Incidents – Page 4 – Wasdale Mountain Rescue

Broad Crag Col, Scafell Pike – Tue 21st Feb 2006

The team were paged by Whitehaven police to respond to a ‘999’ call for a 17 year old female walker who had been reported as collapsed near Lingmel Col. The informant had been one of her walking male friends who had run down to the hotel at Wasdale Head to Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsTue 21st Feb 2006 ago

Upper Eskdale – Mon 13th Feb 2006

The team were called out to support Langdale Ambleside team to rescue a lost male and female couple in their 20’s who had become benighted and lost. They were somewhere near Crinkle Crags and had possibly descended into Green Hole on the Eskdale side. A group consisting 10 Wasdale team Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsMon 13th Feb 2006 ago

Dent Fell – Sun 12th Feb 2006

The team were contacted by the police to search for a missing male walker in his early 60’s who had been walking with a Workington group. They had started earlier that day with a walk up Dent with the intent to carry on across the fells and end up at Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSun 12th Feb 2006 ago

Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Sun 22nd Jan 2006

The team were paged by Workington police to respond to a ‘999’ call for a 30 year old female walker who had stumbled and fractured her ankle on the path between Brown Tongue and Lingmel Col. She was with her boyfriend who had raised the alarm. The couple were from Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSun 22nd Jan 2006 ago

River Ehen – Wed 11th Jan 2006

The team were paged by Workington police to attend a search for a missing teenage girl who had been swept down the river Ehen at Egremont. The 16 year old girl from Egremont had been walking her dog along the bank of the river Ehen which was in full spate Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsWed 11th Jan 2006 ago

Upper Eskdale – Mon 2nd Jan 2006

The team leader was called by Keswick MRT to assist in the search of a young couple in their twenties from Birmingham who had failed to turn up at their hotel that evening. They had set off from Seathwaite in Borrowdale to climb Scafell Pike via the Corridor route. The Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsMon 2nd Jan 2006 ago

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