Keswick Mountain Rescue Team has had an exceptionally busy July attending 24 incidents during the course of the month.
The hot weather along with the huge boost in visitors to the area has seen more people taking to the fells and lakes.
But it is not only walkers that come to grief and that was illustrated on Sunday afternoon when a paragliding student flying above the Old Coach Road, near Threlkeld, under tuition, landed badly and fractured his ankle.
A Keswick team member was at the scene and due to the nature of the fracture requested air ambulance assistance.
A Keswick team vehicle was dispatched but as the Patterdale team were finishing a job at nearby Aira Force they got to the scene first and provided assistance to the air ambulance crew who flew the man to hospital.
The team Land Rover that was on its way to attend the Wolf Crag incident received another call to help a mountain biker who had crashed at Whinlatter Forest.
But during the approach it was noted that the casualty had managed to get to the main car park and was receiving assistance and the team returned to base.
On Monday a 60-year-old female slipped and stumbled whilst descending Catbells towards Hause Gate injuring her ankle.
The woman’s husband said he heard a snapping sound and the woman was unable to continue her walk and mountain rescue was contacted after they called 999.
A small team made their way up to the casualty from Manesty where they gave pain relief before splinting the leg and stretchering down towards Littletown in the Newlands Valley.
The pair were then taken to Keswick so the husband could take his wife to hospital for an x-ray.
Last Friday afternoon a party of three were descending from Bowscale Tarn after a swim when one member of the group slipped and sustained an ankle injury.
The team deployed and managed to get a vehicle to the casualty.
She was given analgesics, splinted and driven down to the road to meet her family, who took her to hospital.
A family of five were walking on Catbells last Thursday afternoon when the mother began feeling faint and started to vomit.
The team was dispatched and once on scene diagnosed dehydration due to the high temperatures.
The casualty was given oral and IV fluids before being stretchered off to a waiting ambulance for further treatment.
Earlier an 83-year-old man fell off his mobility scooter in Cockshot Woods sustaining a cut above his eye.
A small team was dispatched on foot from the base to assess and treat the man’s injuries and an ambulance also attended as further treatment was felt to be needed.
The man’s cut was cleaned and dressed but he refused to be taken to hospital and he continued without further assessment.
And also last Thursday afternoon, a woman walking towards Friars Crag with her family tripped and landed painfully on her shoulder.
A nearby policeman called for mountain rescue help and the team from the previous rescue diverted quickly to the area.
The woman was treated by the team for her pain before being assisted to the nearby police vehicle to be taken, along with her family, to Keswick hospital.
Members of Keswick Mountain Rescue Team have responded to 53 incidents so far this year.
