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2013 is a very special year for the Team, acelebration of 60 years of mountain rescueservice.

Over the last 60 years many things haven’tchanged; the mountains are the same, thecasualties have the same type of accidents(save the flooding), and there’s all the fundraisingthat’s required to fund the team’s operation,currently £46,000 per year.

However, all the equipment, vehicles andheadquarters building are for nothing without theteam members who volunteer to train, fundraiseand take part in the rescues themselves. It’s atremendous commitment, not only from theteam members, but also their husbands/wives/partners and families. It’s really quite humbling tosee that we have 12 team members with 25 ormore years of service in Cockermouth team.With only 22 years of service to my name I feel areal youngster for once.

It’s now over 10 years since our newheadquarters was built, and as part of our 60thcelebrations we are openingthe building up for a specialOpen Day on Saturday 23rdFebruary (details onwww.cockermouthmrt.org.uk). We want to show how newequipment and technology haschanged the way we operate in2013, compared to the 1950sand 1960s when the team wascalled out by a policeman goingdoor to door around the town.

The team was formed in1953, conceived by JackJackson and John Bell, to easethe pressure on the overworkedKeswick team which had been

established then for six years. Members of theKeswick team, including Colonel Westmoreland,the Fisher brothers and Mike Nixon, attended apublic meeting in Cockermouth at which thearea was divided between the two teams.

Since then the Cockermouth and KeswickMRTs, together with our other closest neighbourWasdale MRT have worked together on manyjoint searches and rescues, and an excellentworking relationship continues to develop. In2012 seven rescues were jointly carried out byCockermouth and Keswick MRTs, and fourrescues with Wasdale MRT.

So, in this anniversary year my thanks mustgo to our neighbouring teams, and also the RAFand Royal Navy helicopters, Air Ambulances,North West Ambulance Service, MaryportInshore Rescue, Cumbria Constabulary, and theFire & Rescue Service. Without their assistancemany of those injured or in distress on themountains wouldn’t have been rescued sopromptly and effectively.

In 2012 a report wascommissioned for all themountain rescue teams in theLake District, titled ‘Rescue2020’ The report made someexcellent recommendations toimprove the service butfundamentally stated ‘A keyconclusion is that MountainRescue provision in the LakeDistrict is highly effective,competent and fit for purpose’. I think our predecessors wouldbe pleased and proud that theservice continues and buildsupon their vision and hardwork.

CHAIRMAN’S REPORTSteve Brailey

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Team Officials

Abbot, C. ................................Bank Manager (Retired)Blanden, D. ..........................Building SurveyorBrailey, S.................................Local Government OfficerBulman, J...............................Health & Safety AdvisorButler, R...................................TeacherConnolly L.............................PhysiotherapistConnolly, N...........................Outdoor InstructorCookson, C. ........................Project Team Manager Cousins, I...............................Software EngineerCoyle, J. BEM ....................Estate Manager (Retired) Dawson, P. ............................HeadteacherDempster, J. MBE..........Headteacher (Retired)Gallagher, T...........................General PractitionerGerrard, P. ..............................Project Team ManagerGoodman, S. ......................TeacherGraham, A.............................Chartered Surveyor Greenwood, R...................Chartered Engineer Grove, J. ..................................General PractitionerHadwin, M.............................ManagerHaslam, J...............................ICT AdvisorHellen, R. ................................Dental Practitioner

Hemingway, P. ..................General PractitionerHunter, S.................................Env. Technical ManagerIrving, A. ..................................Project EngineerJones, S. ................................Dental SurgeonLewis, G. ................................Operations ManagerLiddell, R.................................Headteacher (Retired)Lumb, N...................................Outdoor InstructorMcNeil, A. ..............................Building SurveyorMoore J. ..................................Chartered EngineerMoore, R. MBE..................Support EngineerNorman, P. ............................DraughtsmanOtley, C.....................................Comm. Dev. WorkerPark, M. MBE ....................Land SurveyorPickavance, M. ................TeacherSteel, M. ..................................General PractitionerSteele, C. ................................TeacherTunstall, D. MBE..............Mechanical FitterTwyford, P. ............................SolicitorWhitehurst, S. ..................OrthodontistWinterbottom, P. ............General PractitionerWoodbury, S.......................Research Technologist

President: Maureen RichardsonVice-Presidents: Dr. Edward Holloway,

Jim Hall, Mike Thompson Chairman: Steve BraileyTeam Leader: Michael ParkSecretary: Gwyn Lewis, PO Box 73,

Cockermouth CA13 3AE, 01900 827771, [email protected]

Assistant Secretary: Simon WoodburyTreasurer: Jeff HaslamMedical Officers: Dr. Mark Steel, Dr. Jo Grove,

Dr. Peter Hemingway, Dr Peter Winterbottom,Dr. Tom Gallagher

Founded in 1953A registered charity. No. 506956

Assistant Team Leaders: Steve Brailey, Chris Cookson, Andrew McNeil

Radio Officer: Richard GreenwoodQuartermasters: John Bulman, Russell Butler,

Neil Connolly, Chris Cookson, Jim Coyle, Simon Hunter, Andrew McNeil, James Moore, Martin Pickavance, Derek Tunstall

Development Manager: Chris Abbot 01946 861963, [email protected]

Collecting Box Co-ordinator: Derek Tunstall MBEAuditor: Gibbons & Co.Honorary Members: Maurice Anderson,

George Williams

The Team responsible for rescuingpeople and animals from the Lorton,

Loweswater, Buttermere andEnnerdale areas

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Years of serviceDave Blanden 32John Bulman 47Jim Coyle BEM 53John Dempster MBE 54Mike Hadwin 26Jim Hall (Vice-president) 41Jeff Haslam 25Steve Jones 36Bob Liddell 42Rod Moore MBE 27Paul Norman 27Michael Park MBE 29And 20 team members with 10 or more years of service

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Last year my report said that 2010 was arelatively quiet year for the Team with 49 callouts.2012 saw numbers rise again to 61 callouts, a risethat reflects how busy the teams in the Lakes are.

