, his companions had managed to get back to Langdale.