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HERE is a round-up of the incidents mountain rescue teams were called out to in the South Lakeland area in the last week. - A walker slipped and injured her knee in woodland at Haverthwaite on Monday. Her leg was splinted and she was stretchered to a waiting ambulance. - A solo climber - who had no climbing gear with him - became stuck on Dow Crag, near Coniston, on Tuesday. He was rescued with the assistance of a helicopter. - A woman injured her ankle after falling near Boo Tarn, on the lower slopes of the Coniston Old Man, on Tuesday. She was stretchered to a rescue team vehicle, t...

Pictured Dow Crag in the Coniston Fells of Cumbria. Photo credit: Submitted picture from Graham Wilkinson Coniston Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Tuesday (29 December) at around 3.25pm to Dow Crag by Cumbria police to help a solo climber who was stuck. A spokesperson from the team reported the climber had no climbing gear with him and had climbed past some ice and saw more above and so called for help. Due to daylight fading, the team requested assistance from a HM Coastguard helicopter and because of concerns over the downwash from the helicopter blowing the climber off the crag, the...

Two callouts for a Cumbrian mountain rescue team yesterday have prompted a call for people travelling to the Lake District from Tier 3 or Tier 4 areas to walk or climb  are putting people’s lives at risk. Coniston Mountain Rescue Team was called out at around 3.25pm yesterday to Dow Crag by Cumbria police to help a solo climber who was stuck. The climber had no climbing gear with him, the team said, and had climbed past some ice and saw more above and so called for help. Two team members were on the next hill, and were quickly at the bottom of the crag.

RESCUE teams were called out after a woman fell on an afternoon walk. Coniston Mountain Rescue Team was dispatched at 4pm on Tuesday to the lower slopes of the Old Man of Coniston. A woman had reportedly fallen near Boo Tarn and hurt her ankle. A spokesman for CMRT said: "We were called for a second incident on the lower slopes of the Old Man, close to Bursting Stone Quarry. "A woman had fallen near Boo Tarn and hurt her ankle. "Dividing our resources, we sent one Land Rover to this incident. "The patient had self-administered some pain relief before we arrived, she was assessed...