Looking through the incident list you can seethe common injuries we get to treat year on year.The “usual” lower limb injury, resulting from the“usual” slip on the path, “usually” happening atthe end of the day’s activity. But behind these“usual” callouts are individual stories of a Teamthat is determined to make the “mishap” aspainless, comfortable and “enjoyable” as we canconsidering the circumstances in which we findour casualties. These are maybe “usual” calloutsto the Team, but it continues to amaze me howthe members go that extra yard to give thecasualties the best both medically, (but throughjokes and banter), psychologically too.

There were however some significant calloutsthat stand out from the rest.

1) The suspected heart attack on Dale Head,(Incident 16). This gentleman was very fortunateto be walking with/near a group of people,including nurses and medics, who were able togive CPR immediately and throughout the time ittook for the Team and Air Assets to arrive andevacuate the casualty. Multi-agency co-operationworking at its best.

2) The tragic callout, (Incident 17), for themissing fell runner taking part in the ButtermereSailbeck Fell Race. Again a multi-team andagency extensive search that unfortunatelyresulted in the finding of a body the next day. Thiswas a “close to home” callout as many of theTeam take part in this particular race. Ourthoughts are still with the family of this gentleman.

3) The scout who fell 25feet into Scale Force,(Incident 32), sustaining suspected spinalinjuries.

4) The busy day in December, (Incidents 59and 60). Two callouts within an hour of eachother in separate valleys in our area, that resultedin several hours of hard work in full winterconditions, to achieve successful outcomes.

There is a disturbing trend looking throughthe incident list, the increasing regularity that weare being called for “lost” and “stuck” people. Ingeneral the “lost” people tend to be individualsthat need to carry a map and a compass andmore importantly need to spend time learninghow to use them. Learning how to navigate in“fell conditions” – mist, fog, rain and darkness,would significantly reduce the likelihood ofthese incidents happening.

Again in general the “stuck” people tend tobe the “lost” people who have taken theirpredicament to the next stage and wanderedinto bad ground or situations that they cannotsafely sort out themselves. Whilst the Team willalways come to the aid of the “lost” and “stuck”,these callouts do take up a considerableamount of the Team’s time. If this trendcontinues to rise, it will eventually take up timeneeded to carry out the more serious calloutsinvolving injury.

“Stuck” people can and do sometimes take itto the next stage... callouts resulting in injury ordeath.

Over half the incidents attended this yearoccurred on weekdays and during workinghours. (This again is an increasing trend whichreflects the general public having more leisuretime.) However this is a further strain on thealready fantastic goodwill team members’employers give, in allowing “time off” to attendincidents. The Team cannot thank employersenough for the massive support they provide.

Callouts are becoming more multi-agency,

Also in 2012 the team was nominatedfor a prestigious BBC 999 award, in themountain rescue category. A group of 11 teammembers travelled down to London in July andin Studio 1 on BBC1 TV our name was called asthe overall winner. I’m not sure what Kirsty Youngand Lenny Henry thought as eleven charactersfrom mountain rescue joined them on stage,each and every one expecting a kiss from Kirsty!It was great for the team and mountain rescue ingeneral to get the coverage and recognition itdeserved on mainstream TV. It was also a night

to remember meeting many famous celebrities.This award was given for the rescue of

Edward from Cheshire who slipped and fell 300feet down Grasmoor front and ended up grippingheather roots above another 100 feet drop. As isoften the case a rescue is more than the work ofany individual team member, or the whole team;it’s a multi-agency effort, in this case with RAFLeconfield. I’m pleased to say that Edward wassuccessfully rescued and made a full recovery.

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TEAM LEADER’S REPORTMike Park MBE

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Once again we are in the midst of thepreparations for the three yearly first aid examand the doctors and team members are workinghard to make this a success. Fortunately thistime around we now have 5 doctors in the teamwhich has shared the burden. This is fortunateas, with recruiting problems in my own practiceand a consequent increased workload, I haven’tbeen as available to the team as in past years.For this I would like to apologise to the team, andI am hopeful things will be better in 2013.

As last year the number of callouts has beenabout average. The call out which stands out forme this year was the 17-year-old who fell into theupper reaches of Scale Force in July. Ourresponse required driving the land rovers up therough track behind Melbreak, then runningabout a mile up and then down again beforeclimbing up the side of Scale Force. I then had tododge the descending helicopter winch manwho was being lowered onto the path as wearrived and then abseil into the stream bed. Thepoor lad was soaked, in pain and his friends hadhad to drag him out of the stream to prevent himdrowning. Assessing him, giving him analgesiaand then packaging him for the helicopter flighton a tiny gravel beach, was quite a challenge. Aswas carrying him upstream to find a gap in thetrees through which he could be winched. It wasa pleasure to meet his friends who had handledthe crisis with great efficiency and presence ofmind.

With regard to new developments this yearwe have been involved with developing a newhypothermia protocol for the Lake District teamswith the LDSAMRA medical subcommittee. Thishas incorporated developments such asautomated cardiac massage devices whichallow CPR to be performed while a casualty is

carried on a stretcher. Links have also beendeveloped with extracorporeal membraneoxygenation (ECMO) centres. This techniquewhich has been found to be useful in warmingseverely hypothermic people more quickly andsafely than with traditional techniques, hasdeveloped in the wake of experience gainedduring the recent swine flu outbreak. We havealso invested in an airway manikin to improvethe team’s practical skills and confidence inusing intranasal and other airway adjuncts. Wehave also introduced Israeli battle dressings tothe team which have a handy clip which allowstension to be applied or the direction ofwrapping to be changed. They also haveanother clip which allows the dressing to befixed without fumbling with safety pins or tape. Iam hopeful that with these dressings I will neveragain see a head wound dressing blowing awayin the down draft from the helicopter! n

multi-team affairs than they have everbeen. The ability not just to work together, butto work well together is a must and not just niceto have. This year has seen a significant growthin this area and for this I have to gratefully thankCumbria Constabulary, North West AmbulanceService, RAF and RN, Great North AirAmbulance, Cumbria Fire and Rescue and ourneighbouring teams, Keswick, Wasdale,Penrith and the Lake District Search Dogs, plusall the individuals within and without MountainRescue who continue to help and are notforgotten.

