'Busy April Fools Day' for mountain rescue team with back to back calls
A LAKE DISTRICT mountain rescue team had a 'busy April Fools Day' with back to back rescues in the Keswick area.
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team were called out to the Allerdale Ramble at 12:18 pm on April, 1 to a women in 'considerable pain' after a calf injury.
A spokesman for Keswick Mountain Rescue Team said: "The team received a callout to a walking group on the Allerdale Ramble behind Castle Crag. A women in the group had sustained a calf injury and was in considerable pain unable to weight bear. On arrival the team assessed the casualty and then packaged the women for a stretcher sledge/carry back to the team vehicle.
The team helping the casualty during the rescue (Image: Keswick MRT) "Whilst finishing up repatriating the casualty with a friends vehicle in Rosthwaite the team received a second call out to Ullock Pike. After a quick reset at base the team continued on to the second incident.
The team were called to Ullock Pike at 1:50 pm for the second incident of the day, which involved a woman who had 'twisted her ankle' whilst descending Ullock Pike.
A spokesman for the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team said: "Whilst finishing up on our first call out of the day, the team received a second callout to a lady that had twisted her ankle whilst descending from Ullock Pike. The casualty who was with her companion and dog were on tricky terrain in Sandbeds Gill on the flanks of Ullock Pike.
"The team ascended from the forrest tracks of Dodd Wood direct up the Gill to locate the casualty site. Once on scene a small team assessed and splinted the casualties ankle.
It was a busy day for the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (Image: Keswick MRT) "The casualty was packaged for a stretcher carry off the hill. With a rope in place to provide support for the stretcher the difficult extraction started; down loose scree, through trees and over bracken."
The Keswick Mountain Rescue Team is 100% funded by donations, the spokesman said: "Often when we go out on a rescue, people tell us they'd like to buy us a coffee or a pint, which is much appreciated.
"For good reason however, we cannot use your Mountain Rescue donations towards social events such as a trip to the pub. 'Buy me a coffee' allows us to have a small social fund so that the team can get together outside of rescues or training."
If you'd like to donate to this fund you can follow the link https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KeswickMRT.
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