Cumbria Police received an call, but the call cut out before full details could be obtained. A location fix was captured from the phone, placing the caller below the stream crossing near Lingmell Beck. The MRT Team Leader attempted to make contact, but poor signal or lack of engagement meant Read more
North West Ambulance Service contacted Wasdale MRT regarding a male who had fallen near the stream crossing and sustained an upper‑leg injury. The Team Leader investigated and initiated a team callout. However, as the first MRT members arrived at the car park, the casualty had already been assisted down off Read more
A third call was received when a walker was reporting another group that was struggling to descend from the stream crossing on Brown Tongue. The informant was concerned that then family group was ill equipped for the conditions and the male walker was having frequent muscle spasms. They were all Read more
2 walkers called for help after becoming stuck by Lingmell beck crossing in the dark, frightened by the noise and look of the water. The team were mobilised in case the water was too dangerous to cross. Swift-water kit was taken as a precaution but not needed. Two team members Read more
Just as the team was heading back down the valley from the previous incident, a call came in from the police about a lady who had sustained an ankle injury near the stream crossing of Lingmell Beck, on the Brown Tongue path on Scafell Pike. The team turned around, as Read more
A pair of walkers were undertaking the 3 peaks over the weekend and had set off in poor weather with sufficient wet weather gear, a map and compass etc, around half way up they made the wise decision to turn around but when they arrived back at Lingmell Beck they Read more
We were called by Police about a walker who had sustained an open fracture of the ankle whilst crossing the stream at Lingmell Beck. The injury was initially stabilised by a doctor who was part of their party. Once team members were on scene analgesia was provided and then due Read more
We were called by Police about a walker who was reported to have slipped and injured their arm somewhere near the crossing on Lingmell Gill. We went to the location indicated and also checked adjacent paths and the Wasdale Head Inn but could not find any trace of the casualty Read more
Team called this afternoon for a walker who had injured their leg when it got trapped between rocks whilst on the ‘Old Styhead Path’ just beyond the intake wall. The injury was assessed on scene by the team doctor, splinted then the walker was carried to the ambulance at Burnthwaite. Read more
We were called by Police about 2 walkers reporting themselves lost between Lingmell and Sty Head. It was only possible for the walkers to talk to Police via 999 calls on their phone poor signal. Between us and Police we managed to locate the walkers close to Lingmell Beck, which Read more