A call was received from a lone walker who had set off from Langdale to Wasdale at 1400. He called for assistance after he had fallen into a river/bog and become cold and wet somewhere on Scafell Pike. As we were formulating a plan the missing person contacted us to Read more
Team was called by Cumbria Police on behalf of Ambulance Control to attend an incident on Dent Fell. It was reported by a group of people doing the Coast 2Coast that they had come across a gentleman who had been feeling dizzy and collapsed near the summit of Dent Fell. Read more
The team were called out to assist Langdale Ambleside MRT searching for a male walker lost on Crinkle Crags. After a long night the search was called off without finding the missing person. He turned up in Borrowdale the following morning before the search recommenced. Read more here.
A group of five walkers from Kent had set off from Wasdale Head at 10.00 p.m. the previous night to climb Scafell Pike as part of the three peaks challenge. Overnight there had been severe storms with heavy and persistent rain. They became lost with low cloud down to 2,500 Read more
Call came in from police for a male walker in his late 40’s who had sustained a knee injury somewhere on Scafell Pike. It was difficult to establish exactly where the casualty was from the informant so the Team leader boarded an air ambulance (Great North Air Ambulance) and was Read more
Call came in from Cumbria Police for an injured cyclist on Hardknott Pass road. The female cyclist was with another male cyclist when she left the road on a very sharp bend and continued down the fell side for around 50m. Around 17 team members attended the incident along with Read more
Police were contacted by a party of young people who reported they were now stuck in the Eskdale valley due to nightfall. An initial search of nearby paths was mounted to locate the party who were eventually found at a nearby pub. We would appeal to anyone who reports themselves in trouble Read more
Callout from the police for a lady in her late 30s with an injured leg. The group were descending from Scafell Pike along the Lingmel Nose traverse path when she slipped and sustained a fracture dislocation of her ankle. The team attended along with an Air Ambulance that landed on Read more
Called to assist the ambulance service help move a lady with a broken leg from just above Fisherground camp site in Eskdale. One of the team doctors attended and helped splint the leg before the team carried the lady to the waiting Air Ambulance. 16 team members involved, incident closed around 6.00 Read more
One of the team leaders was out walking on Great Gable (looking for missing team equipment) when they heard shouts for help coming from Ill Gill on Kirkfell opposite. On further investigation this turned out to be a man cragfast in the gill which is a popular scramble. A limited Read more
This third incident involved a female walker in her late 40’s from Liverpool who had slipped whilst descending Scafell Pike on the Brown Tongue path with her husband and son. This lady had a lower leg injury that prevented her from walking. Due to the Needle Ridge incident happening at Read more
Whilst returning from the initial incident on Great Gable and immediately after the alert for the rescue on Scafell Pike a further call came from the Police for a pair of climbers cragfast on Needle Ridge on the Napes crags due to greasy conditions on the rock. A small team Read more
After a quiet start to the year normal service was resumed for the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team when we were called to three separate incidents this afternoon. The first incident involved a male walker who slipped while descending from Great Gable and suffered face and throat injuries. The casualty was Read more
Whilst the team were treating the casualty with a broken leg a 16 year old boy was seen wondering around Mickledore. After some questioning it was discovered that he had been separated from his parents earlier in the day after ascending Rossett Gill from Langdale. He had no map or Read more
The team were called out to assist a woman with a broken leg very close to the stretcher box at Mickledore. The air ambulance attended and lifted four team members including team doctors to the accident site. However, more manpower was needed to lift the casualty the short distance to Read more
Team called out by the Police following a call from a husband and son who had left the wife in the car on Hardknott Pass to go for a walk on the fell and when they returned the wife was missing. It was established that she could not have walked Read more
Full team callout for a female walker in a party of five who were descending back down to Wasdale Head from Styhead when she sustained a severe gash to the leg. She was given casualty care on scene and helped back down to the valley bottom where she was driven Read more
The team were called to assist a walker with a knee injury at Lingmell Col. The Air Ambulance landed and picked up the casualty before the team reached him. Fourteen team members were on the fell with five others at base. The casualty was one of a group of six. Read more
Call from the police for a fallen male climber with a broken leg in Eskdale. The climber was accompanied by a female climber who was able to raise the alarm. He was abseiling and fell 12metres, landing at the foot of the crag Bell Stand, located above the old quarry Read more
Call from the Police following a ‘999’ call from a male walker lost on the summit of Haycock. The Police reported that he had left Ennerdale and that his car was located in Ennerdale. The duty team leader, who was already walking in the Wasdale valley handed the call straight Read more