Incidents responding to a casualty who is injured or suffering from a medical condition.
The police called the team out to a male walker who was reported to be injured on Scafell. The accident was reported by passing walkers who had heard the shouts for help and whistles. He along with another three or four walkers were descending or ascending west wall traverse by Read more
The police called the team out to attend to a lady in her 50’s with a broken ankle on the St. Bees Head path. The husband and wife from Wigan were up in the Lake District for the weekend. They were walking along the path between St. Bees Head and Read more
Call from the Police to rescue a 41 yr old male three peaker. He along with his colleagues had set off from Seathwaite to climb Scafell Pike. On their return from the summit, on the Corridor route, he had a fit. 10 members of the Wasdale team supported by the Read more
Call from the Wasdale Head Hotel. A group of local walkers were completing the Mosedale horseshoe and whilst descending Dore Head Scree, one of the walkers felt feint, passed out and fell approximately 15 feet (tumble fall). The weather conditions were very warm and due a medical condition he had Read more
Call from Workington Police to rescue a 21 yr old male from the Kendal area who had fallen approximately 60 foot down Yew Crag, Hard Knott fell in Eskdale. He had been camping with his friends just north of the Roman Fort on Hardknott Pass. His fall was arrested by 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
Call from the police regarding a 55 year old male who fell whilst scrambling on the rock on the summit of Harter Fell in Eskdale. He sustained a laceration to the scalp and two very impressive black eyes. Given that it was a head injury, the causality was concussed and Read more
Call from Workington police to respond to a male walker in his early 50’s with chest pains on Great Gable. Due to the potential serious nature of the incident the Team Leader immediately requested an RAF helicopter. The ill walker was with a group of 4 other walkers, ascending Styhead Read more
One of the WMRT members who lives at Wasdale Head rang from the Hotel at about 10.15pm Someone was reporting that one of their party (male, in his 40’s) was unable to walk but was near the summit of Scafell Pike. Initial information was sparse but we knew that it Read more
The team were called by Workington Police at about 12.30pm, regarding a male walker who’d been hit by a piece of rock, sustaining a gash to his lower leg. He was with a group from English Nature and the National Trust and was inspecting aspects of interest within the SSSI Read more
The police called the team out to respond to a broken ankle on Scafell Pike. A father and his 12 year old son were descending from Mickledore when the son went over on his ankle at the Woolworth boulder and could not put any weight on it. The father called Read more
A report came in just as the team were gathering for the regular Monday practice. A lady had broken her wrist and had walked down off the fell and was by one of the farms in Eskdale. Two team members were in attendance and the team doctor was dispatched from Read more
The Team was paged by Workington police to attend a ‘999’ call from a male walker in his early thirties with a suspected broken ankle. He and his colleague had been walking the previous day and on their descent he had slipped on the path at Scarlathing, approximately half way Read more
Not a callout with incident number but of general interest. Three males in their twenties, from North Yorkshire, had been onto the summit of Scafell Pike . Whilst descending, two of the three fell on steep ground having slipped on ice. One fell 15 feet and sustained a nasty gash Read more
Call to the team leader from the police to respond to an injured walker who had taken a tumble fall on Great Gable. The 70 year old male walker had fallen whilst descending towards the Wasdale side and fell approximately 300 feet down the steep scree slope of Little Hellgate. Read more
Call to the team leader from the Barn Door shop, Wasdale Head to report a 60 year old injured male walker on the corridor who had fallen into Greta Gill. He had sustained a gashed head and other injuries. The team were called out and the police notified that a Read more
Call from the Police for the team to assists the ambulance service. A female sledger in her early thirties had fallen off the sledge on Cold Fell and sustained a serious lower leg break. The ambulance had been called but the crew were unable to get to the lady. A Read more
The remembrance Sunday gathering on the summit of Great Gable had just concluded and the 500 plus fell goers and climbers were descending their various descent routes. Cloud was down to Styhead Pass and it was raining, very windy and cold (5 degrees on the summit). A 59 year-old male Read more
The team were called out by the police to rescue an injured person on Yewbarrow. The casualty was a male walker/ scrambler in his mid to late 20’s. The alarm had been raised by his two friends. The group had set off in the early evening from Overbeck car park Read more
The team were asked by the police to recover a body from the fell near Skalderskew Farm, Blengdale. The man in his late thirties collapsed and died. 12 team members attended and recovered the body to the roadside.