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The Barn Door Shop is a focal point for walkers and climbers visiting the valley and suppliers of equipment to the Wasdale MR team.
Whilst attending the Remembrance Event on Great Gable we were alerted to a walker who had become exhausted / collapsed on the summit. With help from a passing GP and the walkers companions they were fed and re-warmed inside a bivvy tent and then walked down to Wasdale by Team members.
During the descent we …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/great-gable-sun-11th-nov-2018/
We were called by Police about a further group of 3 walkers who had become lost whilst descending Scafell Pike and one of whom had fallen somewhere towards the gill. Team members from the earlier incident went back up the hill whilst further support was obtained from other Wasdale and Duddon Team members. Conditions by …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/piers-gill-scafell-pike-mon-10th-sep-2018/
We were alerted by Cockermouth MRT to an elderly gentleman missing on Great Gable. They managed to make contact with him and found he was able to see buildings. We sent a vehicle to Wasdale Head and Keswick sent a vehicle to Seathwaite who then flashed their blue lights which he could see. Cockermouth passed …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/great-gable-sun-30th-sep-2018/
Team called early morning about a walker reported overdue from a long trip round the ridges of Yewbarrow, Red Pike, Scoat Fell, Haycock and Seatallen. With so much ground to cover our colleagues from Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team and Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team also joined the search along with the Lake District Mountain …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/greendale-wasdale-thu-14th-jun-2018/
We were called by our colleagues in Keswick and Cockermouth Teams to support a search for a missing fell runner who was attempting around 1/2 the Bob Graham Round route and was last seen in the Scoat Fell Area. Despite a massive search involving all 3 teams the missing runner was not found during Tuesday …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/central-fells-tue-1st-may-2018/
Due to heavy snow there was a request to send a 4×4 with team members over to the east of the county to assist our colleagues in the Penrith Team. Along with Cockermouth MRT they were then tasked to head to Alston to do welfare checks as the ton had been cut off for a …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/penrith-fri-2nd-mar-2018/
The team were called after a walker has taken a slide on hard snow above Wind Gap. Due to the location and preferred evacuation route the job was handed over to Cockermouth MRT
Permanent link to this article: https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/pillar-fri-23rd-feb-2018/
The team spent 3 days searching for a missing walker on Scafell Pike. The walker was initially reported overdue from a walk on Scafell Pike on Sunday 14th January at 19:00. Team members who had already been to an injured walker near the summit searched in foul conditions but without success. Assistance was requested from …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/upper-eskdale-sun-14th-jan-2018/
Team called last night for a walker reported overdue from a walk from Wasdale to Ennerdale. The walker was found in the small hours by Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team near Ennerdale.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/netherbeck-wasdale-tue-24th-oct-2017/
The team alerted this morning after a group of walkers found a lone male exhausted by Sty Head stretcher box. Due to the location we passed this over to our Keswick colleagues who with assistance from Cockermouth brought him off the hill.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/sty-head-tue-17th-oct-2017/
The team has got together with Coniston Corporate to provide a range of high quality clothing and other items for supporters to purchase with profits received by the rescue team.