We were called by Cumbria Police about a walker who had become lost and got wet as a result of falling into a bog. It was not possible to speak to him and because of concerns over hypothermia, (even in mid-summer), a small party deployed to go to his presumed Read more
Whilst the team were responding to Incident 89, a further alert was received from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had lost their way on the summit plateau in the mist, and need assistance. The Team Leader used Phone Find to accurately locate them and the they were directed back to the Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police to ask for our help with a walker who had sustained an ankle injury and was unable to walk further. The team were mobilised and treatment provided before placing into a stretcher and transferring back down to Brackenclose. Her walking partner took her Read more
We were called by NWAS about a walker who appeared to have had a fit and a bang to the head as the result of falling. A Duddon and Furness MRT team member who was nearby attended, as did the team. The casualty was stretchered off the hill and taken Read more
We were called by Cumbria Police about 3 walkers who said they were lost on the descent from Scafell Pike. They didn’t respond to phonefinds or text messages, presumably out of signal. The police then received a message to say they were by a bridge and had found a path Read more
We were called by Cumbria Police about two walkers who were overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike. It was not possible to make contact with them, but messages sent to a relative earlier had suggested various locations. Eventually they were able to make phone contact and they were at Read more
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about a well equipped family group of six walkers one of whom was struggling on the descent from Scafell Pike. A limited callout was made to go and assist them. In the meantime, they walked some of the way towards Lingmell Nose to keep Read more
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about a group of 13 walkers who couldn’t cross Lingmell Gill at the bottom of Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike, as it was in spate. It had been raining since 5pm the previous day. It was not possible to speak to the group and there Read more
We were called by Cumbria Police about a walker who had fallen and sustained a head injury close to the summit on the descent from Scafell Pike. The team quickly deployed, with a coastguard helicopter also requested. Rescue 199 from Prestwick was on scene first and the winchman was just Read more
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about a walker whose footwear had unfortunately suffered a malfunction and they were attempting to descend from Scafell Pike barefoot. Thankfully, with some encouragement from the Team Leader they managed to repair the offending item sufficiently to make slow progress down by themselves, and Read more
The team were called about a walker who had sustained a knee injury on the descent from Scafell Pike. The team deployed, with assistance from the Duddon and Furness team (again!), treated the injury and stretchered the walker back down the hill. The family then took him to hospital. Thank Read more
The Team Leader received an alert regarding a party of four who were descending Brown Tongue. One of the walkers was requesting help as he had developed sudden pain in both knees having summited Scafell Pike. There had been no injury or fall. After a conversation with the Team Leader Read more
The team was called in the early hours by Cumbria Police about a vulnerable person reported missing around the Corridor Route area. A small team was deployed later in the morning to try to locate the person and help guide them back down to Borrowdale. They were able to do Read more
We were called by the police about a walker with an arm injury at the bottom of Brown Tongue. The team deployed, treated the lady and stretchered her back down the hill. She was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Whilst the previous incident was ongoing Cumbria Police alerted us to another call from a walker who was descending Scafell Pike and was struggling to make progress due to cramping in their legs. Fortunately after a while and with some assistance from other walkers, they were able to make satisfactory Read more
The Team Leader was alerted by Cumbria Police regarding a lone walker who had lost the path and become disorientated on the summit plateau and needed assistance. Phonefind was used once again to gain an accurate location and then he was directed back to the summit, where he quickly met Read more
The Team Leader initiated a Full Callout for the team when a walker was struggling to walk off Scafell Pike after sustaining a painful knee injury. He tried to continue to walk down, but unfortunately could not carry on. We are grateful once again to our friends from Duddon and Read more
We were alerted by Cumbria Police to a party of six walkers who had taken a wrong turn on Scafell Pike. A Phone Find located the party and they were given some advice by the Team Leader to direct them in the right direction. Due to the poor weather conditions Read more
The Team Leader was alerted by Cumbria Police about a walking group that had split up during a Three Peaks challenge. The quicker part of group had returned to the valley but were concerned for the remaining two walkers that were now overdue. Fortunately as more information was being gathered Read more
The Team Leader received a call from the Keswick TL at 3am for a missing walker believed to be somewhere on the Scafell Massif. He had separated from friends earlier the previous day having set off from Wasdale. Clues in the messages passed on from the informant led to a Read more