Scafell Pike – Sun 28th Jun 2015
We were called again about another 3 peaks walker also reported missing. He subsequently turned up in Wasdale.
June 2015
Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT
Scafell Pike – Sun 28th Jun 2015
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reported missing from a 3 peaks attempt. We gave them more time to make their own way off the mountain and we understand they arrived at the Woolpack Inn in Eskdale, around 10:30 this morning.
Scafell Pike – Sat 27th Jun 2015
The fourth and final incident of the day was for a walker on the 3 peaks reported missing. Due to the probable location and still having 2 incidents on the go this was passed to Keswick Mountain Rescue. We understand the missing walker turned up safe & well in Langdale. Read more…
Seatallen – Sat 27th Jun 2015
Our third callout of the day was to deal assist a fell runner who had fallen some 70 metres near the summit of Seatallan. Since we were already committed to the Great Gable incident, Duddon and Furness MRT dealt with this one for us. The casualty was located with the Read more…
Great Gable – Sat 27th Jun 2015
The second callout was to a gentleman with a hip injury on Great Gable, above Beck Head. Thanks to Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team who assisted on the carry to Beck Head and then took the casualty down to Black Sail Hut whilst we descended to Wasdale.
Lingcove Bridge, Upper Eskdale – Sat 27th Jun 2015
We were called out to a man swimming in the pools near Lingcove Bridge, Eskdale, who suffered a head injury whilst entering the water. NWAA were first on scene and provided casualty care. The team then packaged the casualty for evacuation, then RAF Boulmer winched him aboard and flew him Read more…
Scafell Pike – Fri 26th Jun 2015
Team called this afternoon for a walker with a painful leg injury who could no longer walk. The incident occurred near the top of Scafell Pike and given the long carry the Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team also joined the rescue along with a member of the Penrith team Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Wed 24th Jun 2015
The team was called about a group of three walkers lost near to the head of Piers Gill. They were given directions over the phone and made their way down to Wasdale Head without the team being deployed.
Great End – Tue 23rd Jun 2015
We were called by Police about a walker reported overdue from a walk to either Scafell Pike or Great End. Given the likely situation / location we transferred the call to Keswick team but almost straight after the missing person arrived back safe & well. It is useful to us Read more…
Cogra Moss – Tue 23rd Jun 2015
We were asked to support Cockermouth Team on a missing person search. As we arrived at the RV the missing person was found and we stood down.
Scafell Pike – Sun 21st Jun 2015
We were called by Police around 05:20 about a group of 2 walkers on the 3 peaks who had become separated from their group and not seen since they were on Scafell Pike summit around 23:00 the night before. We decided to wait to give them a bit more time Read more…
Scafell Pike – Wed 17th Jun 2015
We were called by Police about a group on the 3 peaks reporting themselves lost on Scafell Pike. They phoned back fairly soon to say they had found the path again and no longer needed assistance.
Mickledore, Scafell Pike – Sat 6th Jun 2015
We were called by Police about a group of 2 walkers who reported themselves lost due to low cloud somewhere near Mickledore on Scafell Pike. They were given some advice by phone and as the weather was improving we decided to wait a while before responding. The group was later Read more…
Great Gable – Thu 4th Jun 2015
The fourth (and final) incident of the night was to a mother and son lost on Great Gable. Again there was no phone reception to gather further information. A search dog and handler were dispatched and the pair were found close to the Gavel Neese intake wall.
Lingmell – Wed 3rd Jun 2015
The third incident of the evening was to a male walker who had injured his ankle on Lingmell Nose screes. He was stretchered to the road and transferred to an ambulance at Gosforth.
Esk Hause – Wed 3rd Jun 2015
We were contacted by Cumbria Police about a party of four and a dog lost near to Esk Hause. We were unable to contact them due to poor signal they were given time to turn up and we stood down when it was confirmed that they were in Borrowdale.
Burnmoor Tarn – Wed 3rd Jun 2015
The team was called to a walker near Bulatt Bridge, Burnmoor tarn who had a broken ankle. Whilst we were responding the casualty was evacuated by the air ambulance and we were stood down.