This Annual Report includes articles on theBBC 999 Awards and the winter training inChamonix, so I will only comment briefly here.

The Team received a BBC award in Augustfor its involvement in a dramatic rescue inLorton Gully, Grasmoor. It was fantastic to seethe Team receive this award and good forMountain Rescue to be recognised from anational media perspective.

Nine Team members went to the French Alpsin late October to receive some pre-wintertraining. It was satisfying to see this training payoff almost immediately with the callout for aparaglider suck on Grasmoor, (Incident 56), atthe end of November.

So as a Team we now enter our 60th year. We intend to have a dinner and a get-togetherfor members past and present. I expect that like

everything that the Cockermouth Team does,this will be a “full-on” affair with muchreminiscing, banter and celebration. The Teamhas no doubt come a long way since the earlydays of first aid kits in tobacco tins andattending callouts on bikes. We’ve certainly gotbusier while techniques and technology havechanged things immensely, but even havingbeen involved with the Team for less than halfthose 60 years, I think that I can confidently saythat some things have not changed.

The Team works and works well throughteamwork and a voluntary ethos, where nothingis too much trouble and adaptability is always atthe forefront. The Team looks after its own, bothwithin and out. It has always had and it willalways have the tremendous support of thelocal community.

Today’s Team stands on the “shoulders ofgiants” – the people who first came up with theidea of a Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Teamand made it a reality; the people who followed,both within the Team and throughout the widerMountain Rescue community; the wives,partners, family and friends that equally makethe Team what it is as the Team membersthemselves.

And what’s not changed most of all? For this I thank the current membership and that is theability to not take anything too seriously, tolaugh with and at each other now and always. n

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MEDICAL OFFICER’S REPORTDr Mark Steel

Call out inMosedale.

Mike proudlycarries theOlympic torchthroughCockermouth.


The Team’s radio systems continueto play a vital role in search and rescueoperations. Each Team member has hisor her own personal radio, our LandRovers are fitted with more powerfulsets and we have an installed networkof base stations in the Buttermere andEnnerdale valleys. Using the MR mapsystem on the base computers, ourcontrol room operators can see in realtime where Team members andvehicles are located; we can evensometimes find the location of a lostperson from their smart phone via theSARLOC system. All this is a far cryfrom 60 years ago when flares andthunder flashes were used as recallsignals. Some Team members joinedthe Civil Defence Association so thatthey could “borrow” radios and the onlyuse of anything electrical on the hill,other than a torch, was a two strokepowered generator and lamp carried ona pack frame.

Our current analogue VHF system isnearly 10-years-old and thoughts areturning to replacement. Other agenciesmake extensive use of digitaltechnology, such as the Police andAmbulance Service’s Airwave network,and it may be that Mountain Rescuestarts using systems like these.However we have often seen thebenefits of having our own independentradios and I suspect that we willcontinue in this vein for many years.

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RADIO OFFICER’S REPORTRichard Greenwood

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER’S REPORT

Chris Abbot

This is my 18th report and I feel extremelyproud to be part of a team that has helped somany people in varying circumstances over theyears. We continue to have a high profile, nomore so than during the past year with our TeamLeader, Mike, trotting down Main Street carryingthe Olympic Torch. I was in Northumberland for afew days and watching it on TV where Mike’sgrin seemed to fill the whole screen.

Our base was the venue for the Queen’sDiamond Jubilee Tea Party which was of courseinterrupted by a callout. The local library ratherjumped the gun by holding an exhibitiondisplaying the Team’s Diamond Jubilee, but itacted as a taster for our celebratory weekend inFebruary 2013.

Talks to schools have continued and it is sorewarding to see the pupils’ enthusiasm,especially if Laura allows her search dog, Jake,to join us.

I found it moving too when a lady who lostboth her husband and her son within six weeks,thought about us through donations on bothoccasions.

Back to celebrations, I received an invitationto celebrate a couple’s Golden Wedding andincluded in the invitation were the words,“Without Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Teamthere would be no celebrations”. We mustcertainly have done something right on thatrescue.

The BBC 999 Awards gave the country achance to share in our pride in receiving such aprestigious tribute. The evening was very specialand at times an emotional experience. Thefollowing day “Blue Badge Guides” were nomatch against our Union Flag carrying Chairmanwho guided us through the streets of London toview and enjoy the sights of the capital.

Oh yes and I nearly forgot… A businesswoman ordered 300 of our Christmas cards lastyear to send to her clients. Just a thought for youfor this year!

I thank most sincerely those who havesupported and continue to support us to helpothers in time of need. All being well we shouldhave a brighter stand at future AgriculturalShows, so please come along and have a chatand keep in touch with us on our web-site. n

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1 7 JanuaryLady reported with a fracturedankle in Mosedale byMelbreak. Casualtytransported by Team vehicle toland ambulance at Kirkstile, foronward transport to WestCumberland hospital.

2 6 FebruaryA female fromBuckinghamshire slipped onice near the bottom of theScarth Gap path nearButtermere lake, resulting in asuspected broken ankle. Shewas treated by the TeamDoctor and stretchered by theTeam to a waiting ambulance atGatesgarth. The Casualty wastransferred to WestCumberland Hospital.

3 15 February Called by Police regarding areported missing 31-year-oldmale, from Ulverston, believedto be walking in the ButtermereArea. Male was located by thePolice at a friend’s house. Fourmembers were alerted, butdidn’t go on to the hill as carlocation was unknown.

4 18 FebruaryParty of five reportedthemselves stuck on Grasmoorsummit in icy and wintryconditions. The partyeventually made their way offthe hill via the Lad How’s route,where they were met by threeTeam members. All wereunhurt.

