The team received a call from the police to respond to a fell walker near the summit of Scafell Pike who had tripped and suffered lacerations to her leg and head. Several team members who were already on the fell attended and gave casualty care before the casualty was evacuated Read more…
Team called by police for three lost walkers on Scafell Pike. Conditions were poor with “white down” (mist) and they were afriad of getting lost, unable to make their way back to their car in Seathwaite. The call to the police from their mobile was cut short before all details could be collected. The Read more…
The team were contacted by the Police for a female fell walker who had sustained a broken leg in the Burnmoor tarn area. One member of the family group of five had needed to descended to Boot some 45 minutes away to raise the alarm as there was no mobile Read more…
The team were called out to attend a 42 year old female walker with a suspected back injury sustained whilst in the Stanley Ghyll area of Eskdale.  The alarm had been raised by a passing walker.  Whilst the team were mobilising further information came through that the they were able to make their Read more…
The team were called to attend a walker with a back injury on Broad Crag. A Sea King helicopter from RAF Leconfield was training in the area and was able to winch the casualty aboard and fly them to Furness General Hospital, Barrow. The incident was stood down with only Read more…
During the annual Wasdale Show fell race (up and down Kirk fell Nose)  a fell runner in his late 40s fell, injured his ankle and sustained a puncture wound. The team were alerted but were already attending a head injury incident on Scafell Pike. The injured person was initially treated with ankle Read more…
The team were called out to a male walker who had taken a tumble fall whilst descending Scafell Pike. The walker, in his early thirties, was with his young son and friend when the accident took place. The group from Cambrideshire were camping at Wasdale Head. They had reached the summit and Read more…
The team were called out to attend a woman who had sustained a broken shoulder in a stumble fall near the bad step on the corridor route. The alarm had been raised by a member of the casualty’s group who had descended to Wasdale Head. When the team arrived at Read more…
Team called out by the Police to rescue a 47 yr old male who had slipped down scree below base of Lords Rake. The man had sustained a blow to the lower left side of his back that was painful during any movement. He was given analgesia on the scene by Read more…
The team were called out by the police to respond to a male walker who had fallen and sustained lacerations to his head and an arm injury. He was one of a group of 8 walkers who had set off from Seathwaite at around 2am to climb Scafell Pike on Read more…
Team paged by the police regarding a report of shouts for help and whistles in the vicinity of the Corridor Route.  A full callout was initiated and the team searched the area around Piers Ghyll and Greta Ghyll but no persons were located and no calls for help heard. On returning to the valley a Read more…
We were called out to look for two young men on the three peaks who became disoriented on the descent and found themselves in Eskdale. Realising they were in the wrong valley they climbed upwards to find a mobile signal, eventually getting to broken ground below Horn Crag / Slight Read more…
We were alerted by Police to a man who was struck on the head and wrist by a falling rock in the Black Crag area of Scafell. The man and his party made their own way off the fell and were met at Brackenclose by a team doctor. After assesment, Read more…
We were contacted by police regarding a party that had separated on Scafell Pike. A group of 4 including a dad and his teenage daughter were climbing Scafell Pike together. The daughter and her friend decided to wait at Hollowstones whilst dad went to the summit. Unfortunately he lost the Read more…
Call came in from the police to rescue a female walker who had fallen at Stand Crag on the corridor route from Scafell Pike. An air ambulance and road ambulance had also been tasked to this incident. The casualty was airlifted from the scene of the incident as the team Read more…
The team were called out just after midnight to assist a male walker who had taken a 20ft tumble fall into Skew Gill from near the Corridor Route and sustained suspected arm and leg fractures. The casualty was given casualty care and analgesia on scene. His injured limbs were splinted Read more…
Call came in from Langdale team to search the upper Eskdale for a missing 63 yr old walker last seen on the summit of Bowfell heading for Crinkle Crags. 11 team members attended. He was eventually found by a member of the Langdale team in the upper Esk in the Read more…
A group of three peakers heard whistles and shouts from the Red Gill area of Scafell. They called the police who called out the team at about 6:30am. The advance party headed up the fell with some crag gear and first aid equipment whilst other team members brought up longer Read more…
While the team were finishing the rescue at the top of Piers Gill, a further call came in from Cumbria Police to respond to a male walker in his early 20’s who had become lost whilst climbing Scafell Pike. He was tackling the three peaks on his own, cycling between Read more…
The team was involved on a major search for missing male in his 80’s with a medical issue. He had been missing since 1530 at Muncaster Castle. He turned up safe and well at Windermere train station later in the evening. We thank lake district SARDA search dogs, Civil Nuclear Read more…