Incidents 2012

  Each year we are asked to marshall this annual trail race. The course covers an area around Coppermines Valley, Torver, and returns to the village via the lakeshore. Runners…

  Today the team was called out to the aid of a female walker. She had been walking on the track between Goatswater and Walna Scar when a strong gust…

  A mountain biker was cycling along the North Face Trail in the forest when he came off his bike, probably due to the slippy boarding. He sustained a possible…

  The team was called out to a gentleman who had collapsed on Brown Pike whilst out walking. Two team members were already walking in the area and therefore went…

  The team was called to assist a father and daughter who had become lost in thick mist on Coniston Old Man. Fortunately the team leader was able to ascertain…

  The Ambulance Service called for our assistance to help a lady who had blacked out and fallen. She was on her way to walk round the lake when she…

  A climber became cragfast in the South Rake Gully on Dow Crag. 13 team members attended this incident. Three rope pitches were used to get to the climber. He…

  The call came as a couple being lost on Wetherlam. It was a beautiful afternoon and the felltops were covered in snow. The tracks on the summit of Wetherlam…