Cockermouth team members in the rescue on Fleetwith Pike. Photo: Cockermouth MRT
A walker was airlifted from a Lake District fell in one of two callouts in the same day for a mountain rescue team.
The Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team was alerted at about 1.35pm yesterday, Saturday, after the man slipped on Fleetwith Pike.
The walker, from Wigan, dislocated his shoulder while coming down from the 648m (2,126ft) at the head of Buttermere.
Conditions underfoot were snowy and icy at the time.
He was treated at the scene by one of the team’s doctors and then stretchered to a point where a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet in Ayrshire was able to winch the injured man on board and fly him to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.
The Cockermouth team enlisted the help of Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team when it was called out to the second incident, in which a man slipped while coming down to Wind Gap from Pillar.
The walker is stretchered from Pillar. Photo: Cockermouth MRT
The walker suffered injuries to his ribs and elbow after a long slide down snow on the 892m (2,927ft) mountain.
Members of the RAF Leeming Mountain Rescue Team, who were also on the fell, helped carry the man from the hill.
The two incidents involved 30 members of the Cockermouth team.
Lee Cunliffe
10 December 2012Just want to say a huge Thank you to all the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team. You were great in my rescue and i owe you all alot of gratitude. I was rescued on Saturday 8th December on Fleetwith Pike after dislocating my shoulder. I think everyone who walks the fells or climbs knows how important you all are and how much we appreciate what you all do. Thank you all again. Please everyone give what they can to the Mountain Rescue as there is no funding for them and they rely heavily on donations. They do what they do for us and they give there time freely 24 hrs aday 365 days a year for us so we can enjoy the fells and the views they give us. Thank You all once again guys.
Roy Murray
10 December 2012Like Lee I want to express the deep gratitude to the rescue teams of Cockermouth, Wasdale and the guys from RAF Leeming who stretchered me off Pillar on Saturday. You're all now heros to me, my family and friends. From the moment you turned up to the time I was put in to the ambulance I felt I was in the best possible care. A special thanks to Mike and Karen Greene of Wasdale MRT who where the Doctors on the scene. I'd also like to thank Bruce, Alan, Claire and Mark who stuck with me and kept me going until the MRT's arrived. I am now planning to be a life long donator to theses MRTs and will be encouraging others support them too.