‘Call passed onto Cumbria Police from North West Ambulance service who had received the ‘999’ call and dispatched a road ambulance. Report from the police was that a male had fallen off Scafell Pike. When details were gathered it transpired that the male walker had fallen on Scafell Pike whilst Read more…
Call came in from Cumbria Police regarding two rock climbers who had failed to return at 6.30 p.m. They had been climbing on Esk Buttress. The team Leader waited until 10.35 before doing a full callout. As seems to regularly happen, once the full team had been called out the Read more…
Team called to the help of a male walker in his 40’s. The group of four plus dog had climbed Scafell that day from Boot where they were camping. One of the male walkers had sustained an injury to his knee and was unable to make any further progress down Read more…
Whilst the team were dealing with the broad stand incident, another incident came in from the Police. A 22 year old male climber had fallen on Scafell Crags. He was in a group of three who were heading for a rock climb on Scafell Crags. They were on the approach Read more…
Call from Police for a 62 year man who had taken a 30m fall off Broad Stand on Scafell. He sustained major injuries and was in a critical condition. Team members were flown up to the area in an Air Ambulance whilst the Paramedic remained on scene. The air ambulance Read more…
The alarm was raised at Blacksail Youth Hostel by a walker who could hear shouts for help in the Blacksail Pass area. As this is on the boundary between Wasdale and Cockermouth teams both attended. On arrival at the pass it was apparent there were no longer shouts for help Read more…
Callout from the police for a female with an injured ankle on Scafell Pike. A party of 12 which included three teachers and 9 students were descending from the summit when one slipped and went over on her ankle. 21 team members attended and a further number of Duddon & Read more…
A party on the 3 peaks became disorientated on their descent after losing the path and were now lost. Due to the poor weather conditions they were also wet and cold and one of them was having difficulty walking due to a sore knee. As their location was uncertain the team Read more…
Call from Police for two missing Three Peakers. A group of four walkers had set off from Wasdale Head at 5.00 a.m. to climb Scafell Pike in wet and windy conditions. They separated on the way up and a 40 year old male and female pair became lost on their Read more…
Call from the police to rescue a 65 year old female walker who had fallen backwards and sustained a bad gash to the back of the head on a sharp rock.  The lady was accompanied by her son and their two dogs. They had come up from the Old Dungeon Read more…
Just as the Great Gable incident was closing the team were called to another incident where a male had suffered a tumble fall and injured his head and arm. The informant with the casualty was unable to give their location and attempts to get him to describe the location proved Read more…
Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out to assist a 77 year old man who was suffering from leg cramp and unable to walk. He was located on the top of Great Gable so, to avoid a protracted and uncomfortable stretcher ride, assistance from an air ambulance was requested. North 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…
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…
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…
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…