5 19 FebruaryReport of a female from thePenrith area, collapsed withchest pains near Graystonessummit, Whinlatter. The Teamattended the scene and treatedthe casualty, before loweringthe casualty down the fellsideby stretcher to an ambulance inWhinlatter pass. Casualty takento West Cumbria Hospital.

6 15 MarchA 19-year-old male fromSussex, walking on the coast tocoast route, reported himselfwith an ankle injury, somewhereabove Black Sail, Ennerdale.He was met by Team membersand escorted off the hill. He wastaken by the Team to Keswick.

7 15 MarchA party of two fromPeterborough reportedthemselves lost in mist on HighStile area, Buttermere. Theyeventually found a path and

made their own way downsafely off the fell. On the waydown they also met up withanother group.

8 24 MarchMan walking in the AnglersCrag area in Ennerdale, had apanic attack when his party lostthe path on relatively steepground. By the time the Teamarrived, the party hadsuccessfully made their ownway down to the lakeshorepath and required no furtherassistance.

9 28 MarchA 69-year-old woman fromCheshire was walking fromHonister to Haystacks whenshe tripped and cut her head,also sustaining a back injury.She was treated at the sceneand stretchered by the Team toour vehicle, then driven to meeta land ambulance at HonisterMine.

fell down to Honister pass andthe Team was then stooddown.

14 23 AprilA 23-year-old female wasreported with a back injury nearto the summit of Starling Dodd,Ennerdale. She was attendedto by Team members andtaken by Great North airambulance to WestCumberland hospital.

15 27 AprilThe Team was called to anincident near the summit ofGrey Knotts, Honister. A malewas reported with a brokenankle. Members from bothKeswick and CockermouthTeam responded to theincident and the casualty wasflown by air ambulance to WestCumberland hospital.

16 28 AprilA male was reported ascollapsed with a heart attacknear the summit of Dale Head.He was given CPR at thescene by a passing medicthen assistance from the airambulance paramedic. Hewas resuscitated and

Incidents2012evacuated from the mountainby helicopter and taken tohospital at West Cumberland.

17 29 AprilThe Team were called to searchfor a missing male fell runnertaking part in the ButtermereSailbeck Fell Race. Anextensive search took place indarkness and poor weatherconditions by Cockermouthand Keswick Teams and searchdogs. Nothing was found.

18 30 AprilThe Team resumed the searchat first light for the missing fell-runner. An RAF helicopterlocated a body in the ScarCrags area, below Crag Hill. Hewas winched from the sceneand taken to Carlisle hospital

19 30 AprilThe Team was called by NorthWest Ambulance Service at19:00 to assist with a 71-year-old male, suspected heartattack on SW side of ButtermereLake. Despite treatment fromFirst Responders, NWASparamedics and the Team, itwas not possible to revive thecasualty.

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Call-out two,Scarth Gap.

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Call-out one,Melbreak.

10 6 AprilTwo walkers reportedthemselves lost aboveCrummock water after a longwalk. Walkers eventuallymade their way to High Parkhouse, near Crummock water.They were taken by vehicle bya Team member toButtermere.

11 12 AprilA collapsed male walker wasreported near Gatesgarth Farmon Buttermere lake shore.Casualty was taken to a landambulance before the Teamarrived on scene. He wasreported to have fainted.

12 18 AprilReport of a male personcragfast somewhere aboveFanny Mercer’s cross on frontof Fleetwith Pike. The casualtywas assisted from the cragand walked off the hill toGatesgarth uninjured.

13 21 AprilA fellrunner, a 42-year-old malefallen and injured nearRobinson summit. The Teamresponded to the incident. Thecasualty was assisted from the >>>


20 7 May75-year-old woman fromWigan slipped on path at ThirdGill Sailbeck area, Buttermere.Team members attended andtreated the casualty. Thecasualty was taken to an airambulance which had landedat a convenient site nearby.She was taken to WestCumberland hospital.

21 10 MayA 64-year-old male from theWigan area slipped on theCrummock Lake shore pathand was reported with abroken leg. An air ambulancewas unable to assist due topoor weather. He was attendedto by Team Doctors andmembers at the scene andstretchered out to High Park, atthe north end of CrummockLake. The casualty was takenby road ambulance to WestCumberland hospital.

22 22 MayCall to search for an overduefemale walker on walk fromWasdale to Buttermere overthe high fells. Person was dueby 7.30pm but hadn’t arrivedby midnight. CockermouthTeam, with assistance fromWasdale and Keswick Teamswere called to search. A textwas received at 21:30 hrs fromthe lady that she was aboveButtermere making her waydown. The lady arrived atDalegarth, Buttermere at 01:15hours tired but unhurt.

23 28 MayA female was reported with abroken wrist on the Gable toWindy Gap path. The Teamresponded, members fromKeswick MRT also in

attendance. The casualty wastaken from the scene by GreatNorth Air Ambulance to WestCumberland Hospital.

24 3 JuneA 49-year-old female fell walkerslipped and fell whilstdescending from Dent Fellsustaining a fractured ankle.The Team stretchered her to anair ambulance which was ableto land 100 metres from thecasualty site.

25 6 JuneThree sheep stuck on GreatRound Howe, Buttermere. Allthree sheep successfullyrecovered.

26 28 JuneTwo walkers reportedthemselves to the Police asunable to locate the Youth Hostelin Ennerdale whilst walking nearthe North end of Ennerdalewater. They were located by theTeam and given guidance.

27 5 JulyA 23-year-old from Cheshirebecame crag fast on GreatRound How. He was loweredfrom the crag by the Team tosafety and escorted of the fells.

28 11 JulyA 67-year-old female walkerwas reported with a brokenankle near Lothwaite area, SaleFell She was treated at thescene by the Team and carriedto the road ambulance foronward transfer to hospital.

