Incidents initiated by the failure of a party to turn up or report in by their expected time.
Three male walkers were benighted on the Scafell range in severe weather conditions and although they had telephoned their wives to let them know that they were happy to bivvy out until the morning, due to the medical history on one of the walkers, the Langdale and Ambleside Team were 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…
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…
Team were paged by the police to search for a missing walker on the Scafell Range. The man in his early fifties was up in the Lake District on holiday with his wife and daughter. He had left Wasdale Head earlier in the day on his own to climb Scafell Read more…
Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called shortly after midnight to search for a single male fellwalker who was attempting the 3 Peaks Challenge and was overdue. He and his fellow challenger had already completed Ben Nevis the previous day and had set off to climb Scafell Pike around 5.00 p.m. Read more…
Call received from Duddon and Furness MR Team Leader requesting support following the report of an overdue male walker in his late 20’s. He had set off from the Duddon Valley ay 1.00 p.m. the previous day to walk over to Eskdale but he had not returned. He had been Read more…
‘999’ Call taken by Whitehaven Police regarding overdue walkers on Scafell Pike the Deputy Leader was taking details from the police when the missing persons turned up. Pleased we didn’t have to go out as we were all wet through from our Monday evening practice, water rescue in Blengdale. Not Read more…
Call from the Police regarding a group of 5 x Three peakers in their 20’s 30’s – they had left Brackenclose at 8.30 p.m. Sunday night and not been seen again – they duly turned up at Wha House farm in Eskdale after taking a wrong turn on the Pike
Call from the Wasdale Head Inn – Long overdue group of 3 Three Peakers who were part of a much larger group – the faster group of three had been last seen at Hollowstones at 7.30 p.m. – they were a group of thirty years olds from the Portsmouth area. Read more…
Call form the Police regarding a party of 5 males (all in their 20’s) reported long overdue on the 3 peaks. The informant had dropped them in Wasdale and driven round to Langdale to pick them up, leaving them 4 hours to complete their route – Sty Head, Esk Hawse, Read more…
A call was received from Whitehaven police to assist with a search for a 39 year old lost walker between the Three Shires Stones (Wrynose Pass) and Scafell Pike. He was due to meet his friend there but had not turned up. Wasdale were to support Langdale Ambleside and cover 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 Wasdale and Keswick teams were called out by the Langdale Ambleside team to provide additional search groups for two missing boys aged 14 and 16 years. They had been last seen at 2.30 p.m. when they left their parents to search for a missing dog. The Wasdale Team were Read more…
The team were asked by Cumbria Police to search for a male in his fifties from the Cockermouth area reported to be either on Great Gable or Scafell Pike After an 8 hour search involving 3 mountain rescue teams, search dogs and an RAF helicopter a member of the public Read more…
The team leader was called by the police following a report of three overdue walkers. The three lads in their early 30’s had set off from Seathwaite to climb Scafell Pike and had not returned by nightfall. Their father at Seathwaite had raised the alarm. Although their were full winter Read more…
The team were contacted by the police to search for a missing male walker in his early 60’s who had been walking with a Workington group. They had started earlier that day with a walk up Dent with the intent to carry on across the fells and end up at Read more…
The team leader was called by Keswick MRT to assist in the search of a young couple in their twenties from Birmingham who had failed to turn up at their hotel that evening. They had set off from Seathwaite in Borrowdale to climb Scafell Pike via the Corridor route. The Read more…
Telephone call direct from one of the Wasdale team members who lives at Wasdale Head. A 40 yrold male was long overdue from Scafell Pike. His wife was the informant and was waiting at the Green. She had news that he’d been seen at the summit at about 3pm. He Read more…
Direct call from the owner of the Wasdale Head Inn. He had very concerned parents who were waiting for their sonto turn up from a walk and thought he was long overdue. The missing person was a 47 yr old male, walking alone and setting off from Buttermere (Gatesgarth from Read more…
The team were called by the police to respond to a long overdue pair of walkers. A Father and son, late 50’s and late 20’s, had left Carlisle at 9:00 hrs to climb Scafell Pike from Seathwaite. They had started their climb at 10:30 hrs and were still not back Read more…