Incidents 2019

Little How Crags

14:31 (Grid SD 272 997) Not a nice day on the fells – strong winds, rain, low cloud and colder than average for August. A family of 3 had reached…

Claife Heights

16:20 (Grid SD 385 960) On a cool, windy afternoon, CUMPOL (Cumbria Police) called us about a young lady who had fallen on the start of the descent from Claife…

Missing Persons – Swirl How

19:31 (Grid SD 302 976) CUMPOL (Cumbria Police) called us about two walkers who had become separated from their friends during a walk on the ridge from Swirl How, and…

Coppermines Valley

12:15 (Grid SD 287 991) On a dry summer’s day, we were called by CUMPOL (Cumbria Police). They had been contacted by a member of the public who thought they…

Coniston Water – Peel Island

15:08 (Grid SD 297 915) Later the same day, NWAS requested our help for a lady with a possible broken arm on the east shore of Coniston Water near Peel…

Yewdale Crags

12:47 (Grid SD 300 982) On a warm summer’s day, we were called by Cumbria Police to help a man and his son who were cragfast above Holly How Youth…

Monk Coniston

13:05 (Grid SD 318 983) NWAS (North West Ambulance Service) requested our help to reach an elderly male who was ill on a path next to Monk Coniston. As we…

Wetherlam

15:05 (Grid NY 289 010) It was a clear afternoon after a very damp and dark morning. The team were alerted to an incident on Wetherlam Edge by the North…

Levers Water

22:08 (Grid SD 282 992) Late on Sunday evening, CUMPOL (Cumbria Police) asked us to assist a party wild-camping near Levers Water – a young girl had a nosebleed which…

Old Man Of Coniston

13:29 (Grid SD 272 978) It was a warm and cloudy afternoon when we were asked by CUMPOL (Cumbria Police) to assist a female suffering from severe cramp in her…