Incidents initiated by the failure of a party to turn up or report in by their expected time.
Call from Cumbria police regarding a group of 3 Peakers in trouble. The informant was at the campsite telephone box. Two groups had set off to complete Scafell Pike as a Three Peaks Challenge. Although the weather conditions were appalling with very heavy rain the groups had set off. The Read more…
Call from Cumbria police regarding a 67 yr old male reported long overdue on a walk up Great Gable. He was reported to have gone with little or no fell going equipment, map, compass, clothing, food, so was sounding like someone the team leader considered was “at risk”. However, as Read more…
Two groups of 4 and 5 people, both part of the same party doing the Three Peaks Challenge, were reported overdue between the summit of Scafell Pike and Langdale. The missing groups had called in on their mobile to say they were on the summit at 6.30pm that but failed Read more…
The team were paged by the police to respond to a ‘999’ call for assistance. Tw0 60 yr old females were reported long overdue from a walk onto Great Gable. They were expected back at Honister Pass at Approximately 3.30 p.m. but had good equipment and there was nothing that Read more…
The team were paged by the police to deal with 3 missing walkers who were overdue from a walk on Great Gable. The informant was at the Telephone kiosk in Seathwaite. Whilst in the process of gathering relevant information, the group turned up safe and well 30 minutes later – Read more…
The team were contacted by Cumbria Police concerning a group of 7 overdue 17 yr old students and their 34 yr old supervisor doing a two-night walk for their Duke Of Edinburgh Gold award. The group had set off from the Wasdale NT Campsite at 16:00 and planned to walk 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…
Whilst attending the other rescues that night, the team was approached by a lady who had a group of 3 Three Peakers who were overdue – under the circumstances, no action was taken and they eventually turned up safe and well. Incident closed as an (a)
Whilst attending the other rescues that night, the team was approached by a father who was concerned about his 2 sons who were in a group of 2 Three Peakers who were long overdue – no action was taken apart from looking out for them whilst searching for the 2 Read more…
Team leader was called by the owner of the Wasdale Head Inn regarding two males in their 30s who had been reported longoverdue from a walk onto Scafell. We had limited information about them but knew they were ill prepared (one in shorts and without full waterproof clothing) and that Read more…
Call from the Police regarding a group of 6 female walkers being reported long overdue from arriving at their designated meeting/camping point. Little information available at the start as the informant was at the telephone kiosk at the National Trust Camp Site in Langdale, which doesn’t accept incoming calls. (Another Read more…
Team were paged by the police following a ‘999’ call to report a missing and overdue walker. Whilst the details were being collected the missing person turned up safe and well. No further action required and incident closed at 6.33 p.m. – 1 team member involved
Police paged the team to respond to overdue group of Three Peakers from York. The alarm was raised by the informant at the Brackenclose camp site phone box (which does not take incoming calls – so difficult to get back to the informant) – while the Team leader was taking Read more…
Call direct from the Wasdale Head Inn regarding a group of 4 x three peakers who were long overdue returning from the Pike. All were apparently in their 30’s, had maps, torches, waterproofs etc and had set off to do Scafell Pike at 6.00 p.m. Conditions were poor, with thick Read more…
Team paged by Police. Lady in her mid 40’s reported overdue by her partner who was waiting at Hollins campsite, Eskdale. The missing person had last been heard at 12.00 p.m. saying that she was “in trouble” and heading back. She was training for an endurance event on Scafell / 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…
Team Leader phoned direct by Cumbria police. Incident handled by the Deputy Team Leader. Informant at Wasdale head campsite phoned 999 having got separated from walking partner on Illgill Head about 1:30 p.m. in poor weather (low cloud, strong squalls) conditions. He was concerned for his friend’s safety and had Read more…
‘999’ mobile call to Cumbria police from a concerned informant regarding overdue walkers. The team leader was gathering details from the police when the overdue walker turned up at Seathwaite safe and well (He was supposed to be in Wasdale where the car was parked). Callout cancelled with no team Read more…
Paged by the Police following a call for help to locate a group of 5 adults and 1 teenager who had set off that day “to climb a mountain somewhere in Eskdale or Wasdale”. They were all staying in a guest house in Eskdale. As the informant, the wife of Read more…
Paged by the Police following a call regarding 3 missing/overdue walkers in the Kirk Fell area. The Deputy Leader made the decision to take no further action at this time but to wait. The three missing walkers turned up safe and well at Seathwaite at 8.06 p.m.- No further action Read more…