Incidents – Page 6 – Wasdale Mountain Rescue

Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Sat 14th Apr 2012

We were contacted at 00:30 regarding a party ofÂ 2 walkers who had become separated earlier whilst trying to travel between Wasdale Head and Seathwaite in Borrowdale. One of the party had made it back to Seathwaite and raised the alarm because his companion did not turn up.Â Two members Read more…

By Richard Warren, 12 yearsSun 15th Apr 2012 ago

Scafell Pike – Mon 9th Apr 2012

Team contacted by the police for a group of missing walkers.Â Whilst the team leader was gathering information the group turned up safe and well and the incident was stood down.

By Richard Warren, 12 years ago

Preparing to transfer the casualty to the boat

Wastwater Screes – Sat 7th Apr 2012

The team was called to a attend a young walker who had injured his leg whilst crossing the boulder field on the Wastwater Screes. He was one of a group of six undertaking an expedition. Team members attended on foot from the southern end of the lake and gave casualty Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsSat 7th Apr 2012 ago

Carrying one of the casualties up to the waiting RAF Sea King

Scafell Pike – Wed 4th Apr 2012

The team were called out at 11.50 to go to the assistance of 2 fell walkers who had been blown off their feet by very high winds as they were descending Scafell Pike, having turned round before the summit due to the wind. The lady suffered a serious head laceration Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsWed 4th Apr 2012 ago

Scafell Pike – Mon 26th Mar 2012

Call from police for 3 overdue walkers. They had been on top of Scafell Pike at 15.30 hours but had not made contact with the mother of one of them since then. The start point of their walk was unknown, except that it was more likely to be on the Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsTue 27th Mar 2012 ago

Green Crag, Eskdale – Sun 25th Mar 2012

The team were called out to assist a female walker who had slipped and broken her ankle close to Green Crag, Eskdale. She was given anagesia, and her leg was splinted before being stretchered down to Birkerthwaite.

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsSun 25th Mar 2012 ago

Beck Head, Great Gable – Thu 15th Mar 2012

Two adult walkers became disorientated in poor visibility on Great Gable.Â They had walked from Borrowdale and ascended Green Gable before losing their way on the Great Gable summit area. They were located near Beck Head and escorted to the Wasdale valley. (15 Team members were involved in the search Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsFri 16th Mar 2012 ago

Sty Head – Wed 14th Mar 2012

We were contacted by Cumbria Police at around 19:15 regarding a couple lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader contacted the pair from Scotland to try and establish their whereabouts. They had left the Old Dungeon Ghyll in the morning, climbed Scafell Pike and then on the return the cloud Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsThu 15th Mar 2012 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 10th Mar 2012

Whilst we were dealing with the other two incidents we found a pair of walkers who were trying to descend to Seathwaite in Borrowdale. They did not have any torches and were escorted down to Wasdale Head.

By Jon Lynch, 12 years ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sat 10th Mar 2012

Whist responding to the exhausted man at Mickledore the team were informed that there was a man with a suspected broken ankle near Lingmell Gill just off Brown Tongue. He had injured his ankle slipping on a rock further up the fellside and whilst trying to move to get a Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsSat 10th Mar 2012 ago

Mickledore, Scafell Pike – Sat 10th Mar 2012

The team were contacted by the police to assist a walker in his sixties who had become exhausted and felt unwell on Scafell Pike. He was next to the stretcher box at Mickledore and did not feel that he had the strength to make his own way off the fell. Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsSat 10th Mar 2012 ago

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sat 3rd Mar 2012

The police contacted the team to assist a pair of walkers who had found themselves lost on steep ground in poor visibility whilst descending Scafell Pike. They were fortunate in being able to get an intermittentÂ mobile phone signal to the Police soÂ the team headed to the area indicated by their Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsSun 4th Mar 2012 ago

Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Wed 29th Feb 2012

The team were contacted by the Wasdale Head Inn about a dog missing in the Hollowstones Area. The dog’s owner and staff from the Wasdale Head Inn had conducted a four hour search the previous day without success. One team member went to assist in the search and the dog Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsFri 2nd Mar 2012 ago

Upper Eskdale – Sun 26th Feb 2012

The team were called by the police to assist a pair of walkers in their twenties from Surrey. They had made a navigational error and become lost on their descent from Scafell Pike. They had managed to make a 999 call and described their surroundings. Two search groups covered the Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 years ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 25th Feb 2012

The team were contacted by the police to help two fell walkers lost in low cloud on Scafell Pike. Whilst the duty team leader was gathering information the cloud lifted and they were able to find their own way off the mountain.

By Jon Lynch, 12 years ago

The two team landrovers on the Birker Fell road

Birker Fell – Sat 4th Feb 2012

The team were called out to assist stranded motorists on the Birker Fell road. A limited callout was made and three cars were escorted down safely.

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsSat 4th Feb 2012 ago

Dent Fell – Sat 28th Jan 2012

The team were called out by the police to attend a man who had collapsed in Uldale, behind Dent Fell. The casualty was air-lifted to hospital by a Sea King from RAF Boulmer.

By Jon Lynch, 12 years ago

About to lift the stretcher over the narrow bridge almost at Brackenclose

Lingmell Col, Scafell Pike – Sun 22nd Jan 2012

The team were called out by the police to assist a female fell walker with a suspected broken ankle. She was descending from the summit of Scafell Pike when she suffered a stumble fall just above Lingmell Col. One of our team leaders, who was already on the fell, gave Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 years ago

Hardknott Pass – Sat 14th Jan 2012

The Team were called by the police to investigate a call from members of the public who had becomeÂ stuckÂ on an icy road travelling from St Bees to Kendal.Â After some detective work the likely location seemed to be Hard Knott Pass. A small group took a Team Landrover to investigate Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 yearsSun 15th Jan 2012 ago

Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Fri 6th Jan 2012

The team were called by the Police for a single walker who was lost in the Hollowstones area whilst descending Scafell Pike. A limited callout was made and eleven team members headed up to find him. We used the GPS on his smartphone to get an exact location and then Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 12 years ago

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