(Note: incidents given with a number in brackets are officially reportable, while the others relate to standbys, event cover and incidents outside the team area at which team members were present)

(32) 3rd November
The team sent three Land Rovers with a driver plus one to assist Penrith MRT with the evacuation of passengers from a train derailment near Shap Wells Hotel.

(31) 29th October
Kendal MRT asked the team for assistance with the evacuation from Fell Head in the Howgills of a hillwalker with a lower leg injury. 8 team members were able to help with the stretcher evacuation.

(30) 13th October
The team was called to Garsdale Pike to evacuate a walker with a foot injury who was unable to weight bear. He and his companion had already spent the night on the fell before trying again to descend. Kendal MRT were asked to assist with the evacuation. The hillwalker was handed over to NWAS at the road.

(29) 26th September
Two Land Rovers with team members were driven onto Blease Fell to evacuate a hillwalker in her 60s with a wrist fracture, who was unable to walk due to pain and the uneven terrain.

(28) 19th September
The team was called by NWAS to Lune Bridge near Tebay to help with an unresponsive female having a medical episode. 8 team members responded.

(27) 2nd September
The team was tasked with the recovery of the body of a man in his 70s who was walking the Coast to Coast, who had suffered a cardiac arrest at the Nine Standards. The air ambulance attended but sadly were unable to resuscitate him. 10 team members were involved.

(26) 27th August
The team was called by the ambulance service to help with the extraction of a young female casualty on the fellside near the A685 at Tebay. 14 team members responded but in the event the ambulance crew were able to get the patient to the road.

14th, 21st, 23rd August
The team provided first aid cover at Appleby, Brough, and Ravenstonedale Agricultural Shows, and provided treatment for several minor injuries, such as wasp stings.

(25) 9th August
A walker near Great Asby had injured his lower leg while walking on a path through fields. 9 team members responded and were able to drive a Land Rover to his position. The man was treated and evacuated in the Land Rover to the road, where he was picked up by relatives.

(24) 30th July
The team’s help was requested by NWAS for a child who had fallen down a bank by the river in Appleby. The team was stood down as the ambulance crew had been able to walk the patient to the ambulance.

(23) 21st July
Twelve team members were involved in the rope rescue of a sheep stuck on a crag at Cautley Spout. The sheep was successfully hauled to safe ground and released.

(22) 16th July
Kendal MRT requested assistance with the evacuation of a walker in her 70s with an ankle injury near Sedbergh. Six team members were involved.

(21) 12th July
As the Tebay Fell Race closed, Kendal MRT requested assistance with the evacuation of a male who had suffered a fatal fall in Longsleddale. Team members helped with a stretcher lower over scree and then with transport to Kendal MRT’s base.

(20) 12th July
During the main Tebay Fell Race a 60 year old male collapsed. Team members arrived and diagnosed heat stroke. He was sheltered and actively cooled, and brought back to Tebay. He was closely monitored and, after several hours waiting for an ambulance, was transported to Lancaster Hospital by his wife.

(19) 12th July
During a junior Tebay Fell Race a young female collapsed with heat exhaustion. She was treated by team members on the hill and transported to the race start in Tebay. After recovering sufficiently she was handed over to her parents. 9 KSMRT members were involved.

12th July
The team supported a series of fell races from Tebay. 8 team members were involved.

29th June
The team provided support at the Appleby Fun Run and dealt with some minor injuries.

(18) 22nd June
The team responded to a call for a male walker lost on The Calf during the same overnight storm as callout 17. 12 team members responded to the callout in the morning for 2 hours. The missing person was found walking himself out near Cautley Spout.

(17) 22nd June
8 team members responded during the night to help Kendal MRT extract two teenagers who had camped overnight on the fell above Mardale Head. They had been overcome during serious wind and rain. Kendal MRT members found them and handed them over to KSMRT to bring down to Mardale Head. They were handed over to their grandparents at a campsite nearby. The callout lasted 6 hours.

(16) 23rd May
The team was asked by a farmer to investigate reports of three sheep stuck in a shakehole on Wild Boar Fell. After a brief search one sheep was found dead, while the other two had clearly extracted themselves. Six team members responded for 2 hours.

(15) 5th April
Flashing lights, which looked like a distress signal, were reported on High Pike by two people driving along the road below. Two team members went up to investigate and spoke to a wild camper who was not in difficulties.

(14) 17th March
The team was asked by NWAS to assist with a cardiac arrest. 11 members were available but in the end were not required to attend.

