A short alert for the Team Leader when Cumbria Police was called about three walkers who had asked for help high on Scafell Pike. A poor signal meant the information received was patchy. It appeared that they may have been caught in a wintry shower or that winter conditions underfoot Read more…
A straightforward callout was swiftly resolved after two walkers had separated in a walk in Miterdale forest. One had become lost and needed some help to return to her vehicle as darkness was starting to fall. Two local team members volunteered to attend and were able to quickly locate the Read more…
A full callout was initiated on Thursday after a call from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had been ascending Scafell Pike and separated at Lingmell Col when one wanted to make the summit and the other stayed behind. Visibility was poor with mist and rain and with darkness setting in, both Read more…
As callout 12 was in progress another 999 call was received requesting help. Two walkers had become separated from the rest of their group and mis-navigated in misty conditions. PhoneFind established that they were near Pen off the Eskdale side of Scafell Pike summit. They were concerned for their safety Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a party of three walkers who were lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader was able to gain an accurate location via Phonefind, which was in Upper Eskdale, this was significantly off course for their intended destination of Wasdale. One of the Read more…
A short alert when a group of seven walkers were reporting themselves lost after aborting an ascent of Scafell Pike due to the winter conditions. However, as the Team Leader was gathering information it was confirmed that the group had fortunately met up with other walkers who were able to Read more…
After a quiet period of over three weeks without a callout, a call was received from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had mis-navigated off Scafell Pike summit plateau in misty conditions and ended up beneath Rough Crag. In very cold conditions a full callout was made by the Team Leader, with Read more…
A call was received on Saturday evening about two walkers who had mis-navigated away from the Corridor Route aiming for Borrowdale and were concerned for their safety. A location was obtained from the initial police call. The Team Leader was able to contact the walkers and ensure that they were Read more…
An alert was received this morning from Cumbria Police about a party of five walkers who were reporting themselves close to hypothermia. The information came via an iPhone emergency satellite message so further information was initially quite limited. Helpfully an exact location was obtained, although this was in a remote Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had become disoriented in misty conditions on his descent from Scafell Pike. The Team Leader managed to establish an exact location via Phonefind and was able to confirm that he was now on the correct path. After a brief Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who had become disoriented on their descent, turning towards Piers Gill rather than Wasdale at Lingmell Col. The Team Leader managed to establish their exact location via Phonefind directed them to the correct path. Regular updates from Phonefind made this Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who had mis-navigated on the descent from Scafell Pike. Our friends from Duddon and Furness MRT had agreed to cover the patch as many members of the team were attending the happy event of the wedding of our Medical Officer Read more…
The team was asked to support Penrith MRT in an escalating search from the previous night. Happily, the walker was found well before WMRT deployment onto the fell in the Pennines. A great outcome.
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walking group of four who had taken a wrong turn on the descent from Scafell Pike, heading for Seathwaite. They were advised to continue their descent towards Wasdale as the quickest way to safety. A limited callout was made for a Read more…
A late night call was received from Cumbria Police regarding three 3-peakers who had taken a wrong turn on the summit plateau and ended up at Mickledore stretcher box, cold and wet. Other members of the wider group had made it back to the valley and had called it in. Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who were attempting to return to Langdale and had misnavigated in Upper Eskdale. As they had started very early they had not taken head torches, preventing them from safely moving further. Their location was determined from the coordinates of the Read more…
The team was called by Cumbria Police about a walker who had become separated from his walking partner, and was now lost and exhausted. Phonefind but him on the wrong side of Mickledore for his intended descent to Wasdale. As such, a Limited Callout was made to assist. The Team Read more…
With the forecasted yellow wind warning (including storm force gusts at height) and heavy rain in full swing, a call was received from Cumbria Police. A ‘three peaks’ walking party of three had become separated after setting off from the valley at 8pm. The group of two were reporting themselves Read more…
We were called by Cumbria Police about two walkers with a dog reporting themselves soaking wet, cold and lost on Scafell Pike. However the police call coordinates put them on the flanks of Sca Fell above Black Crag. After advice from the Team Leader the walkers continued their descent downhill Read more…
A brief call was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who had arrived at a farm in Eskdale. They had left their vehicle 11 hours prior with no equipment and did not know where they were or exactly where they had started from. They had followed the river out Read more…