The team was called to a attend a young walker who had injured his leg whilst crossing the boulder field on the Wastwater Screes. He was one of a group of six undertaking an expedition. Team members attended on foot from the southern end of the lake and gave casualty Read more…
The team were called out at 11.50 to go to the assistance of 2 fell walkers who had been blown off their feet by very high winds as they were descending Scafell Pike, having turned round before the summit due to the wind. The lady suffered a serious head laceration Read more…
Call from police for 3 overdue walkers. They had been on top of Scafell Pike at 15.30 hours but had not made contact with the mother of one of them since then. The start point of their walk was unknown, except that it was more likely to be on the Read more…
The team were called out to assist a female walker who had slipped and broken her ankle close to Green Crag, Eskdale. She was given anagesia, and her leg was splinted before being stretchered down to Birkerthwaite.
Two adult walkers became disorientated in poor visibility on Great Gable. They had walked from Borrowdale and ascended Green Gable before losing their way on the Great Gable summit area. They were located near Beck Head and escorted to the Wasdale valley. (15 Team members were involved in the search Read more…
We were contacted by Cumbria Police at around 19:15 regarding a couple lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader contacted the pair from Scotland to try and establish their whereabouts. They had left the Old Dungeon Ghyll in the morning, climbed Scafell Pike and then on the return the cloud Read more…
Whilst we were dealing with the other two incidents we found a pair of walkers who were trying to descend to Seathwaite in Borrowdale. They did not have any torches and were escorted down to Wasdale Head.
Whist responding to the exhausted man at Mickledore the team were informed that there was a man with a suspected broken ankle near Lingmell Gill just off Brown Tongue. He had injured his ankle slipping on a rock further up the fellside and whilst trying to move to get a Read more…
The team were contacted by the police to assist a walker in his sixties who had become exhausted and felt unwell on Scafell Pike. He was next to the stretcher box at Mickledore and did not feel that he had the strength to make his own way off the fell. Read more…
The police contacted the team to assist a pair of walkers who had found themselves lost on steep ground in poor visibility whilst descending Scafell Pike. They were fortunate in being able to get an intermittent mobile phone signal to the Police so the team headed to the area indicated by their Read more…
The team were contacted by the Wasdale Head Inn about a dog missing in the Hollowstones Area. The dog’s owner and staff from the Wasdale Head Inn had conducted a four hour search the previous day without success. One team member went to assist in the search and the dog Read more…
The team were called by the police to assist a pair of walkers in their twenties from Surrey. They had made a navigational error and become lost on their descent from Scafell Pike. They had managed to make a 999 call and described their surroundings. Two search groups covered the Read more…
The team were called out to assist stranded motorists on the Birker Fell road. A limited callout was made and three cars were escorted down safely.
The team were called out by the police to attend a man who had collapsed in Uldale, behind Dent Fell. The casualty was air-lifted to hospital by a Sea King from RAF Boulmer.
The team were called out by the police to assist a female fell walker with a suspected broken ankle. She was descending from the summit of Scafell Pike when she suffered a stumble fall just above Lingmell Col. One of our team leaders, who was already on the fell, gave Read more…
The Team were called by the police to investigate a call from members of the public who had become stuck on an icy road travelling from St Bees to Kendal. After some detective work the likely location seemed to be Hard Knott Pass. A small group took a Team Landrover to investigate Read more…
The team were called by the Police for a single walker who was lost in the Hollowstones area whilst descending Scafell Pike. A limited callout was made and eleven team members headed up to find him. We used the GPS on his smartphone to get an exact location and then Read more…
Whilst rescuing the injured dog and its owner, the team were called out by the police to search for a 19 year old fell walker who had last been seen around Piers Gill at about 15:00. Descending from Scafell Pike he had become separated from his companion who had descended Read more…
The team were called to assist with an injured dog in the boulder field on the Screes Path. The boat was launched whilst another party travelled on foot from the Pump House. The injured dog was wrapped in a vacuum mattress and then the two dogs, and their owner were Read more…
The team were contacted by the police for a young couple from Derby who were lost close to the summit of Scafell Pike in poor visibility. Their position was determined from a smartphone and a total of nine team members went on the fell in wet and windy conditions. The Read more…