Scafell Pike – Sun 22nd Apr 2012
At 03:30 a call came in for a group of 12 doing the 3 peaks challenge who were lost and tired. We gave them some advice over the phone, they made their own way off the mountain this morning.
Greta Gill, Scafell Pike – Sat 21st Apr 2012
The team was contacted by the police for a group of four walkers who were lost on descent from Scafell Pike. Their position was determined using their smartphone and they were given instructions off the fell. As darkness fell they were still not down so two team members went up Read more…
Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Sat 14th Apr 2012
We were contacted at 00:30 regarding a party of 2 walkers who had become separated earlier whilst trying to travel between Wasdale Head and Seathwaite in Borrowdale. One of the party had made it back to Seathwaite and raised the alarm because his companion did not turn up. Two members Read more…
Scafell Pike – Mon 9th Apr 2012
Team contacted by the police for a group of missing walkers. Whilst the team leader was gathering information the group turned up safe and well and the incident was stood down.
Scafell Pike – Wed 4th Apr 2012
The team were called out at 11.50 to go to the assistance of 2 fell walkers who had been blown off their feet by very high winds as they were descending Scafell Pike, having turned round before the summit due to the wind. The lady suffered a serious head laceration Read more…
Scafell Pike – Mon 26th Mar 2012
Call from police for 3 overdue walkers. They had been on top of Scafell Pike at 15.30 hours but had not made contact with the mother of one of them since then. The start point of their walk was unknown, except that it was more likely to be on the Read more…
Scafell Pike – Sat 10th Mar 2012
Whilst we were dealing with the other two incidents we found a pair of walkers who were trying to descend to Seathwaite in Borrowdale. They did not have any torches and were escorted down to Wasdale Head.
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sat 10th Mar 2012
Whist responding to the exhausted man at Mickledore the team were informed that there was a man with a suspected broken ankle near Lingmell Gill just off Brown Tongue. He had injured his ankle slipping on a rock further up the fellside and whilst trying to move to get a Read more…
Mickledore, Scafell Pike – Sat 10th Mar 2012
The team were contacted by the police to assist a walker in his sixties who had become exhausted and felt unwell on Scafell Pike. He was next to the stretcher box at Mickledore and did not feel that he had the strength to make his own way off the fell. Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sat 3rd Mar 2012
The police contacted the team to assist a pair of walkers who had found themselves lost on steep ground in poor visibility whilst descending Scafell Pike. They were fortunate in being able to get an intermittent mobile phone signal to the Police so the team headed to the area indicated by their Read more…
Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Wed 29th Feb 2012
The team were contacted by the Wasdale Head Inn about a dog missing in the Hollowstones Area. The dog’s owner and staff from the Wasdale Head Inn had conducted a four hour search the previous day without success. One team member went to assist in the search and the dog Read more…
Scafell Pike – Sat 25th Feb 2012
The team were contacted by the police to help two fell walkers lost in low cloud on Scafell Pike. Whilst the duty team leader was gathering information the cloud lifted and they were able to find their own way off the mountain.
Lingmell Col, Scafell Pike – Sun 22nd Jan 2012
The team were called out by the police to assist a female fell walker with a suspected broken ankle. She was descending from the summit of Scafell Pike when she suffered a stumble fall just above Lingmell Col. One of our team leaders, who was already on the fell, gave Read more…
Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Fri 6th Jan 2012
The team were called by the Police for a single walker who was lost in the Hollowstones area whilst descending Scafell Pike. A limited callout was made and eleven team members headed up to find him. We used the GPS on his smartphone to get an exact location and then Read more…
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Fri 30th Dec 2011
Whilst rescuing the injured dog and its owner, the team were called out by the police to search for a 19 year old fell walker who had last been seen around Piers Gill at about 15:00. Descending from Scafell Pike he had become separated from his companion who had descended Read more…
Scafell Pike – Sat 26th Nov 2011
The team were contacted by the police for a young couple from Derby who were lost close to the summit of Scafell Pike in poor visibility. Their position was determined from a smartphone and a total of nine team members went on the fell in wet and windy conditions. The Read more…
Scafell Pike – Sat 5th Nov 2011
A pair of walkers dialed 999 after becoming lost on Scafell Pike. The duty team leader had several broken conversations with them by mobile phone, due to poor reception. Eventually they reached Lingmell Col and made their own way down to Wasdale Head. It is worth noting that setting off Read more…
Scafell Pike – Sun 6th Nov 2011
The team received a call from the police to respond to a fell walker near the summit of Scafell Pike who had tripped and suffered lacerations to her leg and head. Several team members who were already on the fell attended and gave casualty care before the casualty was evacuated Read more…
Scafell Pike – Wed 26th Oct 2011
We were contacted by Keswick team regarding 2 people who had started their walk at Seathwaite but were now understood to be heading to Wasdale from Scafell Pike and struggling due to the darkness and uncertainty in their position. Following further phone calls it was established they were descending the Brown Tongue path heading for Read more…
Scafell Pike – Mon 24th Oct 2011
The team was contact by Cumbria Police at 06:17 for a group of two who were reported overdue from their attempt at the 3 Peaks Challenge on Scafell Pike. The pair were dropped of near to the Wasdale head at around 23:18 on the 23/10/2011 and set out to do Read more…