Team called to assist a female fell-walker who had a suspected torn calf muscle and was unable to walk off the fell by herself. She was quickly located on the Corridor Route, just off Lingmell Col and stretchered down to Wasdale. The injury did not require hospital treatment but was Read more…
Two walkers were reported to be stuck on the Screes above Wastwater. A small team were sent to establish their location. They were found quickly, not in any danger and not far from the pumphouse end of the lake – they had just run out of daylight and had no Read more…
A party of two walkers became disorientated on the summit of Great Gable. They used their mobile phone to call ‘999’ for assistance. Communication was very difficult and they were unhappy about being given directions over the phone even though they were standing at the summit cairn facing the remembrance Read more…
Police paged the team following a ‘999’ call from the wife of a 68 yr old male walker who had climbed Scafell Pike and was lost making his way back to Windermere. He was contacted on his mobile phone and his description put him at the top of Piers Gill. Read more…
Police paged the team to search for a missing 60yr old male walker from Wirral in Cheshire who was up on holiday and failed to return to his accommodation. He was walking in the area between Seatallan and Middle Fell. 12 Wasdale MRT plus 4 SARDA search dogs were involved Read more…
The team were called in to search for a missing father and son (12 yrs) who were due back at Seathwaite at 4.30 p.m. from a walk up Scafell Pike via the corridor route. The wife raised the alarm from a phone box at Seathwaite. Duddon & Furness team were Read more…
The team were paged by the police to respond to a female who was crag fast in a quarry near Bigrigg, Egremont. Clints Quarry is an overgrown disused quarry with steep sides. The lady had been walking round the quarry when she fell down the bank but her fall was Read more…
Call at 23:20hr from Cumbria Police. Informant was Police in North Wales which caused some confusion. They had a police team doing 3 peaks and reported a male walker with a broken ankle in group also doing the 3 peaks by the slabs just below the summit plateau on Scafell Read more…
Called by Police. Report of a camper wagon off the Hardknott pass road on the Wrynose side. ‘Driver could not get out for fear of vehicle dropping over edge’. The team were asked to stabilise the vehicle. Landrover with winch was dispatched with crash gear and stakes. The Fire brigade Read more…
The team were called to rescue a party of two walkers on Scafell Pike. A 20yr old autistic male along with his carer were benighted and lost. Good telephone communications with the lost walkers established that they were most probably in the Hollowstones area. A limited callout was made but Read more…
The team were paged to rescue a male walker in his early 60s with an injured knee. He along with his son and nephew in their mid 20s had climbed Scafell Pike from Eskdale and whilst descending his knee was causing him severe pain and he was unable to walk. Read more…
The team were paged to assist 4 young male walkers who were lost on the summit of Scafell Pike. A limited callout was made and 4 team members searched the summit of the Pike and found the lost walkers at midnight above Chambers Crags, a hundred meters to the east Read more…
The team were called to help the Police search the River Ehen, Egremont following the discovery of personal items left next the riverbank. Around 15 team members were involved along with a SARDA dog handler and members of the local canoe club. Both sides of the river were scoured upstream Read more…
A limited call out for an injured person on Buckbarrow. A 36yr old mother accompanied by her partner and three children were descending Buckbarrow when she slipped and broke her ankle. The Partner ran down to the nearest farm to raise the alarm. Only a limited callout was necessary as Read more…
The team were paged by the police to respond to a call from informants at Boot, Eskdale. A 60 years old lady had sprained her ankle about half a mile above Boot on the main path to Burnmoor Tarn. She was reported to be feeling quite faint. Whist team members Read more…
The Wasdale group of 6 were returning to their vehicle at Stockley Bridge. Just as they arrived at Stockley Bridge, Keswick MRT were paged by the Police to attend to a group of 4 male walkers who were lost and had given a grid reference which placed them on top Read more…
Whist the team were dealing with incident 47, they were called by the police to attend to an injured walker on Mickledore ridge, between Scafell Pike and Scafell. A number of team members including team doctors already on the fell made their way to the incident site along with the Read more…
The team were paged by the police to search for two walkers who were lost on Scafell Pike – A small group of Wasdale team members were mustered in Gosforth to search from the Wasdale side whilst a group of seven team members who were at Keswick MRTs 60th birthday Read more…
The team were paged by the police to search for a missing father and mother who had set off to walk from Ennerdale to Wasdale and failed to turn up at their car in Wasdale. The couple were in their 50’s and were reported to be experienced but with light Read more…
The team were alerted by the police to search for a missing 48 year old father and son (14 yrs) and friend (13 yrs). They had set off from Langdale earlier that day as a group of five to climb Scafell Pike. One father and one of his sons (11 Read more…