) Call from the Police regarding a party of six three peakers who had got lost on Scafell Pike. They had left Seathwaite at 7.20 p.m. and been on the summit at 9.50 p.m. but then got disorientated in cloud and darkness as they tried to return. Their description of Read more…
Wasdale MRT asked by Cockermouth MRT to assist in the search for a group of lost walkers. The three females and two males, in their late 30’s/early 40’s were from Birmingham and had set off from the Blacksail Hut to climb Pillar. They became disorientated, lost their way and only Read more…
Wasdale MRT were asked by Langdale MRT to help search for a long overdue missing 60 year old male walker who had been walking in the Bowfell and Crinkle crags area. 15 Wasdale Team members and a SARDA dog handler searched the upper Eskdale areas and Duddon & Furness MRT Read more…
Police paged the team following a ‘999’ call from a 59 year old female walker who had fallen and injured her leg while descending from Styhead. The lady managed to walk part of the way down herself but was then carried off by stretcher and taken to hospital by her Read more…
Police paged the team to respond to an incident on Broad Stand, Scafell . A group of five male walkers from the Midlands were descending from the summit of Scafell via the Broad Stand route when one of their party, a male in his late 40’s fell whilst climbing down Read more…
Police paged the team following a call from a concerned parent in Liverpool over the whereabouts of missing walkers. They were doing Scafell Pike via Brown Tongue, parking at Wasdale camp site and should have returned by 8.00 p.m. They were from Liverpool and aged 24 but other than that Read more…
Paged by the Police following a ‘999’ mobile call reporting 2 teenage male walkers who were somewhere near Scafell Pike, overlooking a river and stick on a rocky ledge. One of the walkers had injuries. Due to the uncertainty of location the team leader requested additional manpower for the search Read more…
The team were paged by the police to search for a missing father and mother who had set off to walk from Ennerdale to Wasdale and failed to turn up at their car in Wasdale. The couple were in their 50’s and were reported to be experienced but with light Read more…
The team were called out by Cumbria Police to rescue an injured person on Kirk Fell. The 53 year old male walker was near the summit of Kirk Fell on the Ennerdale side, towards Blacksail Pass. The man, his son and girlfriend were in a steep gulley which leads from Read more…
Call from Keswick MRT to assist in the search for a missing 69 year old male walker who had set off from Hawes End to walk Catbells the previous day with his dog and failed to turn up at home. The man was on holiday with his wife. Keswick MRT Read more…
Team were paged by the police following a ‘999’ call via a mobile phone. A 60 yr old man and wife from Stoke had been walking round Ennerdale Lake when darkness fell and they were lost with no torch. They were somewhere on the west side of the lake. The Read more…
The Team committee were paged by the police to respond to a call for assistance on Pillar. Two male walkers in their 40’s had phoned a local pub in Gosforth at 8.15 p.m. to advise that they were just about to descend off Pillar. They had not turned up later Read more…
The team leader was called by Workington Police regarding a ‘999’ call from two walkers, husband and wife, who were lost on their return to Seathwaite from the summit of Scafell Pike. There location was given as somewhere high on the tops, above the snowline, on rocky sloping ground and Read more…
Call from one of the team members who lives at the Wasdale Head. They had the wife of a man who was very late back from doing Great Gable. She’d last seen him part way up at about 12.30pm but there was also medical history that gave us cause for 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…