Incidents – Wasdale Mountain Rescue

2003 Rescue 32

Call from the Police to investigate a missing family group, four adults and two children who had climbed Scafell Pike. They had left Coniston camp site at 1100 hrs the previous morning and had not turned up by 0030 hrs. The husband of one of the missing persons called the Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsWed 23rd Jul 2003 ago

2003 Rescue 31

The team were called to rescue a lady in her early 40’s who suffered a stumble fall into quite a deep ditch, a few hundred meters from Bowderdale Farm, Netherbeck. The team went in from the farm. The lady had clearly broken her right tib and fib which was splinted Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsTue 15th Jul 2003 ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sun 13th Jul 2003

Wasdale team were called to assist a female with a knee injury on the Brown Tongue path. She had been part of a much larger group tackling the 3 peaks when she became injured on the descent. Her husband stayed with her whilst the rest of the group descended. A Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSun 13th Jul 2003 ago

Wastwater Screes – Sat 5th Jul 2003

Call from the Police at about 1700hrs. Two people (man and wife) in their 60’s had walked from Boot, over Burnmoor and along the Scree path on the southern side of Wastwater. They’d got stuck on the scree, about 100 metres from the water edge. The team leader spoke to Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSat 5th Jul 2003 ago

2003 Rescue 29

Wasdale team were called to search for missing walkers on Scafell Pike. Cloud level was down. The full team were called out to search however the missing persons turned up safe and well before the search groups got out onto the fell.

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSat 5th Jul 2003 ago

2003 Rescue 28

Wasdale team were called to assist in the search for a 59yr old male walker who had left the Old Dungeon Ghyll to tackle Bowfell / Esk Pike / Broad Crag / Scafell Pike / Scafell (via Broad Stand) and returning back to Langdale. His car was still at ODG Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsTue 1st Jul 2003 ago

July 2003

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