(13) 15th March
The team was called to assist the ambulance service with a man stuck on a crag at Lune Bridge, Tebay. However before nine team members were deployed the man had been brought down.

(12) 3rd March
Request to assist Keswick search for 70 year old male missing person. Search was to commence at 07:30 on the following day, but the missing person was found before team members were deployed.

(11) 22nd February
Five team members responded when the team was asked to assist Penrith MRT with a casualty with an injury on Knock Fell.

(10) 22nd February
Teasdale Search Day 3. Three team members went to help with a further search for the missing woman from the previous days. Sadly shortly after arrival at the search area a body was found.

(9) 20th February
Teasdale Search Day 2. The search continued with 5 KSMRT team members searching for nearly 10 hours.

(8) 19th February
The team was asked to assist Teasdale MRT in the search for a missing woman in her 20s. 8 team members searched an area in Hamsterley Forest for 8 hours.

(7) 8th January
Motorist stuck in snow i the Long Causeway/Megson Brow Area. 2.5 hours.

(6) 7th January
The team attended a motorist stuck in snow at Black Hause, off the A66.

(5) 6th January
The team attended an RTC involving an HGV which had gone off the road on the B6276.

(1-4) 5th January
During a period of heavy and drifting snow the team attended four incidents with stranded vehicles, recovering the occupants to safety.

(Note: incidents given with a number in brackets are officially reportable, while the others relate to standbys, event cover and incidents outside the team area at which team members were present)

(29) 30th December, 10 hours 30 mins
Four KSMRT team members supported Patterdale MRT with the search and recovery of an injured mountain biker.

(28) 6th December, 2 hours
The team was asked to assist Kendal MRT for an incident at Arrant Haw. 1 team member coordinated but eventually assistance was not required.

(27) 6th November, 12 hours
Penrith MRT asked for assistance in the search for a walker in his 70s who was lost overnight near Cross Fell, in very poor visibility. 11 team members were involved over a 12 hour period. The missing walker was found walking himself out the following day.

(26) 4th November, 1 hour 40 mins
The team went out to assist a young male trials biker on a bridleway near Stennerskeugh. The biker with suspected head, abdominal and wrist injuries was taken to the road where he was met by an ambulance and the GNAAS doctors who attended by car. 10 team members were involved.

(25) 30th October, 14 hours
The team was called to assist Langdale & Ambleside MRT in the search for a missing paraglider above Grasmere. Four KSMRT team members helped overnight. The paraglider was found injured the following day and taken to hospital.

(24) 28th October, 3 hours 45 mins
Eight members of the team assisted Penrith MRT with the treatment and evacuation of a hillwalker who had injured her leg near Swindale Head.

(23) 14th October, 3 hours
A woman walker in her 60s fell a few metres into a stream bed after going after her dog. The team deployed two Land Rovers to Fell End and located the casualty off a track not far from the road. She was treated for arm and chest injuries, given pain relief and recovered by stretcher to the road, where she was handed over to an ambulance.

(22) 3rd October
Members of the team attended twice over two days in an attempt to extract a sheep stuck a long way down a drain near Nateby. Cave Rescue and the local Fire crew were also involved. Nine team members attended in total. The sheep was eventually encouraged to ‘self rescue’.

(21) 27th September, 4 hours
A cow was reported having fallen into a deep gill on North Stainmore. The team was asked to act as backup by the Fire Service who were overseeing the incident. The team helped lower a vet to check over the animal. The cow was sedated and fed, and was able to be extracted by the farmer several days later.

(20) 16th September, 3 hours
A young male mountain biker called for rescue after falling off his bike near Rollison Gill on 9 Standards and injuring his knee. 12 team members responded in two Land Rovers. The biker was treated and carried to one of the vehicles in a stretcher and driven to the road where he was handed over to an ambulance.

(19) 7th September, 1 hour
A woman had lost her partner as the light dropped on their return from a walk by Cautley Spout. By the time contact had been made by the team leader the two had found each other and were safley returing to their vehicle.

(18) 7th September, 5 mins
The team received a request for help from Kendal MRT in locating a lost walker near Grey Crag. The walker was located before the team deployed.

(17) 3rd August, 3 hours
The callout was to a 20 year old female with a medical issue on the track from the Cross Keys towards Cautley Spout. The team was able to reach her by Land Rover, assess her and extract to the road, where she was handed over to an NWAS ambulance. 11 team members involved.

