Incidents – Wasdale Mountain Rescue

Broad Crag – Mon 31st Jul 2006

Call from the police regarding a 26 year-old Dutchman lost in mist. He had caught the bus from Keswick to Seatoller then climbed Scafell Pike via Corridor Route and descended to Esk Hause. Got lost and went to Angle Tarn then returned to a flat area. and went up! He Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

Eskdale – Mon 31st Jul 2006

Police called the Team Leader following an accident at St. Catherine Pools, Eskdale. A couple from Lincolnshire were walking along the top side of the river when the lady (mid thirties) slipped and fell 30 foot down a ravine into the rocky pools below. She sustained a nasty open fracture Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

Scafell Pike – Mon 31st Jul 2006

Call from the Police regarding a group of 5 x Three peakers in their 20’s 30’s – they had left Brackenclose at 8.30 p.m. Sunday night and not been seen again – they duly turned up at Wha House farm in Eskdale after taking a wrong turn on the Pike

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 30th Jul 2006

Call from the Wasdale Head Inn – Long overdue group of 3 Three Peakers who were part of a much larger group – the faster group of three had been last seen at Hollowstones at 7.30 p.m. – they were a group of thirty years olds from the Portsmouth area. Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

Yewbarrow – Sun 30th Jul 2006

Workington Police paged the team to rescue a lady in her early 50’s who had taken a tumble fall on Door Head and sustained an injury to her head. The lady along with her husband and dog were from Yorkshire, they were located high up on Stirrup Crag, about 200 Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

Unknown Location – Tue 25th Jul 2006

A telephone call came into the Team Leader via the bar staff at the Wasdale Head Inn. An elderly gentleman walked into the bar and told the bar staff that he had heard a female voice shouting for help in the vicinity of Dore Head. The Team Leader notified the Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 22nd Jul 2006

The police paged the team who were already at the Wasdale Head at the fundraising Kern Knotts weekend to rescue a dog who was unable to walk down from Scafell Pike. The dog, a lovely natured 6 and half year old labrador called Prince had badly injured both of his Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Mon 17th Jul 2006

A call came in from a team member who was already on the Scafell Pike descent. A male walker was having difficulty with hi knees on the Brown Tongue descent and was very slowly making his way off the mountain. He was within half a mile from Brackenclose. The struggling Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

Upper Eskdale – Sat 15th Jul 2006

Call out initiated via land line for a change via the police ‘999’ for a rescue at Brotherikeld, Eskdale. Male walker collapsed in the Ling Cove Bridge area of Eskdale. Due to the initial information and the time to hospital / location the decision was made to request the assistance Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

Other Location – Thu 13th Jul 2006

Police contacted the Deputy Team leader to respond to an incident where an elderly man was at the top of a tall tree near the town of Egremont. The police and fire service were in attendance. Having tried their best to talk the gentleman down and failed, and the fire Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

Harter Fell – Tue 11th Jul 2006

Police paged the team with a call for help from a Dutch family. The female walker in her mid fifties was descending from a walk near Harter Fell to Penny Hill farm when she slipped on the path fracturing her left ankle and dislocating a finger in her hand. Her Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 14 years8 years ago

July 2006

Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT

Broad Crag – Mon 31st Jul 2006

Eskdale – Mon 31st Jul 2006

Scafell Pike – Mon 31st Jul 2006

Scafell Pike – Sun 30th Jul 2006

Yewbarrow – Sun 30th Jul 2006

Unknown Location – Tue 25th Jul 2006

Scafell Pike – Sat 22nd Jul 2006

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Mon 17th Jul 2006

Upper Eskdale – Sat 15th Jul 2006

Other Location – Thu 13th Jul 2006

Harter Fell – Tue 11th Jul 2006