29 19 JulyThe Team was called after a 73-year-old walker with heartproblems was reportedoverdue. He turned up safe and

well before the full Team wasmobilised.

30 20 JulyA 16-year-old member of aDuke of Edinburgh group fromthe Plymouth area slipped andsustained an injury to his anklewhist descending towardsButtermere Moss on the firstday of his expedition. He wastreated at the scene by Teammembers and carried off the hill.

31 21 JulyA 60-year-old male fell on theMoses Trod path sustaining asuspected broken ankle. Hewas treated on scene andcarried by both Cockermouthand Keswick MRT up ontoGillercomb Head, where hewas transferred into the GreatNorth Air Ambulance and flownto West Cumberland Hospital.

32 22 JulyA party of four from theNottingham area became lostin the Loft Beck/Seavy Knottarea of Ennerdale. They werefound by the Team, escorted offthe hill and transported toKeswick.

33 22 JulyA 17-year-old from a Duke ofEdinburgh group fell 25 feet intoScale Force, Buttermeresustaining spinal and otherinjuries. He was treated by theTeam for suspected spinalinjuries, lifted onto a stretcher,then winched into a Royal NavySea King from Gannet and flownto West Cumberland Hospital.

34 26 JulyThe Team was requested bythe Police start a search for amissing person suffering from

Alzheimer’s in the BroughtonMoor area. He was spotted bya member of the public andcollected by the Police, thenassessed by an ambulancecrew.

35 6 AugustA 57-year-old man fromPeterborough slipped on thepath descending from SeavyKnott in Ennerdale. Hesustained a suspectedfractured / dislocated ankle. Hewas treated on scene andcarried by the Team down tothe GNAA where he was takenonto Carlisle Hospital.

36 7 AugustA 61-year-old woman fromOxfordshire fell on Scale Knottabove Crummock sustaining asuspected ankle fracture. Shewas treated at the scene,stretchered down to a TeamLandrover and taken to anambulance at Kirkgate Farm,Loweswater.

37 11 AugustA family of four, including a six-year-old boy and 10-year-oldgirl, from Oxfordshire becamestuck on a ledge in difficultground whilst ascendingMelbreak. The Team set up alowering and hauling systemand successfully rescued thefamily members one by onefrom the ledge. All were thenescorted down to the valleysafe and well.

38 13 AugustA 77-year-old woman fromLondon fell on the descent fromScarth Gap sustaining asuspected fractured ankle. Shewas treated at the scene byTeam members and doctor,

then stretchered down to anambulance at Gatesgarth.

39 19 AugustSheep stuck on a ledge justright of the climbers descent onHigh Crag Sheep removedfrom the crag

40 21 AugustA Duke of Edinburgh party ofnine became lost in the Pillararea. As the Team wasmobilising the party waslocated by the group leader andwalked down to WasdaleHead.

41 23 AugustSheep stuck on ledge on GreatRound How. Team memberlowered onto the ledge andthen Team member and sheeplowered to the ground. Sheepreleased.

42 31 AugustTwo walkers aged 50 and 73were reported overdue at 10pmat Borrowdale on a walk fromEnnerdale Bridge on the Coastto Coast path. Cockermouth

MRT, Keswick MRT and searchdogs started a search in theHonister to Loft Beck,Ennerdale area. The two turnedup safe and well at Gatesgarth,Buttermere and were taken byMRT vehicle to Borrowdale.

43 7 SeptemberTwo walkers reportedthemselves lost in mist onStarling Dodd and unable tofind the path to Red Pike. Theywere located by members ofthe Team and walked down tothe valley.

44 13 SeptemberThe Team was called to assistKeswick MRT with a femalecasualty with a broken ankle atthe top of Grains Gill. Thecasualty was treated at thescene and carried down to anambulance at Seathwaite.

45 15 SeptemberA 60-year-old female reportedshe was near Black Sail Passhaving slipped, hurting her feetand exhausted. She was foundnear Pillar and stretchered

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down to Wasdale byCockermouth and WasdaleTeams. She was transportedback to her B&B.

46 26 SeptemberA 56-year-old female walkerfrom Northants developedbreathing difficulties whilstcoming off Red Pike, close tothe bottom of Scale Force. Shewas treated by Air Ambulancemedics and Team members atthe scene and then flown bythe Air Ambulance to CarlisleInfirmary.

47 29 SeptemberThe Team was called by the AirAmbulance to assist them witha female who had collapsednear the summit of Red Pike.The casualty was stretcheredby Team members to the GreatNorth Air Ambulance andflown to West CumberlandHospital. The Team alsowalked the rest of the party offthe hill and transported themto their car.

51 12 OctoberA lady informed the Team thather 34-year-old son wasoverdue from a walk fromButtermere village. He turnedup unharmed two hoursoverdue, at the Bridge Hotel inButtermere.

52 21 OctoberA person was seen floating facedown in River Derwent inCockermouth. The Team wascalled by the Police to assist,then stood down.

53 21 OctoberTwo walkers phoned for helpwhen they couldn’t find the waydown from Red Pike toButtermere. They were talkeddown by the Team leader to thecorrect descent path fromwhere they safely walked downto Buttermere.

54 25 OctoberReport of two climbers stuckon east side of Pillar Rock.Father and son climbing Slab &

Notch rock climb on PillarRock. Son’s knee becamestuck in crack whilst on thesecond pitch. The pairmanaged to release the kneeafter an hour. The Team arrivedat the pair at the bottom of theclimb. The casualty waswinched from the hill by SeaKing helicopter from RAFBoulmer and transported toCarlisle Hospital for furthertreatment.

55 27 OctoberA walker slipped on ice on theHigh Level Traverse betweenRobinson’s Cairn and LookingStead, hitting his head. TheTeam was assisted by WasdaleMRT. The casualty wasevacuated by sea king Rescue122.

56 29 NovemberA male was walking upGrasmoor with the intention ofparagliding from the summit.He became stuck in snow inRed Gill, and was unable to

safely move up or down. Teammembers lowered the casualtyfrom the snowy ground andwalked him off the hill.

