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Piers Gill
There is a rough path on the eastern side of the gill (not in the actual gill). This has sections of scrambling with some difficult route finding in poor visibility. It is only recommended in dry conditions, with good visibility for experienced fell walkers.
One further point, there is no mobile phone coverage in the area around the gill!
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/advice/accident-black-spots/piers-gill-scafell-pike/
The Team was called to assist a male in his 70′s who had fallen on steep broken ground beside Piers Ghyll. He had sustained minor injuries to the head and shoulder and a significant chest injury. Medcial care was given at the scene by members of WMRT and he was transfered to West Cumberland Hospital …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/piers-gill-scafell-pike-fri-21st-sep-2012/
The police contacted the team to assist a pair of walkers who had found themselves lost on steep ground in poor visibility whilst descending Scafell Pike. They were fortunate in being able to get an intermittent mobile phone signal to the Police so the team headed to the area indicated by their GPS and found they had …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/lingmell-sat-3rd-mar-2012/
Whilst rescuing the injured dog and its owner, the team were called out by the police to search for a 19 year old fell walker who had last been seen around Piers Gill at about 15:00. Descending from Scafell Pike …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/piers-gill-scafell-pike-fri-30th-dec-2011/
Two walkers, male and female on Scafell Pike and reported themselves lost somewhere in the region of Piers Gill in low cloud. As their general location was known from the description they gave and they were relatively safe, a limited callout was instigated and 8 team members located the lost walkers on Lingmel Col. They …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/lingmell-col-area-scafell-pike/
Two walkers from Leeds were descending from Scafell Pike in thick mist looking for the corridor route. They became disorientated around the top of Piers Gill and lost the path. They were located on the Lingmell side of the gill near the wall then walked back down to Brackenclose. Incident closed 10.00 p.m. 7 team …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/scafell-pike-5/
Call from the police to respond to a ’999′ call from a Father and his eleven year old son who were lost, overlooking crags on their descent from Scafell Pike. They had set off earlier in the day from Wasdale Head. They had no map and no lights but could see two lakes in the …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/scafell-pike-6/
Call from the police to help a group of five walkers plus a dog who were benighted on Scafell Pike. They were located at the wall on Lingmell above piers Gill. They had no lights, no equipment nor food. A limited call out was made and the group were walked back down the mountain. 12 …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/2010-incident-67/
Call came in from the police for two overdue/lost walkers on Scafell Pike. The two male walkers, 23 yr and 24 yr old were with their father attempting the three peaks challenge when they became separated on their descent back to Wasdale Head. The father was interviewed by two of the team’s deputies and it …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/2010-incident-55/
Mobile phone call to the police from a walker who had heard shouts for help from the area below Lingmel Crags. Subsequent calls confirmed that there was a genuine person in difficulty. Full call out and 19 team members attended. Before the team could get to the location (Piers Gill), the male walker had managed …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/2010-incident-32/
’999′ mobile call from an informant located on the corridor route path at the head of Piers Gill. Two male walkers had descended Piers Gill, on their descent from Scafell Pike. They had got themselves down the two waterfall steps (around 4m drops) and decided to return. Only one could get out with assistance from …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/callout-07-in-2010/
