Type | Animal rescue |
Volunteers | 10 |
Weather | Clear |
Location | Green Crag |
Team members undertook a technical animal rescue from a steep gully on Green Crag, Warnscale.
Type | Stuck walker alert |
Duration | 38 minutes |
Volunteers | 3 |
Weather | Overcast, cold |
Location | Bowness-on-Solway |
Team leaders were called to a walker stuck in mud near Bowness on Solway. Coastguard dealt with the call and no action was required from the Team.
Type | Cragfast |
Duration | 2 hours 52 mins |
Volunteers | 10 |
Weather | Fresh winds, rain showers |
Location | Workington |
Team leaders were contacted regarding an unwell person on cliffs near Workington. As Team members were travelling to the scene, the Coastguard confirmed that they were able to deal with the incident and Team members returned to base.
Type | Lower limb injury |
Duration | 1 hour 48 mins |
Volunteers | 11 |
Weather | Clear with sunny spells |
Location | Slate Fell, Cockermouth |
The Team was called to assist a walker with an injured ankle on the path to Slate Fell, Cockermouth. The casualty was treated and stretchered a short distance to a NWAS road ambulance.
Type | Tumbling fall |
Duration | 2 hours 39 mins |
Volunteers | 16 |
Weather | Clear, warm, some high cloud |
Location | Warnscale |
NWAS contacted the team when a walker took a long tumbling fall through Low Raven Crag, sustaining multiple injuries, whilst descending from Fleetwith Pike, Buttermere. GNAA H58 also attended. The casualty's injuries were treated by the air ambulance crew and team members carried the casualty a short distance to the helicopter. The casualty was flown to Preston Hospital for further treatment.
Type | Lower limb injury |
Duration | 2 hours 18 mins |
Volunteers | 16 |
Weather | Overcast & drizzle |
Location | Flat Fell |
A walker suffered leg injuries near Flat Fell, Cleator Moor. Team members made their way to the casualty, treated their injuries and stretchered them to a NWAS road ambulance on Nannycatch Road.
Type | Missing walker alert |
Duration | 2 hours 2 mins |
Volunteers | 12 |
Weather | Dry, clear |
Location | Ennerdale area |
A walker on the Coast to Coast walk reported a fellow walker missing, having lost contact near Black Sail Hut, Ennerdale. Team leaders made enquiries and the missing walker turned up in Borrowdale so no further action was taken.
Type | Lost walker |
Duration | 1 hour 20 mins |
Volunteers | 26 |
Weather | Dry, overcast |
Location | Hay Stacks |
A teenager was reported lost, possibly cragfast in the Hay Stacks area.
Type | Distressed walkers |
Duration | 2 hours 52 mins |
Volunteers | 3 |
Weather | Wet, windy |
Location | Red Pike |
Three walkers got into difficulty descending Red Pike. Team Leaders made contact, identified their location using PhoneFind and assisted with their descent from the base.
Type | Lower limb injury |
Duration | 2 hours 36 mins |
Volunteers | 22 |
Weather | Dry, partly cloudy, windy |
Location | Low Fell summit |
Two walkers were traversing the Low Fell tops, when one went over on their ankle, suffering a painful fracture and dislocation. A Great North Air Ambulance helicopter was able to land and treat the casualty before the Team arrived, leaving us the relatively straightforward job of packaging the casualty on a stretcher and transferring them to the helicopter. As the casualty was flown to the Cumbria Infirmary Carlisle, the Team assisted their walking partner off the fell and back to their vehicle.