(16) 21st July, 5 hours
The team was called to a female walker who had slipped and fractured a leg on the Pennine Way, during the descent to Dufton. The fracture was stabilised and the casualty brought down to the road on a stretcher. 11 team members were involved.

(15) 20th June, 5 hours
7 members of the team took part in an extensive search in the Raisbeck area, also involving the police and local volunteers, for a missing male. The man was found safe and well a couple of days later.

(14) 3rd June, 2.5 hours
Call out for a 22 year old female on Pennine Way with an open leg fracture. 17 KSMRT members responded along with 13 from Teesdale MRT. During the deployment the GNAAS helicopter was able to land and pick up the patient.

(13) 1st June, 4 hours
7 team members responded to rescue a sheep from a crag at High Cup Nick. The incident required technical rope skills and the sheep was extracted successfully.

(12) 1st June, 15 mins
The team was asked to assist Swaledale MRT to locate a vulnerable missing person. The person was found as team were getting ready. 9 members responded.

(11) 23rd May, 6 hours
4 team members responded to assist Keswick MRT in the search for a missing vulnerable person, on the second day of the search. She was found around midday.

(9&10) 9th and 10th May, 11 hours
The team was asked to assist Wasdale MRT in the search for a missing walker. 9 team members were involved.

(8) 27th April, 30 mins
The team was asked to assist with the search for a missing 5 year old at Culgaith. 8 members were ready to respond but the child was found very quickly afterwards.

(7) 22nd March, 4 hours
The team assisted two teenage girls by Hoff Beck just south of Appleby. One of the girls had fallen in the water injuring her leg. Both were very cold, but after treatment, both were eventually able to walk out with assistance to the road, to be checked over by ambulance crew. 11 team members were involved.

(6) 29th February, 16 hours
A request for assistance was received from Wasdale MRT for a walker missing on Scafell Pike. 2 KSMRT members attended, helping with the search and eventual extraction of the missing walker from Piers Gill. 3 other KSMRT members were involved with the Lake District wide co-ordination of resources.

(5) 24th February, 1 hour
A report of two walkers stuck on Baugh Fell led to 11 team members being assigned to a wide scale search of the area, with assistance also requested from Kendal MRT. However further clarification from the informant, who had been out of phone signal, meant that the real search area was in the Langdales in the Lake District. The callout was passed to Langdale Ambleside MRT.

(4) 22nd February, 15 mins
The team was called to assist with the search for a dog missing at Cautley Spout, but was stood down when the dog turned up.

(3) 19th February, 3 hours
Kendal MRT asked for assistance with the extraction of a walker in her 70s with an injured ankle in Borrowdale, near Tebay. 5 KSMRT team members attended the scene, carrying in a stretcher and helping to bring the casualty out. She was taken to her car and her companions were able to take her to hospital for treatment.

(2) 17th February, 4 hours
Cumbria Police asked the team to help with the search for a 13 year old who had gone missing late at night near Smardale. While the police operated drones and deployed search dogs, 12 KSMRT members searched woodland areas in the vicinity. The missing youngster was reported safe by a relative the following day.

(1) 9th February, 6 hours
Members of the team on winter skills training in the Scottish Highlands had to rescue one of their own, with the assistance of Cairngorm MRT. The team member broke an ankle while returning from Coire an t-Sneachda in the Cairngorms, a regular training area for snow and ice training. The extraction by stretcher was hampered by extreme weather conditions and difficult terrain.

1st January, 9 hours total
A callout assisting Penrith MRT starting late on New Year’s Eve continued into the early hours of the 1st January. The search for the missing fell runner was called off during the night and sadly his body was found later that day. 13 KSMRT members were involved.

(Note: incidents given with a number in brackets are officially reportable, while the others relate to standbys, event cover and incidents outside the team area at which team members were present)

(22) 31st December, 9 hours
Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve the team was asked to assist with the search for a missing fell runner on Cross Fell. 13 KSMRT members responded. Sadly the man was found deceased the following day.

(21) 2nd December, 3.5 hours
The team was called to assist Penrith MRT with the extraction of a casualty from Cross Fell. The woman had a lower leg injury. 7 KSMRT members responded.

(20) 7th November, 3 hours
Penrith MRT assist, SRT search Denton Bridge. Stood down en route. 4 team members involved.

(19) 23rd October, 11hrs 30m
Penrith MRT assist, Swift water rescue search at Colby Viaduct. 5 team members involved.

