Wasdale team were called to assist in the search for a 59yr old male walker who had left the Old Dungeon Ghyll to tackle Bowfell / Esk Pike / Broad Crag / Scafell Pike / Scafell (via Broad Stand) and returning back to Langdale. His car was still at ODG Read more…
Whilst tidying up and closing the base to incident 25, a further call came in to say a lady had broken her ankle below Pikes Crag on Scafell Pike. There was some initial concern that this lady may have been the one heard in incident 25. Also we were surprised Read more…
As soon as the helicopter had left the location of incident 24 the team started walking down. All team members then heard what sounded like a female in pain and shrieking, high on Scafell around the Shamrock area. The team split into smaller search groups and scaled all the gulleys Read more…
The police called the team to respond to a male with a suspect broken leg on Scafell. On questioning the informant (by mobile phone) it transpired that he was in sight and verbal contact with the injured man who had been descending ‘D’ gulley to the East of Pikes Crag Read more…
Whilst dealing with the incident below a report came in from the police to deal with another incident. The local ramblers had completed their walks in Wasdale and had returned to the coach by the lakeside. One of their party, an 80 year old male had walked off and had Read more…
Team called to respond to a Father and young child overdue on their walk up Scafell Pike. One child had already returned to the car at Wasdale Head earlier in the afternoon. The team were assembled and the advance vehicle went up to commence the search. The father and child Read more…
Workington police paged the team to respond to a 999 mobile call from a group of students from Chichester University. One of their party was reported to have fallen into a bog, become stuck and was very wet, cold and agitated. Initially a limited call-out was carried out followed at Read more…
The team was called by the police to respond to a mobile ‘999’ call. A middle aged male walker had a suspect broken ankle somewhere in the Hollowstones area on his descent from Scafell Pike back down to Wasdale Head. He was with his two sons who had managed to Read more…
The team leader was called to attend to an alarm raised for overdue walkers. The team were put on standby while more information was gathered. Two team members investigated at Wasdale. The incident was stood down at 2018 hrs. (Note – team policy is to record those incidents where the Read more…
The team leader was called to rescue a male walker in his late sixties who had collapsed near the summit of Kirk Fell. Around 20 team members were involved in the subsequent rescue and due to the potential seriousness of the incident (suspect heart failure), an RAF helicopter was requested. Read more…
Workington police paged the team to attend an incident at Wasdale Head. A male and female walker had become cragfast the previous day and spent the night on the fell. In the morning the man had scrambled out of the Ghyll to raise the ‘999’ alarm through another walker he Read more…
The team leader received a call from the Police to locate a group of 4 adults and 10 children (14 – 15 yrs) who were lost on steep ground and poor conditions with no lights and limited, suitable clothing. Initially a limited call-out was undertaken to establish more information on Read more…
Police received a mobile ‘999’ call from two male walkers in their 40’s via an informant in the south of the country. It was a group of three who were doing a recce of Scafell Pike for the 3 Peaks challenge. They had become lost as a group of three Read more…
A father and son were both injured whilst ascending Blacksail. The father in his 60’s sustained a dislocated shoulder whilst the son (early 20s) collapsed from shock and sustained a gash to the head and was reported to be in a confused state. The alarm was raised at the Wasdale Read more…
The Wasdale team was called by the police to respond to a male walker with serious muscle spasms in his leg. His location was the summit of Scafell Pike. Around 18 team members were involved in carrying him back down to Brackenclose, Wasdale Head. The team returned to the road Read more…
The Wasdale team was called by the police to rescue a lady with a suspected broken ankle on the Brown Tongue path descending from Scafell Pike. Her husband has raised the alarm on his mobile phone. 20 team members were involved, carrying her down on the stretcher after administering casualty Read more…
The Wasdale team leader was called by Keswick MRT to assist with the rescue of two female walkers who were lost, most probably in the corridor area on their way to Scafell Pike. There car was parked at Seathwaite. One of the ladies was reported to have a broken leg. Read more…
The team leader was called by the police to respond to a call from a group of three walkers who had been lost on Scafell Pike since late afternoon the previous day. They had left the top of Scafell Pike at 1500 hrs. on the Sunday afternoon and got lost Read more…
The team leader received a request from Langdale Ambleside MRT to open Mill Forge for a radio relay. Single 37yr old male missing on walk over Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell. Langdale were searching north side and to the summits of those fells and putting search dogs into Green Hole Read more…
The police called the team leader to investigate the where-abouts of two male climbers who had become long overdue. The informant was waiting for the two climbers in Gosforth car park. They had set out that morning to winter climb on either Great End or Pikes Crag (Scafell Pike). They Read more…