The Team were paged by Whitehaven police to attend a 62 year old female walker from Whitehaven who had collapsed with chest pains. She was with her husband and another walker who raised the alarm by mobile. They were located 200 metres above the beck crossing at Brown Tongue on Read more…
A call came in from a team member who was already on the Scafell Pike descent. A male walker was having difficulty with hi knees on the Brown Tongue descent and was very slowly making his way off the mountain. He was within half a mile from Brackenclose. The struggling 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…
Wasdale team were called to assist a female with a knee injury on the Brown Tongue path. She had been part of a much larger group tackling the 3 peaks when she became injured on the descent. Her husband stayed with her whilst the rest of the group descended. A Read more…
The Wasdale team was called by the police to rescue a lady with a suspected broken ankle on the Brown Tongue path descending from Scafell Pike. Her husband has raised the alarm on his mobile phone. 20 team members were involved, carrying her down on the stretcher after administering casualty Read more…
Whitehaven Police called the team to attend to a lady with a suspected broken ankle on Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike path. The team had only just finished the earlier rescue but were able to quickly divert. The rescue was completed by 2100 hrs.
Call from the police to rescue a group of four Duke of Edinburgh children who had become separated by the beck (in flood) on the Scafell side of Brown Tongue. One team member walked up to assist the group safely off the fell. Rescue completed by 1800 hrs.
Call to rescue a man who slipped on Brown Tongue path by Lingmel Gyll crossing. Stretchered off to car and driven to West Cumberland Hospital
Call from Workington Police. 19 yr old man from Halifax had slipped on the path, descending Brown Tongue and had sustained an ankle injury that prevented him from being able to continue. There were only around 14 members in total but the casualty was just below the Lingmel Gyll stream Read more…