A second call arrived from Cumbria Police on Friday. A lone walker had taken a tumble fall injuring his ankle on the Climber’s Traverse on Great Gable. He had managed to get to the Beck Head to Wasdale path but was unable to continue from there. Most of the team Read more…
In the first of two calls in quick succession yesterday, a passing walker at Mickledore reported a lone walker crag fast on Broad Stand. With no further information available a full callout was made. With a second call incoming shortly afterwards, additional support was requested from our friends at Duddon Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a fell runner who was overdue. A family member was reporting their concerns, expecting him back home by early evening. It was established that the runner was last heard from at 08:30am at the summit of Scafell Pike. He had planned to Read more…
The team was called by Cumbria Police about a walker who had slipped on his ascent of Scafell Pike, injuring his ankle and rendering him unable to bear any weight. A full callout was made and team members made their way to the scene. After an assessment and splinting of Read more…
Cumbria Police called the team about a walker who had fallen, injured his hand and knee and was unable to bear any weight to walk further. The team was promptly called out, and due to slightly low numbers, Duddon and Furness MRT was also asked to help. It then become Read more…
A call was received on Tuesday evening from Cumbria Police. They were requesting support for a developing multi-agency search for a missing person. However, as team members were assembling, positive news was received that the person had been located and the team was stood down.
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a lone walker who was overdue from a walk up Sca Fell. The walker was inexperienced and not well equipped should things not go to plan. Friends were concerned for his safety as they had received a call saying he was lost 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 on Saturday about a walker who had fallen and injured their ankle. She was unable to walk any further. The team was swiftly called out and once on scene performed a medical assessment, gave further strong pain relief, and splinted the ankle. This enabled the walker 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…
Keswick MRT received a call from Cumbria Police which was confirmed to be in our area and passed through quickly. A walker on the Scafell Pike summit plateau was reporting people about 1.5km away on a ridge line near Lords Rake shouting for help. An accurate bearing was also taken Read more…
The team was called by Cumbria Police about a party of three walkers and their dog. They had become benighted after a very long day out and were unable and ill-equipped to navigate themselves down to safety. Their dog was also struggling. The Team Leader discussed the situation with one Read more…
The team was called by Cumbria Police yesterday about a lone walker who had possibly suffered an asthma attack and was becoming hypothermic. He could not walk and conditions were poor with wind, rain, and cold temperatures at his location. The team was quickly called out, with an advance party Read more…
Third incident
A second call of the evening was received by Cumbria Police. A lone walker had taken a tumble fall on the path sustaining knee and shoulder injuries. Fortunately, both were not serious and she could continue strolling down from Sty Head towards Wasdale. A small party was tasked with locating Read more…
In the first incident of the day, a report was made of a walker who had fallen and hit their head and then became unwell and unable to walk. The call was made by a passing walker who had descended to get a better signal. A full callout was made, 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…
The third call of the day arrived with a group of four walkers who had become separated from a larger group of 40 descending to Seathwaite. After 12 hours on the hill after summiting Scafell Pike they were all cold, with one person struggling to mobilise at all. It was Read more…
As incident No.114 was ongoing, another call for help was received. A walker had become ill and was unable to continue to walk. Team members including two casualty carers were diverted from the ongoing callout to assess the walker. However as they were en route, information from the scene then Read more…
A busy Sunday started when we received a call from Cumbria Police about a walker who had sustained a painful ankle injury and was unable to walk. Her partner had carried her as far as possible before making the call. The team was called out and once on scene, after Read more…