The North West Ambulance service (NWAS) requested support from the whole of the Lake District Mountain Rescue Organisation, as for a while, they were inundated with requests for assistance and a large number of people were awaiting help. In the event we were not needed, but we would have been Read more
The team were called by police for a couple who reported themselves lost having come down from Scafell Pike the wrong way. They had intended to go to Seathwaite, Borrowdale. Eastings and Northings from the 999 call put them in Ennerdale so the incident was transferred to Cockermouth team.
The team were called about a walker who had failed to rendezvous with his friend at a car park in Eskdale, having split up an hour earlier on the way down from Scafell. The friend turned up before any action was taken.
A team member happened to be nearby when a male sustained an ankle injury. At that time an ambulance had been requested. He and another team member provided warmth, shelter and splinted the ankle. With help he was able to get into the family car to be taken to hospital Read more
The final incident of the day was an alert from Cumbria Police at 18:50 about a walker missing from a group of 8 who had ascended Scafell Pike from Seathwaite. The party had split into a faster and a slower group on the descent, but one of the slower group Read more
The team were called by Cumbria Police after receiving a 999 call from a lady lost on her descent back to Wasdale (NT car park) from Scafell Pike. Her call had initially been taken by Lancashire Police and she had only been able to give the first word of a Read more
The second incident of a very difficult day for the team. Whilst descending off the summit of Scafell Pike a couple became disorientated in the dark and took a wrong path. After alerting the Police via 999, the Team Leader was able to contact the couple by mobile phone and Read more
The team leader was alerted by the police about a 79 year old male who had separated from his walking party by Wastwater lake. Because of the age of the gentleman and the concerns from his family and friends, a team member who lives in Wasdale valley was tasked to Read more
The team were called by a friend of 4 males who had set off to walk up Scafell Pike at 11.30am and not returned. None of the 4 phonefinds sent were successful and it was not possible to speak to the informant by phone. A team member tried to find Read more
A family were walking down from Black Sail pass when one of the males tripped and twisted their ankle. As the team leader was gathering information from the police a message was received that the party had self rescued and made their own way back to the Wasdale Head Inn Read more
A group of 16 ( 8x adults, 8x children of various ages) called 999 to report themselves lost near to the summit of Scafell Pike. Cumbria police contacted us to deal with this. The team leader was eventually able to speak to the group as the police patched the 999 Read more
The second 999 tasking of the day from Cumbria Police was for a couple who had become lost whilst attempting to summit Scafell Pike. As the team were currently dealing with the previous call out, this tasking was handed over to Duddon & Furness MRT (DFMRT). For those that are Read more
The first of two jobs that came in succession today was a 999 call to the Police by a male in his 20’s who had become separated from his party in poor conditions whilst attempting to summit Great Gable. The young man had reported that he was on difficult wet Read more
A call was received about a family group who had not returned from a walk up Scafell Pike from Seathwaite in Borrowdale. As the team leader was gathering information, the family turned up safe and well.
2 walkers reported themselves lost after descending from Bowfell in the wrong direction. They had intended to head to Langdale.The call initially went to Langdale and Ambleside MRT because of this but was transferred to Wasdale when a “phonefind” confirmed their position. The Wasdale team leader was able to have Read more
Just as the team were returning from the previous callout, they were were called about 2 walkers who were struggling with the cold and rain, although temperatures were warm compared to normal. The team leader had a couple of phone conversations with them and with the aid of “phonefind” established Read more
2 males contacted police to say they were at the summit of Scafell Pike but didn’t know how to get down. They were uninjured. They were talked down by phone. They had no map but both had compasses, which made the Team Leader’s task much easier and also made a Read more
Two walkers reported themselves as lost to Cumbria Police after they had become disorientated in poor weather and visibility after descending to the lower slopes of Scafell Pike on their return journey. The Team Leader was able to locate the lost persons via a PhoneFind and then safely talk them Read more
A call came in for some walkers with inadequate kit struggling to keep warm at Styhead. Keswick MRT was quick to get in touch with the Wasdale Team Leader to inform us it was a duplicate log of an incident that Keswick MRT were already dealing with. Due to the Read more
This morning, the Team Leader took a call from Cumbria Police about two males who had become lost in poor visibility, close to the summit of Scafell Pike. Whilst the Team Leader was making initial contact with the pair a second group of males, whom were also lost appeared in Read more