(18) 12th September, 2 hours
Murton Pike. Male with knee injury. 9 team members involved.

(17) 31st July, 25 minutes
Walker lost on Great Dunn Fell. 2 team members involved.

(16) 31st July, 40 minutes
Ravenstonedale. Request by NWAS to assist extracting casualty from Black Bull hotel. 13 team members involved.

(15) 13th June, 3hr 40 minutes
Kidsty. Assist Penrith MRT extract casualty with lower leg injury. 12 team members involved.

(14) 10th June, 5 hours
Calder. Assist Kendal MRT, DofE Student with knee injury. 5 team members involved.

(13) 8th June, 4hrs 45m
Kidsty Howe. Assist Penrith MRT extract casualty with ankle injury. 4 team members involved.

(12) 11th May, 4hrs 50m
Tebay Services South. Request from CUMPOL, search for missing person from same RTC as incident 11. 11 team members involved.

(11) 11th May, 25 minutes
Tebay Services South. Request for assistance from NWAS. Driver missing after RTC. Stood down on route. 12 team members involved. 12 team members involved.

(10) 10th May, 1hr 45m Ladthwaite.
Two female walkers lost on C2C route. 19 team members involved.

(09) 1st April, 4hrs 20m
High Cup Nick. Female with arm injury after fall near Hannah’s Well. 18 team members involved.

(08) 13th March, 5hrs 30m
Police asked the team to return to the wild camper from callout 06/23. The weather had deteriorated and, although warmer with no snow, the wind had damaged the man’s tent. In his late 80’s, and with no means of calling for help, he was persuaded to pack up and the team took him home. 3 members.

(07) 9th March, 10 mins
NWAS requested assistance to reach a female with chest pains that they were unable to reach due to the snow conditions. The team were stood down whilst on route to her location as her family had managed to get themselves to the waiting ambulance by 4 x 4. 4 members.

(06) 9th March, 2hrs 30m
Police asked the team to check on the welfare of an elderly gentleman wild camping on South Stainmore. The weather was very cold with snow and blizzard conditions causing drifting. The roads were impassable, so members of the team accessed the man’s camp on foot to find him fit and well. 3 members.

(05) 1st March, 2 hrs 50m
Called to assist Penrith with the recovery of a deceased fell walker near Hawswater. 7 members.

(04) 21st February, 16 hours
Called to assist Wasdale search for missing male. Part of a multi team response well documented in the local news. The man was found safe and mildly hypothermic with minor injuries. 9 members.

(3) 30th January, 3.5 hours
The team were called by Cumbria Police to assist a female walker with two dogs who was in difficulty on Wild Boar Fell to the South of Kirkby Stephen. The lady had become stuck on steep rocky ground and had a recurring knee injury making it difficult for her to continue her descent. Using the Phonefind system, we were able to locate her exact position, and two vehicles were sent. Having assessed her condition, she was able to walk off with some support and reassurance. 11 members involved.

(2) 2nd January, 15 minutes
The team received a call from Cumbria Police who’d been contacted by a couple walking towards the very north of our area, near Cow Green reservoir. A female had fallen and suffered a painful knee/lower leg injury. Due to the couple’s location, it was decided to pass the callout to our colleagues at Teesdale Mountain Rescue, whose base is much closer. They were able to locate the casualty and stretcher her to a waiting ambulance. 3 members.

(1) 1st January, 30 minutes
The team were providing first aid cover the Nine Standards New Year’s Day fell race when one of the runners took a nasty fall suffering cuts and bruises. She was assessed at our base, and once cleaned up was able to make her own way home. 2 members involved.

(Note: incidents given with a number in brackets are officially reportable, while the others relate to standbys, event cover and incidents outside the team area at which team members were present)

(32) 30th December, 5.5 hours
Wasdale MRT asked for help in the search for overdue father and son on Scafell.

(31) 5th December, 1 hour
3 team members went to assist Kendal MRT with a woman on Holmepark Fell with chest pains.

(30) 4th December, 2 hours
11 members of the team assisted motorists in several cars stuck in snow on the Tan Hill road, including a family of 5.

(28) 28th November, 2 hours
Four team members in a team Land Rover went to assist Penrith MRT with a search on Cross Fell.

(19-27 & 29) 27th – 29th November, 30.5 hours
The team manned the base full time during Storm Arwen and its aftermath. 183 person hours were put in by team members and nine incidents attended for motorists trapped in the snow on various of the higher minor roads in the team’s area. The team also collected a patient for necessary treatment from Tan Hill Inn and returned him the following day.

