Scafell Pike – Wed 28th Aug 2002
41 year old male reported long overdue on Scafell Pike. He turned up when a third party rang to say he was being looked after at a tent in Hollowstones.
Beck Head, Great Gable – Mon 26th Aug 2002
Team leader called by one of the team members who lives at Wasdale Head reporting flashing lights on Beck Head, Great Gable. Following investigation, an adult plus two sixteen year olds were found at the foot of Ill Ghyll, Kirk Fell, making their way down to callout the team. There Read more…
Unknown Location – Tue 20th Aug 2002
Team leader called by police to deal with a missing lady overdue from a walk with her husband when they became separated. They had walked up from Seathwaite, via Esk Hause to Scafell Pike. They then descended to the bottom of cam Spout and made their way back up to Read more…
Scafell Pike – Tue 13th Aug 2002
Two male walkers in their mid 30’s were doing the 3 peaks event when they become lost on Scafell Pike. They left Brackenclose, Wasdale at 2130 hrs the previous evening and their father, waiting in the valley bottom became concerned when they failed to appear later that night. At 0730 Read more…
Scafell Pike – Tue 30th Jul 2002
Whitehaven police put out an incident alert on the pager system to rescue a father and his two teenage sons who had become disorientated on their descent from Scafell Pike. They had a mobile phone so the team could ask a number of questions that helped locate their position. They Read more…
Unknown Location – Sat 6th Jul 2002
Whitehaven police called the team leader to inform of a walker in his mid-sixties who was overdue. His wife at Keswick had raised the alarm. He had left his car at the pump house, Ennerdale to walk to Blacksail and return via Pillar, Haycock and Cawfell. The team leader spoke Read more…
Lingmell – Sat 6th Jul 2002
Call from the police to investigate a report from an informant from North Hants who was descending from Scafell Pike when he witnessed a party on Flash Knotts (below Lingmell Crag on the northern side of Piers Gill) set off a red flare trying to attract the attention of rescue Read more…
Mickledore, Scafell Pike – Thu 4th Jul 2002
Call from the police to rescue two walkers in their twenties who were lost on Scafell Pike (adjacent to a stretcher box). After giving advice over the mobile phone, the team leader walked up to meet them at the bottom of Mickledore making their way slowly, but safely down the Read more…
Unknown Location – Tue 2nd Jul 2002
Call from the police to rescue a walker with a broken leg below Lord’s Rake on Scafell. It turned out that he had more serious injuries. He and his father were descending from Scafell via Lords rake when they took a wrong turn in the mist and started to descend Read more…
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Mon 1st Jul 2002
Call from the police to rescue a group of four Duke of Edinburgh children who had become separated by the beck (in flood) on the Scafell side of Brown Tongue. One team member walked up to assist the group safely off the fell. Rescue completed by 1800 hrs.
Irton Fell – Sun 30th Jun 2002
Call from the police to rescue a 13years old boy who slipped on Irton fell and had a suspect broken ankle. 26 team members carried him off the fell to an awaiting ambulance. He was taken to West Cumberland Hospital for treatment. He was on the Wasdale side of the Read more…
Incident 27 in 2002
Call from the police to rescue a fallen walker on Scafell. The man in his late 50’s had been attempting the 4 x 3000 challenge and rather than take the Lord’s Rake route from Mickledore to the summit of Scafell he joined another two walkers who were ascending via Broad Read more…
Unknown Location – Mon 3rd Jun 2002
Call from the police to search for two missing men on Scafell Pike. The two men had left Wasdale Head at 1700 hrs to climb Scafell Pike. When they failed to turn up at their vehicle and waiting friends at the car park the alarm was raised. The informants advised Read more…
Incident 25 in 2002
A fell walker ran into the shop at Wasdale Head saying that his friend was injured at Hollowstones. A small group of team members who were already around the Head went up to look for him but found nothing. The Deputy Team Leader believes that the injured person must have Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sun 12th May 2002
The team were called out to help an injured male walker in his late fifties. He had fallen and was reported to be falling in and out of consciousness at the bottom of the rock step. His location was given as half a mile south of Styhead. The advance group Read more…
Incident 23 in 2002
A call came in from the police to attend to a young lady who was exhausted below Cam Spout waterfall, Upper Eskdale, at the foot of Scafell Pike. The full team was called out yet again. Many of the team members having still not been home since the first rescue Read more…
Incident 22 in 2002
The team was called to rescue a lady with a broken ankle on Harter Fell, Eskdale. The team were already at Gosforth tidying up from the previous rescue so it was a quick turnout. The casualty was relatively high up on Harter just above the col. Fist aid was administered Read more…
Incident 21 in 2002
The Wasdale team was called to rescue a climber with a suspected broken foot on the Great Gable traverse, just below Tophet Wall. He had successfully completed his climb and was descending the mountain when the accident happened. A RAF Search and Rescue helicopter was in the area and was Read more…
Unknown Location – Sat 4th May 2002
The team was called to rescue two ladies who were stuck on the Screes path. A limited call-out was undertaken and the two ladies were transferred across the lake by the team’s rescue launch. Whilst half way across the lake the second call came from the police to attend to Read more…
Incident 19 in 2002
The Wasdale team was called to rescue a lady climber who had fallen off Eagles Nest Ridge, Great Gable and suffered head injuries. A helicopter in the area was called to assist and following an aerial search of the craggs found no casualty. The lady had made her way down Read more…