57 29 NovemberA 53-year-old lady from thenorth east slipped whilstdescending steep grass on herway down from Robinson toButtermere Moss. The Teamtreated her on scene and shewas carried by stretcher to awaiting ambulance.

58 2 DecemberThe Team was called by theambulance service to assistwith the recovery of a malecasualty on the Hay just east ofCockermouth. The Teamcarried the casualty to theGreat North Air Ambulance.

59 8 DecemberA walker from the Wigan areadislocated his shoulder whilstascending Fleetwith Pike,Buttermere. Conditionsunderfoot were snowy and icy.

His shoulder was treated by aTeam doctor and he was thenlowered on a stretcher to alocation where a Navyhelicopter from Prestwick wasable to winch him and fly toCarlisle Infirmary.

60 8 DecemberA male slipped whilstdescending from Pillarmountain to Wind Gap,resulting in a long slide downsnow. He suffered injuries tohis elbow and ribs. He wascarried off the hill by the Team,assisted by Wasdale MRT andby RAF Leeming MRT Teammembers who were in thearea.

61 31 DecemberA 59-year-old woman fromLeeds was taken ill whilstascending Melbreak, aboveLoweswater. She was treatedby the Team, stretchered fromthe hill and then flown tohospital by the Great North AirAmbulance.

Call-out 47,Red Pike.

Call-out 59 –Fleetwith Pike.

Call-out 59 –Fleetwith Pike.

48 6 OctoberThe Team, along with otherLake District Teams, wasasked to assist in the searchfor a missing girl in MidWales. The Team wasrequested for the Sunday, butwas stood down by NorthWales Police on the Saturdayevening. This incidentreceived nationwide presscoverage.

49 7 OctoberTwo walkers aged 24 and 28from the Hull area becamestuck in Lorton Gully,Grasmoor. They were ropedfrom the gully and walked offthe hill by the Team.

50 8 OctoberThe Team was called toassist Penrith Team in theCargo area of Carlisle for amissing 69-year-old male.The man was located duringthe night, unfortunatelydeceased. The Team wasstood down.

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As I write this report, rain lashesdown, the ground is a saturated messand all I can do is console myself withmemories of the time when wemingled with celebrities, and theworld seemed a star spangled,glittering fantasy. When I joined theteam 14 years ago I never dreamt itwould lead to this sort of adventure.

Few know how the Grasmoor frontrescue from November 2011 came tothe attention of the BBC 999 awards,but if the team were to be nominatedfor an award you couldn’t have pickeda better example. This was a rescuethat depended on every teammember pushing themselves to thelimit. A rescue in which all theequipment needed for success had tobe carried speedily a thousand feet upGrasmoor’s steep and unstable face:A rescue in which every team memberresponded selflessly, seeming toknow just what to do with few wordsneeding to be exchanged.

The BBC first required us to assistin making a short film to tell the storyof the callout and the team. Mike,Steve B, Russell and I providedthe “talking heads”, aninteresting and repetitiveprocess in which the directorpatiently searched for punchysound bites in my mumblingstutterings! It was also the firsttime I have worn make-up.Honest! The next day a valiantattempt was made to re-enact theNovember call out in May, and in aplace where the camera crew wherehappy to walk to!

We were then invited to attend theAward ceremony in July at BBCTelevision Centre to see if we had wonan award. As the iconic centre is soon

to close, it was an opportunity toogood to miss. So nine of us

gathered in Penrith early oneMonday morning and boarded the trainclutching dinner jackets. This was to bea black tie event, and very smart wewere to look too!

We were met at Euston station anddriven to the Hotel where thenominees for the 999 awards weregathered, but as we were“Cockermouth Mountain RescueTeam on tour” we made sure we had

Above: Very smart!With the presentersof our prize, JuliaBradbury and JohnBarrowman. Right:Outside the Housesof Parliament, inmore relaxed gear.

had a couple of pints first! After abuffet we were briefed on theprogramme of events and what to doshould we win an award. We were ledto believe that there were severalother hotels being used to brief evenmore nominees. We then boardedminibuses to BBC centre with Steve Bmaking a welcome appearancehaving nobly travelled back from Nicecomplete with bike bag and Mike alsojoined us having travelled down on alater train. London was buzzing withOlympics fever and the taxi driver wasdreading the expected congestioncaused by the priority traffic lanes.

We were dropped at televisioncentre in an endless stream of busesand waited in the foyer for our turn towalk the red carpet (a moment sadly,in my opinion, cut from the finishedshow). While waiting, we watched TVmonitors announcing the imminentarrival of celebrities such as DameKelly Holmes, and Arlene Phillips.“There must be some big show on aswell tonight” we naively thought! Wewere lead into the back of a studio andserved canapés and champagne. Wemingled with the other nominees andsuddenly became aware of familiarfaces entering the room and talking insmall groups. Now I must admitcelebrities are not my forte and westruggled to put names to the faceshaving to be content with identifyingonly their shows such as Holby City,Strictly Come Dancing or Dragons’Den. Gradually the celebrities wereenticed to come and talk to us, Derekand Chris Abbott managing to pinCockermouth Mountain Rescue Teamlapel badges to most! We met GloriaHunniford and John Craven whichwent well despite one of us thinkinghe had presented Screen Test in the1970s (it was actually Michael Rodd!Oops!)

