Two of the injured walkers were near Red Tarn
A Lake District mountain rescue team was called out three times today to incidents involving injured walkers.
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team spent more than seven hours on callouts to three separate incidents in its area.
Two walkers were hurt near Red Tarn on Helvellyn and a third injured herself near the Aira Force waterfall.
The team was alerted about 11.10am after a 30-year-old Penrith man walking with his dog fell and injured his ankle near Striding Edge.
A Patterdale MRT spokesperson said: “Members of the team with kit were flown near to the casualty site by North West Air Ambulance.
“They assessed the casualty’s condition and together with a paramedic from the air ambulance they treated the man at the scene and airlifted him to the rescue centre. He was then transferred by ambulance to hospital.”
As the walker was being put into the ambulance, the team was called to help at Aira Force.
The spokesperson said: “National Trust staff together with the woman’s husband could not get her to safe ground so called for the mountain rescue team to assist.
“The team located the woman and splinted her ankle, transferred her to a stretcher and carried her across Aira Force bridge and up to the road. The woman was then transferred to an ambulance and taken to hospital.”
The third callout came about 3.30pm to a girl with an injured ankle near the Red Tarn outfall. A passer-by raised the alarm.
The team spokesperson said: “The casualty was located and was found to be in quite a lot of pain.
“A team medic administered pain relief to the girl before splinting her ankle. The team then transported her on a stretcher down the fellside to Glenridding Beck where the stretcher had to be raised to the track by using a hoist system.
“The casualty was then taken by team Land Rover on a track leading to Greenside Mines where she was handed over to a waiting ambulance to go to Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.
“The team returned to the rescue centre having been out for a total of 7½ hours on three consecutive rescues.”
The Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team is celebrating 50 years of rescuing people on the fells in and around Ullswater. Its volunteers have rescued more than 2,000 people in that time.
