We are fundraising for Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team this Friday 18th March and we will be running the refreshments stall at Egremont Farmer’s Market 9.30am – 12.30pm which is in the Market Hall just off the Main Street ( lots of other lovely crafts and home produce stall etc there also) Read more…
Monday’s team training was a practical exercise. We removed a stretcher from a tricky position at the base of a crag, then transferred onto the stretcher wheel when we reached easier ground below. These are core skills for us and it is good to train with a few rucksacks so Read more…
The team have just enjoyed an excellent long weekend in the Scottish Highlands carrying out Winter skills training. The course was attended by both experienced team members and probationary members. Despite some challenging Scottish winter conditions, lots of new skills were acquired and existing skills refreshed and improved. A great Read more…
Last week we were delighted to welcome our new probationary intake at their first full team training session. We walked through a callout in ‘slow time’ from the initial 999 call to the debrief and restocking of vehicles. We wish them all the best and thank them in advance for Read more…
Members of the team were delighted and humbled to meet up once more with Allan and Marie Brown. The Brown family and friends have been huge supporters of the team since they tragically lost their son Chris to a fall on Scafell Pike in 2019 and we helped to recover Read more…
Some of our members were out and about in Whitehaven & Egremont today fundraising for the team. It was great to meet you all on our annual flag day and, as always we appreciate your support! A fantastic £2,162.26 was raised in total. Thanks to the Egremont Crab Fair & World Read more…
Team members will be at Egremont Farmers market this coming Friday 3rd December from 9.30am. Team merchandise will be available to purchase to raise funds for the team (ideal stocking fillers 🎅🎄), or just stop by for a chat and say hello! The items are also available via this website Read more…
Last Monday’s training covered putting on snow chains ready for winter. This weekend’s weather proved their use as several mountain teams had vehicles out in snow. Also we tested out our new wheel from Lyon Equipment to good effect!
Another massive thank you to all Co-op customers who have nominated our team as their good cause as part of the Co-op local community fund. In March 2021 we received our first payment and we have now received at total of £8,584.07. Thank you to the Co-op staff for arranging Read more…
This year has seen a significant milestone with John Noake achieving 50 years of service in the Wasdale team. This is a huge achievement and congratulations must go to him for his efforts over that time. Next year will see Sue Noake reach that milestone too and both have said Read more…
On Saturday 13th of November the Brown family organised a fundraising event in aid of the team and in memory of Chris Brown. It was a snooker, pool and darts competition with evening entertainment and a raffle at Brigham and district social club. The fantastic sum of £1,506.30 was raised. Read more…
Four siblings jointly donated £4,000 recently from their father’s estate. James Mallin was a keen fell walker all his life, from the age of 14 until well into his 90s and donated to mountain rescue regularly. Here is a picture of James and one of his daughters handing over the Read more…
Sunday 29 October is Mountain and Cave Rescue Awareness Day, on the day when the clocks go back, and we remind walkers it will get dark an hour earlier in the afternoon, and not to get caught out.
One of the team’s more interesting rescues of the year was aired recently on BBC’s Close Calls: On Camera with Nick Knowles. It included the normal foot power and team vehicles, but also the team boat and a Great North Air Ambulance Service helicopter. All motive power worked in perfect Read more…
Team Members were delighted to meet Jon Ryley and his friends at the weekend at Base. Jon has been raising money for the team during 2020 and 2021. We are very grateful for his support, and congratulate him on his achievement. Jon said: “A proud and defining moment having reached Read more…
The 12 mountain rescue teams in Cumbria were jointly nominated for The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) by Superintendent Matthew Kennerley in 2019. QAVS is the MBE equivalent for an organisation rather than an individual. It was in April 2020 when the teams were notified that they had been Read more…
As part of Jacob’s Field Solutions behavioural safety scheme, one of their employees raised a safety observation. This was chosen as the best that month and as a result a cheque for £100 was donated to a charity of his choice. In September he chose Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team. Here Read more…
In August, this year’s probationary team members are around half way through their 12 months of training and we have already started our campaign to recruit next years probationers. The closing date for applications is the 31st August. If this is something you might be interested in then please have Read more…
A local Whitehaven based karate club kindly donated £300 to us on Thursday the 8th of July. Each year E.S.K.K. Martial Arts & Fitness donates to local charities as part of their community fund. The photo shows Neil Carrick from Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team receiving the cheque from Chris Denwood, Read more…
A nine hour rescue for the Wasdale team running from one day into early morning the next. Two walkers on Great Napes, Great Gable in Wasdale – luckily they decided to hold their position above a considerable drop in Arrow Head Gulley. A very slippery and loose area with rock Read more…