Incidents

On Friday 03/10/25 at 1342 hrs at around the same time storm Amy was landing, the team were called out regards a walker who had twisted his ankle and was unable to continue. The walker had raised the alarm from the wind shelter on Great Dodd Fell. The walker had been walking from Ambleside and after he had twisted his ankle had managed to get to the windshelter on the summit. The team responded with 13 members going on the fell. It was a real challenge getting to the casualty with team members battling torrential rain and up to 80mph winds which caused being blown over at times. When near the summit the team decided to put the stretcher together and put their kit on top and drag this to the windshelter as it was impossible to carry this any longer. Once the casualty was reached he was given pain relief and was then evacuated on a stretcher down the fell towards the landrovers. From there he was taken to the base and reunited with his friends who came to collect him. Unfortunately one team member twisted his leg when he was blown over but was able to make his own way down the fell slowly. The rescue lasted 5hrs.