The team were alerted to an incident on Styhead Pass. A lady in her 40’s had fallen and had a suspect broken ankle. She was on the Wasdale side of Styhead on the corridor route by Skew Gill. The informant had run down to one of the B&B’s in the Read more
The team leader was called by Workington Police regarding a ‘999’ call from two walkers, husband and wife, who were lost on their return to Seathwaite from the summit of Scafell Pike. There location was given as somewhere high on the tops, above the snowline, on rocky sloping ground and Read more
Call from the police to deal with a group of walkers on mobile phone lost on Scafell Pike. They were qui ed by the team leader who continued to deal with the incident until it became apparent that they were at Esk Hause . The rescue was handed over to Read more
The police called the team leader to investigate the where-abouts of two male climbers who had become long overdue. The informant was waiting for the two climbers in Gosforth car park. They had set out that morning to winter climb on either Great End or Pikes Crag (Scafell Pike). They Read more
Two Wasdale team members on Great End were asked to lend a hand to Keswick MRT who were responding to a ‘999’ call for an elderly man with a broken ankle at Styhead stretcher box. They administered casualty care until the Keswick team arrived and stretchered the gentleman back down Read more
Request to assist Keswick MRT in a search of Great End. A single male climber, in his twenties, was reported to be lost. He had in fact already turned up at Wasdale Head and the Police had been informed. (although the message can’t have got through to Keswick Police). A Read more
Team helped to carry a fell-walker with an injured leg from the Band on Great End.
Two cragfast climbers rescued in bad snow and weather conditions from A buttress Great End.