(18) 23rd October, 2.5 hours
11 team members plus 3 from Penrith MRT attended a walker with a medical emergency near Smardale Bridge. The man was extracted by stretcher and Land Rover to the nearest road and handed over to the ambulance service.

(17) 5th October, 3 hours
The Team were asked to assist in the search for a dog seen falling down a steep embankment into the River Clough near Sedbergh. 9 members of the team searched the river and banks for about 1km downstream, plus further downstream at a mill where the river widened and slowed. Sadly, nothing was found. Incredibly, about a week after the search, the dog was spotted by a member of the public approximately 2km further down stream on a rocky outcrop in the middle of the river and was successfully recovered and returned to its owner unharmed.

(16) 29th August, 3 hours
Team called to assist a 40 year old male who had fallen from his off road motorbike injuring his wrist. He was given pain relief, treated at the scene and brought to the Team’s base where he was handed over to an ambulance crew. The incident involved 3 team members.

(15) 29th August, 3 hours
Team called to search for a missing vulnerable 63 year old female near Tebay. Very large potential search area, so assistance was requested from Kendal MRT and the Lakes Search Dogs. Search parties were deployed and the woman was found near Kirkby Stephen shortly after. 16 members, 3 hours.

(14) 29 August, 1.5 hours
Whilst coming off the fell from the previous call-out, a member came across a family in difficulty. A 17 year old female was having trouble making her way off Green Bell. She was assessed, and able to slowly make her way a short distance to a Team Land Rover that had driven up to meet them. 5 members.

(13) 25 August, 2 hours
The team assisted the ambulance service with the treatment and evacuation of a woman with a lower leg injury by the river at Stenkrith, Kirkby Stephen. Six team members were involved.

(12) 15th June, 3 hours
The ambulance service requested assistance with an 18 year old male cross-country runner who had collapsed near Sedbergh. The air ambulance was called by doctors on scene treating him for hyperthermia and, although he was recovering, he was flown to hospital for checks.

(11) 30th May, 2 hours
The team was called to a male walker reported lost coming down from Mickle Fell. 11 members responded but the walker arrived at a road near Brough before the search started.

(10) 22nd May, 4 hours
11 team members assisted Kendal MRT with the treatment and evacuation of a 17 year old DofE participant with a knee injury at Aye Gill Pike.

(9) 16th April, 4 hours
The crag team was asked by a farmer to rescue a sheep in a steep ravine at Hebblethwaite Gill. The team was joined by a group from Kendal MRT. Three members descended to the sheep and put a sling round the sheep so she could be hauled up. She was released safe and well.

(8) 14th April, 2.5 hours
The crag team rigged a rope rescue for a fledgling raven stuck in twine in its nest under an arch of Smardale Gill viaduct. A team member was able to descend under the arch and cross to the nest to cut the bird free. It was later reported flying within the nature reserve.

(7) 29th April, 3 hours
The team assisted Kendal MRT with the treatment and evacuation of a female walker who had a lower leg injury while walking with two friends near Cautley Spout. The casualty was stretchered to the road to meet an ambulance.

(6) 30th March, 3 hrs 15 mins
A male motorist left the scene of an RTC near Orton. Police asked the team for assistance finding him. He was later found at a nearby property. 15 team members responded.

(5) 27th March, 2.5 hours
The team was asked to support Cumbria Police in the search for a motorist missing after a collision on the M6 near Tebay. Several members of the team helped evacuate the casualty from a steep slope to a Coastguard helicopter in the team stretcher.

(4) 9th February, 1.5 hours
9 members of the team responded to a request by North West Ambulance Service for assistance with evacuating a young patient in a field near Kirkby Stephen.

(3) 8th February, 4 hours
The team assisted with vehicles stuck in snow at Tailbridge. 5 team members were involved.

(2) 8th January, 4 hours
A vehicle with 4 occupants was reported stuck in snow on the Tan Hill road on South Stainmore, having driven past a ‘road closed’ sign. Cumbria Fire and Rescue and 4 team members in two Land Rovers attended and were able to dig the vehicle out and return it and the occupants to a driveable road.

(1) 8th January, 4 hours
The team was asked to transport a district nurse to a patient near Tebay after heavy snow in the area. Two team members provided a lift there and back from Shap in a team Land Rover.