By now it had become apparenteven to me that if we were here, wehad won an award! The show >>>

THE 2012 BBC 999 AWARDS


itself was presented veryprofessionally by the boisterousLenny Henry and the beautifully-voiced Kirsty Young. We were seatedon two tables right in the middle of theaudience. I was sat next to NickKnowles from DIY SOS, Tamsin Greigthe actress, and, from Holby City,Harri Dhillon and Bob Barrett! I remember making sure I applaudedenthusiastically, smiling and lookingserious at appropriate moments ascameramen weaved through theaudience to get close ups of theprettiest of us. (Not me!). The showincluded incredible stories of heroismand bravery such as a policewomanwho dragged a man out of burningcar, a young lad who intervened whena young girl was attacked andstabbed, and a paramedic droppedby helicopter onto a beach with thetide coming in, I began to feel anxiousthat our story wasn’t of the samestandard as these but when theyplayed our film and I saw and heardthe audiences reaction these worrieswere banished and I remember feelingvery proud to belong to, and representCockermouth Mountain RescueTeam. Our prize was presented byJohn Barrowman, and Julia Bradburyand they with Steve B in hisacceptance speech, made it clear thatMountain Rescue was provided byvolunteers, funded by charity and oncall 24 hours a day, every day. Thisseemed to come as a surprise tomany and making this point on primetime TV, to me justified the wholeexperience. As we left the stage forpublicity shots, never one to miss anopportunity, one of us suggestedrepeatedly to John Barrowman thathe should include the team in anepisode of Dr Who! (Eventually,exasperated he pointed out his serieswas Torchwood!) Another oops!

After we were lead back into theshow, we could relax and listen to therest of the stories, some harrowing,

some inspirational. I particularly recalla 999 controller who talked a youngfather through the resuscitation of hisdrowned child, a firefighter whoorganised the UK response to naturaldisasters such as the Haitiearthquake, and the footballer FabriceMuamba’s miraculous recovery from78 minutes of cardiac arrest in March.

At the end we had the chance tomingle with the celebrities. Oh how Iwish I had that time again. If only Iknew who they were and who wasthere I am sure I could have donebetter. If only I subscribed to OKmagazine! Unfortunately even when Icatch an episode of “Strictly” or “I’m aCelebrity” I never recognise anyone!Still the highlight to me was meetingdouble gold medallist Dame KellyHolmes and finding out I was taller.Unfortunately I then went on to tell her!Oops.

After the show no one felt like anearly night and I think most of us were

the police were very polite and friendlyand now sport CMRT lapel badges aswell! The tour ended with the honourof a coffee on the Lords’ terrace whichalso provided a unique view of theLondon bridge surroundings.Afterwards we had a few hours to fill inbefore our train left so we tried to haveourselves photographed in front of asmany London landmarks as possiblebefore visiting the new war memorialto Second World War bomber crews.Steve B made a fine tour guide withhis union flag on a stick!

Sleep came easily on the trainjourney home. This was just as well,as pausing only to collect my son,who had just returned from a schooltrip, we set off that night for the north-west Highlands to start my summerholidays properly. I finally found somekind of peace the following afternoonin a 10-foot rubber boat, fishing formackerel in the Minch!Mark Steel

up to 2am in good spirits talking to thefellow award winners. One of us had afurther adventure through the nightinvolving a sleep walk, a lost room keyand a naked trip to reception, but asthey say “what happens on tour, stayson tour”!

The next morning we were up at7am and then off to the Houses ofParliament where we met our friendLord Dubs, who, after volunteering tobe a body on one of our practices,promised to show us around should“we be in town”. Well we certainlywere in town and what an experienceit was, not only from the historicalviewpoint but also in giving us aninsight into the workings of ourParliament which, especially living inWest Cumbria, seems very distant attimes. Lord Dubs was very helpful andsuggested ways in which we couldraise the profile of Mountain Rescue’sconcerns. The security arrangementswere also impressive but despite this

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Amazing – I’m tallerthan Kelly Holmes!Steve, Jeff, Derek,Kelly, Mike, me, Jimand Phil. And withthe famous policebox from DoctorWho.

John Craven andGloria Hunnifordwith Chris.

Tamsin Greig withMike and Steve.

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Historically, the Team’s wintertraining has taken place over aweekend, in the Scottish highlands.The intention has been to help keepwinter mountaineering skills up toscratch, both on a personal and Teamlevel. In recent years, the ‘poor’ wintershave meant, more often than not, a wetgrey windy traverse of the AonachEagach ridge or similar. Also, due tothe timing of ‘any’ Scottish winterconditions, the trip has taken place inlate February – early March.Considering its purpose of ‘brushingup’ skills in time for ‘our’ Lake Districtwinter, the timing could be better too!

So, the training committee put itsthinking cap on, and in October, nine ofus headed off to Chamonix for anorganised programme of wintermountaineering. We set off fromCockermouth at 2.00am on the 27th,and once we had finally ‘navigated’ ourway into the long stay car park atLiverpool Airport we headed for check-in. Obviously, we had a lot of shiny

spiky heavy gear with us, and neededextra baggage (which we had pre-booked). Unfortunately, thewell-known orange airline omitted tomake it clear that although we hadpaid for extra bags, we hadn’t paid toput anything in them. Some seriousgear reshuffling and donning of extralayers and heavy mountaineeringboots eventually saw us on the planeand off to France….

The conditions were mostlyexcellent. We had a cloudy misty dayfollowed by two days of dawn ‘til dusksunshine and blue skies. The fells werequiet, being very early in the season,and there was plenty of varied snowand ice to go at, with a fresh snowfalljust before we arrived leaving a deeplayer of powder on the rocky ridges.

The training entailed three full daysworking in small groups with fourEnglish guides. They were excellent,and worked hard to ensure we got outof the trip what we required as a Team.

On arrival in Chamonix on theSaturday, the whole group had a runup to Montenvers Station and back, inthe sleet and snow to break us in. It’sabout 1,100 metres ascent and Iwouldn’t recommend it with le BigMac and pomme frites on board!

Day two, and our first with theguides, was blustery in the valley with

Training inChamonix

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The call came at midnight;a fell walker had not returnedfrom a walk that hadcommenced in Wasdale andplanned to finish in Buttermerevia the high fells. The walkerhad given an ETA of 19:30hours and as the time after thistarget elapsed her husbandhad become increasinglyconcerned for her well-being.

