Call from the police in the early hours. Three male walkers doing the three peaks were reported long overdue. They were reported to have survival equipment with them so the Team leader left the incident until later in the day. The missing walkers tirned up safe and well at 2:00 Read more…
Call direct from the Wasdale Head. Informant reporting two people long overdue from Scafell Pike – also 3 peakers. They had set off at 11.00 p.m. the previous night. Male and Female (23 and 26) reported to be wearing shorts and T shirts, despite awful weather. When it subsequently also Read more…
Police call regarding two 3 peakers who were disorientated on the way down from Scafell Pike. Little information in the initial call, other than a mobile number. Further call received direct later in the morning, reporting two 3 peakers overdue. These were indeed the same names that we were already Read more…
Team were paged by the police following a ‘999’ call for overdue walkers doing the 3 peaks challenge. A 29 yr old male and 32 yr old female left Wasdale at 5.00 p.m. on the Saturday with an expected return of 9.30 p.m. When they failed to phone in later Read more…
Callout by the police for an overdue group of 11 Three peakers who were lost in upper Eskdale. The Team leader advised that it would light shortly and to wait until they could gather their bearings. They called back in later the next morning to advise that they were down Read more…
Call to rescue a 17yr old girl who had become severely dehydrated on her return from the summit of Scafell Pike. The girl was in a larger school party completing the 3 Peaks Challenge. They had already climbed Ben Nevis. Rather than dehydration, the team doctors established that there were Read more…
‘999’call to Cumbria Police from 7 x Three Peakers who had left Seathwaite earlier in the evening. They became lost on the corridor route and requested guiding. The Team Leader advised that it would be light in three hours, it would take the team 2 hours to get to them. Read more…
) Call from the Police regarding a party of six three peakers who had got lost on Scafell Pike. They had left Seathwaite at 7.20 p.m. and been on the summit at 9.50 p.m. but then got disorientated in cloud and darkness as they tried to return. Their description of Read more…
‘999’ call from a group of ’13 Three Peakers’ lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader spoke to them by mobile and established that they had a GPS. The group could gave a reasonably accurate grid reference for their location but had no map with which to see where they Read more…
Pager message from Police to respond to a request for help from two Three Peakers. 2 male walkers from Kent were attempting the 3 peaks challenge from Seathwaite and became lost on their way back down. From a telephone conversation with the lost pair, the leader established that their most Read more…
Call from Cumbria police regarding a group of 3 Peakers in trouble. The informant was at the campsite telephone box. Two groups had set off to complete Scafell Pike as a Three Peaks Challenge. Although the weather conditions were appalling with very heavy rain the groups had set off. The Read more…
Two groups of 4 and 5 people, both part of the same party doing the Three Peaks Challenge, were reported overdue between the summit of Scafell Pike and Langdale. The missing groups had called in on their mobile to say they were on the summit at 6.30pm that but failed Read more…
The team were paged by the police for two three peakers who had become separated and lost whilst ascending, then descending Scafell Pike. The missing person was talked off the mountain by telephone and met up with some other walkers who pointed him in the right direction. He had waterproofs Read more…
Team paged by the Police to attend to a ‘999’ call for 3 long overdue, Three Peakers and 2 dogs. The 2 males and 1 female (from the Liverpool area) had left Brackenclose at 8.00 p.m. the previous evening and were due back down at 12:30 hrs – Their waiting Read more…
Whilst attending the other rescues that night, the team was approached by a lady who had a group of 3 Three Peakers who were overdue – under the circumstances, no action was taken and they eventually turned up safe and well. Incident closed as an (a)
Whilst attending the other rescues that night, the team was approached by a father who was concerned about his 2 sons who were in a group of 2 Three Peakers who were long overdue – no action was taken apart from looking out for them whilst searching for the 2 Read more…
Whilst searching for the 2 male walkers, a further ‘999’ call came in to search for 4 (Three Peakers) who were lost in the Hollowstones area and sheltering in a KISU (bivvy tent). 2 Wasdale team members were sent out to find them. They were located not far away from Read more…
Team were paged by the police to attend to a ‘3 Peaks Challenge’ walker with an injured knee. When details were confirmed, the incident was located at the top of Ruddy Gill which is outside Wasdale’s area, but the Keswick team’s pager system was down. Wasdale responded with 12 team Read more…
Police paged the team to respond to overdue group of Three Peakers from York. The alarm was raised by the informant at the Brackenclose camp site phone box (which does not take incoming calls – so difficult to get back to the informant) – while the Team leader was taking Read more…
Call direct from the Wasdale Head Inn regarding a group of 4 x three peakers who were long overdue returning from the Pike. All were apparently in their 30’s, had maps, torches, waterproofs etc and had set off to do Scafell Pike at 6.00 p.m. Conditions were poor, with thick Read more…