Kings Hill, Hadrian’s Wall

Incident Type: Rescue

The second incident involved a walker and her dog on Hadrian’s Wall near to Housesteads Roman Fort. The walker had fallen through the snow into a bog and they were wet and extremely cold.

A call to Northumbria Police led to Mountain Rescue being quickly activated. Given the prevailing low temperatures and snow covered moors, along with the walker’s condition, there was a level of urgency to the response. While volunteer members close to the incident and a 4×4 vehicle were mobilised, our duty controller confirmed the walker’s location with Sarloc Rescue technology. They then proceeded to talk the walker down off the hill, while providing plenty of reassurance that they were making good progress and that members would be with her shortly.

Within 30 minutes the walker was down on the Military Road being assessed by one of our Remote Rescue Medical Technicians. After being rewarmed, the very grateful and relieved walker was discharged from our care to make her own way home. The walker did exactly the right thing by calling for help before the situation became worse.

The incident involved 7 Team members for 1 hour 50 minutes. A further 15 members were on standby in case the incident escalated.