The Team was briefed in theControl Room at our Base; thecouple were camping atDalegarth, Buttermere and shehad been dropped off inWasdale by her husband whowas to meet up with her at thecamp site when she returned.We were divided into smallteams and given specific rolesand tasks to perform. My rolewas to enquire with thewardens at Dalegarth todetermine whether the ladyhad returned to the camp siteand also to check their tent incase she had gone directly toit.

It was a lovely May night,calm and warm – just right for anight out on the beautifulButtermere fells. The TeamLeader had asked the husbandto travel to Lorton where it wasknown that mobile telephonesignal strength was good so hecould text his wife andsubsequently advise us if hereceived a response. As wejourneyed down the valley wemet him at an agreedrendezvous in Lorton for asituation update. As theDeputy Team leader spokewith him a text, sent by his wifeat 2130 hours, was receivedstating that she was on the fellsabove Buttermere; this waswelcome news as it narrowedthe search area down. Whilstthe operation was on-going hewas to remain in situ so wecould contact him by phone toadvise of developments.

On arrival in Buttermere Iduly spoke with the wardens atDalegarth centre but alas, there

was no news of the fell walker.As instructed, I set off for thecamp site to check the tent inwhich they were camping; thehusband had given us specificinformation of the type, colourand pitch location. Walkingthrough the grounds with torchbeam scanning for the tent Iwas considering the multitudeof possibilities that might haveoccurred to this ‘damsel indistress’.

Nearing the tent I noticedthe entrance flap was peggedin the open position and, justinside the main dwelling area,was a scantily clad lady, half ina sleeping bag, staring aheadat me. I suspect she assumed Iwas her husband and wasintending to make amorousamends for her late return. Thesleeping bag was hastily liftedto the base of the chin coveringessential parts of the torso; justas well it was dark to hide twosets of blushes!

All’s well that ends well.Steve Jones

What therescuer saw

Above: On theladders from theMer de Glace.


high winds high up and this combinedwith a 60cm dump of snow overnightclosed the Telepherique lift to theAiguille du Midi, which had been ourprimary route of choice into themountains. Once we all had oursalopettes on the right way round, weascended via the railway instead, toMontenvers and dropped down to theMer de Glace via the metal ladders.Training on the glacier was in smallgroups and included crampontechnique, snow and ice anchors, tyingin and moving together on a rope andsome ice climbing in a large crevasse.A good first day in the mountains.

Day three started early, after a greatbreakfast, and saw us all at the topstation of the Aiguille du Midi. We werefirst out along the snow arête off theMidi, which was ‘interesting’ followingthe fresh snow – very narrow with, shallwe say, an excellent view down eitherside! We descended into the ValleeBlanche and spent the morning on amixed route over snow covered rockending at the Cosmiques Hut. In theafternoon, we had an avalancheworkshop, with good instruction fromthe guides, stressing the importance ofcommand and control, to enableorganised and accurate searchingthrough an avalanche site. It seemed along drag through the deep snow of

the Vallee Blanche back up to the Midi,and a few ‘well earned’ beers weredrunk that evening!

Day four was cold but clear andsunny and after a quick discussion atthe bottom of the Midi, we decided tosplit into two groups. One headed to themid station and one back to the top.The mid station group worked on somefurther workshops, covering crevasserescue techniques, T-axe, deadman,buried rucksack belays and anavalanche transceiver exercise. The topstation group descended the ridgeagain and crossed the Vallee Blanche toascend various ice and mixed routes insmall groups, on the Pointe Lachenal.Both groups had another great day, andthe final debrief with the guides at theend of the three days spoke for itself,with all members of the group havinggained good experience andknowledge, regardless of their previouswinter mountaineering abilities.

This was our Team’s first foray intowinter training ‘abroad’. The Teammembers who attended, had mixedlevels of winter experience, and it wastribute to the guides’ flexibility, thateveryone returned home with newskills and techniques. Was it relevant towinter rescue in the Lake District? Well,less than a week after the trip, I wassitting in a bucket seat anchored to asnow bollard, lowering a ‘stranded’paraglider from a blank snow slope onthe front of Grasmoor – so yes, Ibelieve it was.

Finally, thanks go to Dave, Phil andNeil for organising the flights, theexcellent accommodation and guidesand generally putting the whole triptogether. I would certainly recommendit to Team members for next year!

Oh and it was Tom who put hissalopettes on back to front, Phil whohad a ‘major strop’ when he couldn’tthink of a pop star beginning with H,and Russell who won the ‘Most GullibleTeam Member of the Trip’ award.Andrew McNeil

Left: Avalanchetraining.Above: Ice climbingon the glacier.


I shudder to think whatmight have happened hadthere been no mountain

rescue team.

I know that you do this very vital work on a voluntary basis and areonly funded by donations. To this end I enclose a cheque.

We really don’t know what wewould have done without you all.

I am writing to give you my heartfelt thanksfor the fantastic service you gave me. You are absolute heroes in my mind.

We are hugely gratefulfor your prompt,

professional, caringand expert response to

our call for help.

We so muchappreciated yourexpert help and

were very impressedwith your skill and

empathy.

We were very grateful forthe help we received forour friend who slipped

and broke her ankle. Notonly did the Team helpher, you also ferried usback to our car which

was most appreciated.

Having experienced first hand thevaluable work that you do andsubsequently read your AnnualReport and checked out your

website, we think the dedication andcommitment of the Team is amazing.

Thanks to you and theTeam for the sterling work

done during Andy’srescue from the high level

traverse on Pillar.

Words cannot express my gratitudefor all your kindness and selflessness

when I fell whilst out walking.

We were impressed by boththe quick response and theprofessionalism shown by

the whole team, to saynothing of the camaraderieand banter which made a

potentially traumaticexperience much easier.

Commentsfrom thecasualties

Thank you alsofor the fabulously

positive, goodhumoured and

reassuring way inwhich my rescuewas managed.

Thankyou all!

Above left: MontrealSchool.Above: CockermouthSchool Reunion.Left: Workington Golf Club.

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