Incidents initiated by the failure of a party to turn up or report in by their expected time.
Call from the police regarding a missing lady on Kirkfell. The team leader decided to wait a further hour before taking action. The missing person turned up safe and well at 7.00 p.m. No further action necessary – recorded here for information only
The team were paged by the police to attend to 4 Three Peakers who had left Wasdale at 2:00 hrs to climb Scafell Pike and had not returned to their support vehicle. Whilst the Team Leader was gathering more information the group turned up safe and well (but in the 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 alerted by the police to search for a missing 48 year old father and son (14 yrs) and friend (13 yrs). They had set off from Langdale earlier that day as a group of five to climb Scafell Pike. One father and one of his sons (11 Read more…
The team were paged by the police regarding a missing walkers. A man and wife had checked into their B&B earlier that day and set out to climb Scafell Pike with plans to return later that evening. They had not returned. With limited information the Team Leader decided to wait Read more…
Police paged the team with regards to a ‘999’ call for a missing group of 10 walkers who were late back from their walk. Whilst the team leader was gathering information the police were notified that the missing group had turned up safe and well so the callout was cancelled. Read more…
Whilst the team were starting the search for incident 42, a second call came in concerning a further group that were long overdue on their return to Wasdale from ascending Scafell Pike. The team leader put this incident on hold allowing additional time for this group to turn up. Whilst Read more…
Call from the Police at about 2pm. It seems that a small group had lost contact with one of their number and were concerned about his safety. The informant had a mobile phone and was near Broad Crag/Ill Crag col. The missing person was a 59 yr old male, described Read more…
Call direct from Wasdale Head Hotel. A group of 3 people doing the 3 Peaks reported long overdue.All in their 20’s, light equipment and set off from Wasdale Head at 5.30pm. One team member went to Brackenclose to bring the actual informant back to a phone (he’d got a passer Read more…
Whilst whilst the team leader was dealing with incident 7:36 he had been contacted by the police regarding a group of 3 -Peakers who had set off from Seathwaite and were overdue. Whilst gathering information on 7:36 the police called back to say the missing walkers had turned up. Recorded Read more…
Whilst searching for the collapsed walker a further group of four walkers were found sheltering in the Mickledore stretcher box. They were subsequently reported missing by the police but fortunately the team had already found them and escorted them off the mountain.
Organisers of a group undertaking the 3 Peaks challenge reported 2 walkers missing to the Barn Door shop. The large group had left the summit of the Pike and the two missing walkers had walked off in a different direction. It was probable that they had become disorientated and headed Read more…
Message from the police to contact them regarding a rescue of a group of walkers on Scafell Pike. The group of 11 had left Langdale earlier that evening and had got as far as Ill Crag at 8.30 p.m. where some of the group turned back. The remainder headed for Read more…
Message from the police to contact them regarding a rescue. A couple from the north-east were undertaking a trial for the 3 peaks challenge. They had left home at 10:00 hrs that morning and had failed to report in that they were back down. The team leader took the call, Read more…
The team were paged by the police following a ‘999’ call from a male. His female partner had not returned from a walk on Harter Fell. Whilst the Deputy Team Leader was gathering details from the informant, the missing person turned up safe and well. Logged here as an alert Read more…
The team were paged by the police to try and find a local lady in her early 70s who had been walking with her daughter on Muncaster Fell and become separated. The last time she had been seen was near the summit at 2.15 p.m. The lady was a mild Read more…
Whilst the team were assembling for incident 25, The Wasdale Head Hotel called the base to advise that a minibus had turned up with only the driver, the rest of the party were on Scafell Pike somewhere and long overdue. Whilst concentrating on incident 25, the Team leader decided to Read more…
Whitehaven Police paged the team to follow up on a group of 7 overdue walkers who were training to do the Three Peak Challenge. The group from Horsham in Sussex had set off from home early that morning and were now long overdue on their descent from Scafell Pike. A Read more…
A ‘999’ call came in from a worried parent regarding three 20 year old male walkers who had phoned home to say they were struggling coming down the mountain. They had been on Scafell Pike. They had reported to another parent that they could see a Tarn and were heading Read more…
Whilst the team leader was still at the base, a further call came in from the police regarding a missing male walker. Two males in their early 20’s from the Isle of Wight had set off from Brackenclose to climb Scafell Pike via Mickledore. They reached the summit at 11:30 Read more…