Call to investigate cries for help on the Screes path. Limited call-out undertaken but it turned out to be a well intentioned false alarm. Found farmer gathering sheep.
Call to support Keswick MRT searching for a missing male walker traveling across the tops to Netherwasdale. Full details of the rescue to follow from the team leader shortly. Missing person found safe and well sheltering at Esk Hause shelter in the early hours of Wednesday morning. rescue base closed Read more…
Report of a large fully packed abandoned rucksack at Styhead. Two team members investigated and found it to be a small sack of firewood left for a camping party. No further action taken.
Call from Workington Police. 19 yr old man from Halifax had slipped on the path, descending Brown Tongue and had sustained an ankle injury that prevented him from being able to continue. There were only around 14 members in total but the casualty was just below the Lingmel Gyll stream Read more…
Call from Workington Police at 1700 hrs regarding a report of two "elderly gentlemen" who were unlikely to be able to walk down without mountain rescue assistance. The Police didn’t have an accurate description of the location but knew it was somewhere in the vicinity of the Burnmoor Tarn path, Read more…