Cumbria Police tasked the Team to an incident near the summit of Helvellyn. A 31 year old had sustained an ankle injury after being hit by a falling rock. Approximately 90 minutes following receipt of the call-out the Team administered pain relief to the casualty and splinted his ankle.

He was placed on a stretcher for the long descent back to the valley bottom and subsequent transfer by Land Rover to the Team’s Base. The casualty’s friends transported him to hospital for further treatment.

The Team was called to assist a woman in her twenties, who had slipped and injured her ankle while walking at Aira Force. The casualty was located below Gowbarrow, 100 metres above High Force waterfall. The casualty’s ankle was splinted before she was lifted onto a stretcher and carried to the car park.

Since the couple were staying in North Lancashire she was assisted into her own car to be taken to Westmorland General Hospital by her partner.

Following receipt of a 999 call from a Penrith MRT Member and three colleagues, reporting a young male with an injured ankle on St Sunday Crag, Cumbria Police tasked the Team to assist. The Team made the steep ascent from the Grisedale Valley to provide pain relief and stabilise the ankle before stretchering the casualty from the fell.