Keswick Mountain Rescue called out twice in the space of a few hours

The Keswick group are amongst several mountain rescue groups across Cumbria who work tirelessly to help those in trouble on Cumbria's many beautiful hills and mountains.

The team were first called out shortly before 12.30pm on March 26 to help a 50-year-old man who tripped and stumbled on the path above Falcon Crag between Ashness and Walla Crag.

The fall caused the man to injure his ankle and subsequently call 999 to ask for help.

KMRT said: “Keswick team members reached the casualty via Ashness Bridge, his ankle was splinted before he was carried on a stretcher back to the road and their own vehicle for onward transport to hospital.”

12 teams members took almost two hours to help the man reach safety before being called out again at just before 4pm to help a 75-year-old woman who slipped on wet, muddy ground whilst descending from High Peak.

The slip led the woman to twist her replacement knee, leaving her unable to carry on and to call for help.

Crews on High Peak (Image: KMRT)“It’s not often we get a call to the Caldbeck Fells at the ‘Back o’ Skiddaw’ and with the bonus of being able to drive along the mine track from Calebreck leaving us just a 15-minute uphill hike to the casualty,” said KMRT.

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“The casualty’s knee was examined by a team doctor and strapped up before helping her onto a stretcher for a smooth sledge ride down the grassy slopes to the team vehicles.

"The woman was then taken to the group’s vehicle nearby.”

The team with the stretcher (Image: KMRT)KMRT are responsible for England's three highest mountains - Skiddaw, Helvellyn and Scafell Pike - and have been operating as a charity since their first callout in 1948. 

The group have been called out on 18 rescues so far in 2023 which have taken the 48 volunteers some 668 man hours to help.