Incidents – Wasdale Mountain Rescue

Wasdale – Sat 30th Dec 2006

The team were called out by Cumbria police to rescue two walkers on Great Gable. The man and woman had been to the summit at 2.30 p.m., then again at 4.00 p.m., they believed they were at Beck Head and raised the alarm via a ‘999’ mobile phone call. They Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSat 30th Dec 2006 ago

Kirkfell – Tue 26th Dec 2006

The team were called out by Cumbria Police to rescue an injured person on Kirk Fell. The 53 year old male walker was near the summit of Kirk Fell on the Ennerdale side, towards Blacksail Pass. The man, his son and girlfriend were in a steep gulley which leads from Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsTue 26th Dec 2006 ago

Scafell Pike – Fri 22nd Dec 2006

Request from Cumbria police to search for a pair of male walkers (30 and 18). They had set off from Brackenclose to climb Scafell Pike via Hollowstones and Mickledore. They completed the walk to the summit but became lost on the way back down. The team leader waited until 9.30 Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsFri 22nd Dec 2006 ago

Haycock – Thu 21st Dec 2006

Request from Cockermouth team and Cumbria police to respond to a ‘999’ call from a father and son who had set off earlier that day to walk from Wasdale to Ennerdale YHA via Netherbeck / Haycock. The became disorientated and ended up at Red Crag on the Blengdale side of Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsThu 21st Dec 2006 ago

River Ehen – Tue 19th Dec 2006

Request from Cumbria police to assist in the search for a female in her mid thirties, reported missing that morning from the Thornhill area. The team assembled ready to begin the search in fields and footpaths when the call came through from the police that the missing person’s body had Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsTue 19th Dec 2006 ago

Whoap Fell – Sun 17th Dec 2006

Request from Cumbria Ambulance service, via the police to assist with a male casualty reported to have collapsed near the Cold Fell road. Team attended and assisted Great North Air Ambulance crew who then flew the casualty to West Cumberland Hospital with suspected heart failure. The group’s location was on Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSun 17th Dec 2006 ago

Other Location – Thu 14th Dec 2006

Three male walkers were benighted on the Scafell range in severe weather conditions and although they had telephoned their wives to let them know that they were happy to bivvy out until the morning, due to the medical history on one of the walkers, the Langdale and Ambleside Team were Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsThu 14th Dec 2006 ago

Other Location – Thu 23rd Nov 2006

Call from Keswick MRT to assist in the search for a missing 69 year old male walker who had set off from Hawes End to walk Catbells the previous day with his dog and failed to turn up at home. The man was on holiday with his wife. Keswick MRT Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsThu 23rd Nov 2006 ago

Greta Gill, Scafell Pike – Fri 17th Nov 2006

Whitehaven Police paged the team to rescue three adult walkers who had become lost on Scafell Pike. They had driven up from Essex that morning and set off to climb Scafell Pike at 1.00 p.m. They had reasonable equipment and lights but on their descent they became disorientated so called Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsFri 17th Nov 2006 ago

Devoke Water – Thu 26th Oct 2006

Whitehaven Police called out the team to assist in the search for a missing male in his mid thirties who had left his family earlier that morning to walk on his own. They were on holiday from Oxfordshire. The last sighting was near Devoke water earlier in the day. He Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsThu 26th Oct 2006 ago

Esk Hause – Wed 25th Oct 2006

Team were paged by the police to search for a missing walker on the Scafell Range. The man in his early fifties was up in the Lake District on holiday with his wife and daughter. He had left Wasdale Head earlier in the day on his own to climb Scafell Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsWed 25th Oct 2006 ago

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Tue 24th Oct 2006

Team were paged by the police to help a man and woman who had become lost on their decent from Scafell Pike. The couple had set off earlier in the day with their dog from Brackenclose to climb the Pike. They ascended by Mickledore and went over the top and Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsTue 24th Oct 2006 ago

Other Location – Sat 14th Oct 2006

Team were paged by the police following a ‘999’ call via a mobile phone. A 60 yr old man and wife from Stoke had been walking round Ennerdale Lake when darkness fell and they were lost with no torch. They were somewhere on the west side of the lake. The Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSat 14th Oct 2006 ago

Traverse Path, Pikes Crag – Sat 14th Oct 2006

‘999’ call made to the police from a male walker in his 30’s who had slipped on the Scafell Pike traverse path and broken his left ankle. He and his two fellow male walkers were on a camping expedition. From Dumfries, they had walked up from Seathwaite, up the Corridor Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSat 14th Oct 2006 ago

St Bees Head – Thu 12th Oct 2006

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to rescue a lady with leg injuries near the St.Bees lighthouse. The ambulance had been called to the incident but the lady and her husband were a mile away up a very rough and flooded track. The couple were on holiday from Staffordshire and Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsThu 12th Oct 2006 ago

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Tue 10th Oct 2006

Within two hours of the previous callout closing, the police paged the team to assist a single male walker who had become disorientated on the descent from Scafell Pike in changing visibility and low cloud. The team were assisted by a helicopter from RAF Wattisham who were on deployment to Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsTue 10th Oct 2006 ago

Broad Crag – Tue 10th Oct 2006

The team were called to assist a lady who had been camping overnight on the mountain had become faint and unwell. She was at Broad Crag tarn, the highest tarn in England and only a few hundred feet from the summit of Scafell Pike. Assistance was called by mobile phone Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsTue 10th Oct 2006 ago

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Wed 27th Sep 2006

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called shortly after midnight to search for a single male fellwalker who was attempting the 3 Peaks Challenge and was overdue. He and his fellow challenger had already completed Ben Nevis the previous day and had set off to climb Scafell Pike around 5.00 p.m. Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsWed 27th Sep 2006 ago

Broad Stand, Scafell – Sun 24th Sep 2006

The team were called up on the radio from a Duddon & Furness team member who was on Mickledore observing a group who had spent an hour trying to locate a safe descent down from Scafell. They were in danger of becoming an incident on Broad Stand so he intervened Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSun 24th Sep 2006 ago

Unknown Location – Sun 10th Sep 2006

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team responded to a call from a solo male walker who used his mobile phone to report himself unable to continue because of exhaustion. After being assessed by the team doctor the walker was carried off the fell and taken to West Cumberland Hospital for further tests. Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSun 10th Sep 2006 ago

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