Incidents – Wasdale Mountain Rescue

Scafell Pike – Sun 25th Apr 2004

Not logged as an incident. A mixed group doing the three peaks became lost, were tired and cold and their lights were failing so they dialed ‘999’ for mountain rescue. 0255 hrs call from Workington Police. A group of five people (males and females from Watford) had got “stuck” a Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSun 25th Apr 2004 ago

Mosedale – Wed 21st Apr 2004

Not an incident as such but could be classed as a proactive team response under the category of incident prevention.1130 hrs a large party of children had been dropped off at Wasdale Head and set off up Mosedale – they appeared ill equipped but no action was taken apart from Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsWed 21st Apr 2004 ago

Crinkle Crags – Wed 14th Apr 2004

Or should that be 13th April……Three men were going to camp at Sprinkling Tarn and were en route via the bad step on Crinkle Crags. One of them decided to bypass the step by going over Long Top, whilst the other two carried on up the step. They were meant Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsWed 14th Apr 2004 ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 11th Apr 2004

Telephone call form Workington Police reporting two men, in their early twenties, overdue form a walk up the Corridor route and onto Scafell Pike. The team were already mobilised (see previous incident) so there was a search of the car parks at Wasdale and the Police checked car parks on Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSun 11th Apr 2004 ago

Scafell – Sun 11th Apr 2004

Call received from Workington Police concerning a party of “3 Peakers” who had just come down off Scafell Pike and had heard shouts for help coming from the Rake End area of Scafell. They were all convinced the shouts were human although they hadn’t established any form of communication (no Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSun 11th Apr 2004 ago

Unknown Location – Sat 3rd Apr 2004

Workington Police put out a pager message regarding an incident. A request had come in from a concerned partner about a male walker from the Midlands who was walking / camping in the Lake District. The team leader took the call and after assessing the circumstances, discussing the details with Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSat 3rd Apr 2004 ago

April 2004

Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT