Whitehaven Police paged the team following a mobile ‘999’ call from a group of walkers lost on Great Gable. The group of 4 from Manchester had descended via Westmoreland Crags and got themselves onto the loose scree at the top of Great Hellgate. Unsure of their location and unhappy about Read more
The team were paged by the Police to respond to a male walker who was attempting the three Peaks challenge and had become disorientated then stuck on steep ground whilst descending from Scafell Pike. A limited callout was initiated with 10 team members deployed on the fell. The walker, who Read more
Police paged the team following a call from a couple on the National Trust campsite at Wasdale Head who had seen lights on the Green How path (Scafell) which had been stationary for 20 mins. The Deputy Team Leader rang the informant to find out if the light was giving Read more
Police contacted the Deputy Team leader to respond to an incident where an elderly man was at the top of a tall tree near the town of Egremont. The police and fire service were in attendance. Having tried their best to talk the gentleman down and failed, and the fire Read more
The Team received a telephone call from the Wasdale Head Hotel to assist with transporting a coach load of Brownies. The coach was transporting 20 Brownies and their leaders from Workington to the Old School in Eskdale. The driver did not know the road ended up at Wasdale Head. When Read more
The team leader was called by the Langdale and Ambleside team leader for assistance with a rescue. A married couple from Settle, in their early forties, had set off from Three Shires Stone to climb Crinkle Crags. They had become disorientated and were somewhere on the Eskdale side. Although the Read more
Telephone call direct from one of the Wasdale team members who lives at Wasdale Head. A 40 yrold male was long overdue from Scafell Pike. His wife was the informant and was waiting at the Green. She had news that he’d been seen at the summit at about 3pm. He Read more
The police called out the team to search for three overdue walkers, a 50 year old plus two teenagers. They had set off from Langdale at 1.30 pm to climb Scafell Pike and had not returned. The acting team leader called in Langdale Ambleside to carry out a the search Read more
Whilst the team were searching for the two missing walkers (see 5/33) another group of three walkers had become lost on Scafell Pike and mistakenly descended the Eskdale side. They were well down the valley but still high and had no lights apart from key torches which they had used Read more
Call from the police to investigate calls for help coming from the Screes. A lady walking in the vicinity of the Youth Hostel reported calls for help coming from high up on the Screes. A limited call out was initiated and 4 team members investigated the incident by walking along Read more
The Team were called in by the police to rescue an elderly lady and her dog who were stuck on the Screes path opposite the road junction half way along the Lake. A limited callout was put out on the pager system requesting the Boat Squad (group of 4 trained Read more
The Team Leader was called by the police to respond to a request for assistance regarding an overdue walker. A group of three males had setoff from the New Dungeon Gill Hotel in Langdale to climb Scafell Pike and camp at Angle Tarn. During the ascent one of the walkers Read more
The team leader was called by Cumbria Police to deal with an incident in Eskdale. A group of three male walkers who were returning to their car at Brotherilkeld from a walk up Scafell heard whistles and lights on the valley side opposite them in the area of Brock Crag. Read more
The team were called to assist a couple who were struggling to locate the Corridor route descent path from Scafell Pike. They were on their mobile phone and were directed by the team leader until they found the path. They were just below the rock step above Great Gill. As Read more
Whitehaven Police paged the Team to respond to a report of lights seen on Scafell. The lights had remained static for around an hour. A limited callout was undertaken to investigate the lights and when a small group of six team members had eventually gathered at Gosforth the decision was Read more
Workington Police contacted the Team to respond to a call for help from two cragfast walkers. The request was for Scafell Pike but their location was actually above Broad Stand on Scafell. A limited callout of team member took place at 2152 hrs once details had been established. Two team Read more
Workington Police paged the team to respond to a call for help from an elderly married couple who were lost on Muncaster Fell at Ross’s Camp (The large slab that forms a table). The weather was windy with heavy rain showers. The couple in their early sixties, were on holiday Read more
The team leader was called by Cockermouth MRT to assist in the search for two overdue walkers who were doing the Ennerdale horseshoe. The father and his 17 year old son from London had set off late morning the previous day and their last contact had been at Brandreth (head Read more
The team leader was called at work to respond to an incident where two people had capsized in Wastwater. The team has a rescue boat and so a limited callout was done to bring in the boat squad. Before the vehicle and boat left the rescue base at Gosforth the Read more
Call received from Workington Police concerning a party of “3 Peakers” who had just come down off Scafell Pike and had heard shouts for help coming from the Rake End area of Scafell. They were all convinced the shouts were human although they hadn’t established any form of communication (no Read more