Incidents – Page 3 – Wasdale Mountain Rescue

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike

Two walkers, male and female on Scafell Pike and reported themselves lost somewhere in the region of Piers Gill in low cloud. As their general location was known from the description they gave and they were relatively safe, a limited callout was instigated and 8 team members located the lost Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsThu 4th Aug 2011 ago

Muncaster Castle

The team was involved on a major search for missing male in his 80’s with a medical issue. He had been missing since 1530 at Muncaster Castle. He turned up safe and well at Windermere train station later in the evening. We thank lake district SARDA search dogs, Civil Nuclear Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsWed 3rd Aug 2011 ago

Muncaster Castle

Called out by North West Ambulance service to assist their crew with an injured tourist who had stumbled at Muncaster castle and sustained a head injury. Whilst the team leader was gathering details a further call came in to advise that assistance was no longer required and the team was Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsSat 23rd Jul 2011 ago

Pulpit Rock on Scafell Pike - not a place to wander to when the cloud comes down and you lose your bearings.

Pulpit Rock, Scafell Pike

Paged by Cumbria Police to rescue a group of four walkers from Oldham who said they were lost on Pulpit Rock, Scafell PikeÃ‚Â in cloud that had descended on them.Ã‚Â Whilst the team leader was assessing the details a further call came in from the Police to say that the Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsMon 18th Jul 2011 ago

Great Moss, Upper Eskdale

‘999’ call came in to Cumbria Police from a male walker who was lost in low cloud on descent from Scafell Pike. The man in his 30’s had been with a group of ten who were out on a stag weekend when he was left behind on the summit of Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsSat 16th Jul 2011 ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike

‘Call passed onto Cumbria Police from North West Ambulance service who had received the ‘999’ call and dispatched a road ambulance.Ã‚Â Report from the police was that a male had fallen off Scafell Pike.Ã‚Â When details were gathered it transpired that the male walker had fallen on Scafell Pike whilst Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsThu 14th Jul 2011 ago

Esk Buttress

Call came in from Cumbria Police regarding two rock climbers who had failed to return at 6.30 p.m.Ã‚Â They had been climbing on Esk Buttress.Ã‚Â The team Leader waited until 10.35 before doing a full callout.Ã‚Â As seems to regularly happen, once the full team had been called out the Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsSat 9th Jul 2011 ago

Scafell Pike

Call came in from Cumbria Police regarding a ‘999’call from two ladies who reported they were lost on Scafell Pike and next to a cliff edge.Ã‚Â The Team leader was unable to make contact with the two ladies on the mobile number as their phone had been switched off.Ã‚Â No Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsFri 8th Jul 2011 ago

Green How, Scafell

Team called to the help of a male walker in his 40’s. The group of four plus dog had climbed Scafell that day from Boot where they were camping. One of the male walkers had sustained an injury to his knee and was unable to make any further progress down Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsSat 2nd Jul 2011 ago

Winching the casualty into the Sea King

Rake’s Progress, Scafell

Whilst the team were dealing with the broad stand incident, another incident came in from the Police. A 22 year old male climber had fallen on Scafell Crags. He was in a group of three who were heading for a rock climb on Scafell Crags. They were on the approach Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsSat 2nd Jul 2011 ago

Broad Stand, Scafell – Sat 2nd Jul 2011

Call from Police for a 62 year man who had taken a 30m fall off Broad Stand on Scafell. He sustained major injuries and was in a critical condition. Team members were flown up to the area in an Air Ambulance whilst the Paramedic remained on scene. The air ambulance Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsSat 2nd Jul 2011 ago

Black Sail Pass

The alarm was raised at Blacksail Youth Hostel by a walker who could hear shouts for help in the Blacksail Pass area. As this is on the boundary between Wasdale and Cockermouth teams both attended. On arrival at the pass it was apparent there were no longer shouts for help Read more

By Jon Lynch, 14 yearsTue 28th Jun 2011 ago

Eskdale?

Two sons in their early 20’s were reported overdue by their mother who was in Ambleside. The information provided suggested that the two sons had gone to walk up Scafell Pike starting from near Wha House farm in Eskdale and had phoned around 8.00 p.m. to say they were at Read more

By Jon Lynch, 15 yearsSat 25th Jun 2011 ago

Scafell Pike

‘999’ call went into Cumbria Police for a group of missing persons. Whilst the Team Leader was gathering information the missing persons turned up safe and well – incident closed very quickly at 12.46 p.m. – weather condition in the valley extremely poor with cloud down to 500 feet and Read more

By Jon Lynch, 15 yearsSat 25th Jun 2011 ago

Scafell Pike

A father and son became separated during a descent from Scafell Pike summit. Despite a prolonged effort the father was unable to find his son in the area last seen and was forced to return to Langdale where he raised the alarm. Wasdale team had initiated a check of the Read more

By Jon Lynch, 15 yearsFri 24th Jun 2011 ago

The casualty is strapped into the stretcher for the journey down

Lingmell Col, Scafell Pike

Callout from the police for a female with an injured ankle on Scafell Pike. A party of 12 which included three teachers and 9 students were descending from the summit when one slipped and went over on her ankle. 21 team members attended and a further number of Duddon & Read more

By Jon Lynch, 15 yearsMon 20th Jun 2011 ago

Scafell Pike

Report from police – missing male.Ã‚Â mid-late 40’s on 3 peaks challenge, failed to turn up at Seathwaite having set off at 3.50am. Informant Organiser at Seathwaite said that the missing person got split up from the rest of the partyÃ‚Â on theÃ‚Â return fromÃ‚Â the summit because he was slower than them. Read more

By Jon Lynch, 15 yearsSat 18th Jun 2011 ago

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike

Call from police re a group of 5 3-peakers lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader spoke to the informant – two were very wet and cold and only two of party had waterproofs. They were dressed in shorts and fleeces, and had no food or whistle. They did have Read more

By Jon Lynch, 15 yearsSat 18th Jun 2011 ago

Lingmel Nose and sledging the casualty back down to the valley bottom

Scafell Pike – Fri 17th Jun 2011

A party on the 3 peaks became disorientatedÃ‚Â on their descent after losing the path and were now lost.Ã‚Â Due to the poor weather conditions they were also wet and cold and one of them was having difficulty walking due to a sore knee.Ã‚Â As their location was uncertain the team Read more

By Jon Lynch, 15 yearsFri 17th Jun 2011 ago

Green Gable / Great Gable

A man contacted police to report his wife missing on the fells after a walk in the Green / Great Gable area. Given the location of the informant and the possible locations for his wife the incident was passed to the Keswick team. We understand the lady was soon located Read more

By Jon Lynch, 15 yearsWed 15th Jun 2011 ago