Paged by the police for a collapsed male at Windsor Farm in Wasdale. Informant at Windsor Farm reported her 69 yr old husband as having collapsed at the head of Blengdale, near the foot of Rossy Gill, below Seatallan. Team requested air support from RN Gannet and casualty was airlifted Read more…
Call from police for a fallen walker below Mickledore on Scafell Pike. Initial ‘999’ went to Ambulance control who tasked Great North Air Ambulance and subsequently passed the job onto MRT through the police. The male walker in his early 20’s had fallen 10 meters whilst descending Scafell via Mickledore Read more…
Paged by the Police following a report of a fallen walker on Great Gable above Arron Slack. The 51 yr old male was in a party of 4 descending when he tumble fell approximately 50 metres sustaining a head and leg injury and was bleeding. A Sea King helicopter was Read more…
Request to attend a fallen climber at Sandwith Lighthouse area of the cliffs. Coastguard were also called out along with the RNLI. Around 15 team members attended the incident. A climber in his early late 40s was descending the climbers path along with a group of fellow climbers (including a Read more…
As the search (incident 38) was scaling down but before the team had left Eskmeals. Police call came in regarding two crag fast climbers who’d become stuck on Needle Ridge, Great Gable when their absail retreat was prevented by their rope becoming jammed. 4 Wasdale MRT were flown by RN Read more…
Police request to assist in search for missing fisherman, Eskmeals area. Coastguard, Inshore Lifeboats, Police dog and Royal Navy helicopter also involved. The incident was being run from the gun range site by a Police POLSA Officer. 14 Wasdale MRT, including 2 SARDA dogs and handlers, plus a further 6 Read more…
Call from the police to rescue a 65yr old female sustained head and back injuries, multiple cuts and abrasions in a 20 metres tumble fall in Arrowhead Gulley on Great Gable. Treated on scene by WMRT medics and flown to West Cumbria Hospital by Sea King helicopter from RN Gannet. Read more…
Team paged by the Police to attend to a ‘999’ call for 3 long overdue, Three Peakers and 2 dogs. The 2 males and 1 female (from the Liverpool area) had left Brackenclose at 8.00 p.m. the previous evening and were due back down at 12:30 hrs – Their waiting Read more…
Police paged the team to attend a fallen male climber on Great Gable. The local man was climbing on Kern Knotts with two friends when he fell 6m onto the rocky ground below. He sustained a suspected back injury and lacerations. 16 team members attended and following a request for Read more…
Police paged the team to rescue a female walker in her early 40’s who had injured her ankle (suspect fracture). She and her husband had set off from Langdale to climb Scafell Pike. Due to the relatively small numbers of team members available and the long carry out, a helicopter Read more…
Whilst the team were just about to send the second vehicle to the Muncaster Castle job (see below) a second call came in concerning a lady in her late 30’s who had slipped on the Gable traverse just to the west of Kern Knotts. It was reported to be a 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…
Whitehaven Police called out the team to assist in the search for a missing male in his mid thirties who had left his family earlier that morning to walk on his own. They were on holiday from Oxfordshire. The last sighting was near Devoke water earlier in the day. He Read more…
‘999’ Call taken by Whitehaven police from a mobile phone on Greta Gable. Male walker slipped and fell whilst descending the mountain. He sustained a head injury which was later described as relatively minor bur reported as bleeding heavily. The man had struggled back down the mountain but was now Read more…
The team were paged by Workington police to respond to a ‘999’ call for a 30 year old female walker who had stumbled and fractured her ankle on the path between Brown Tongue and Lingmel Col. She was with her boyfriend who had raised the alarm. The couple were from Read more…
Call from Workington Police, regarding a 12 yr old boy who’d been hit on the head by a falling rock and suffered a head injury. The location was on steep scrambling ground, close to Napes Needle on Great Gable. He was treated by team members before being transferred to Carlisle Read more…
Whitehaven Police contacted the Team leader to rescue a middle aged male walker who had broken his leg on the Yewbarrow ridge just above Great Door. The break was a serious dislocated fracture of the tib and fib and required a helicopter evacuation. The cloud was down and so he Read more…
The team were called out to help an injured male walker in his late fifties. He had fallen and was reported to be falling in and out of consciousness at the bottom of the rock step. His location was given as half a mile south of Styhead. The advance group Read more…