An alert was received this morning from Cumbria Police about a party of five walkers who were reporting themselves close to hypothermia. The information came via an iPhone emergency satellite message so further information was initially quite limited. Helpfully an exact location was obtained, although this was in a remote Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a lone fell runner who had slipped on a steep descent on the flanks of Sca Fell, sustaining an extremely painful upper arm and/or shoulder injury. This rendered her unable to move at all. A callout was swiftly made and several team Read more…
The team was called by Cumbria Police about a walker who had become unwell after suffering from a suspected severe panic attack. She was unable to make further progress, having turned back before reaching the summit. A band of rain and continuing strong winds created a very cold environment with Read more…
A second call arrived from Cumbria Police on Friday. A lone walker had taken a tumble fall injuring his ankle on the Climber’s Traverse on Great Gable. He had managed to get to the Beck Head to Wasdale path but was unable to continue from there. Most of the team Read more…
Cumbria Police called the team about a walker who had fallen, injured his hand and knee and was unable to bear any weight to walk further. The team was promptly called out, and due to slightly low numbers, Duddon and Furness MRT was also asked to help. It then become Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a lone walker who was overdue from a walk up Sca Fell. The walker was inexperienced and not well equipped should things not go to plan. Friends were concerned for his safety as they had received a call saying he was lost Read more…
As incident No.114 was ongoing, another call for help was received. A walker had become ill and was unable to continue to walk. Team members including two casualty carers were diverted from the ongoing callout to assess the walker. However as they were en route, information from the scene then Read more…
We were called by both North West Ambulance Service and Cumbria Police about a walker with symptoms of a medical emergency. An immediate callout was made and also requests for air support due to the position of the casualty high up on Scafell Pike. Rapid mobilisation to the scene from Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker reporting that two of his party were stuck somewhere on a ravine on Scafell Pike. He was initially very confused and was not able to accurately describe his route for the day or where they had become stuck. It became Read more…
A call was received about a walker on the beach who had sustained a suspected broken ankle. After the location was confirmed it was agreed that by all parties that the responsibility for this rescue was the the Coastguard and so the team was stood down.
Another call was received on Sunday afternoon. Cumbria Police alerted us to a lone walker who was tragically reported to be deceased by another passing walker. Support from Coastguard helicopter R199 was requested, and they were able to give lifts to multiple team members and equipment as far as the Read more…
The search from callout 16 continued at first light with more Rescue Team members and search dogs from across Cumbria and the North East. The weather remained wet and very misty, making searching in bad ground very challenging and negating the use of helicopter support. He was eventually found at Read more…
Wasdale Mountain Rescue team were alerted by Cumbria Police at 18.26 hrs on Monday 20 February about a lone walker who had reported himself as lost on the ridge between Scafell Pike and Great End in the Lake District. Mobile phone reception was very poor, but a location was quickly Read more…
The team was called by Cumbria Police about a lone male walker who had set off in the morning aiming to climb Scafell Pike, but had not returned and was significantly overdue. Due to the winter conditions and the lack of a known location, extra help was required to enable Read more…
The team were alerted to a party of two male walkers, one of which was suffering from severe chest pains and feeling very unwell. The alert was raised by another walker who had encountered them on the hill and volunteered to raise the alarm at the nearest farm. A full Read more…
As team members were arriving on Monday evening for our monthly team meeting at base, a call came in regarding a male walker who had taken a 100 ft tumble fall around the area of Cam Spout waterfalls. He had obtained a nasty head injury, had been unconscious for a Read more…
We were called last Friday evening to assist our friends at Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team to someone who had taken a nasty tumble fall on Kirk Fell. Fortunately by the time we arrived the cloud had lifted enough for Maritime and Coastguard Agency Rescue 199 helicopter to access the scene Read more…
We were called by Cumbria Police about a walker who had sustained an ankle injury on the descent from Scafell Pike. The team attended, with support from Duddon and Furness team. Helicopter assistance was also requested and Rescue 936 from Caernarfon attended. Fortunately the cloud lifted just at the right Read more…
A call was received about a casualty with an ankle injury somewhere in the St Bees area. As the location subsequently became clear (at the promenade) the tasking became the responsibility of the Coastguard Rescue Team and the Team Leader stood the team down.
The Team was called to a party of six walkers at the summit of Ill Crag after one of the party became ill. Due to the remote location and prevailing weather conditions, assistance from the Coastguard helicopter, Rescue 936 was gratefully received. They assisted by transporting two team members up Read more…