Call came in from the police for a party of five walkers who were overdue from their walk up Scafell Pike from Seathwaite. Whilst the Team members were gathering information for a potential search later that evening the informant called back to the police to say that they had established Read more…
Call came in from the police for a missing male and female walker who had set off for the summit of Scafell Pike early that morning. While the Team Leader was gathering information and checking the car parks for their car, the call came in from the police that they Read more…
Call came in from the police for a party of walkers lost on Scafell Pike. The team leader was unable to contact the informant on their mobile phone but a call came in at 10.35 p.m. to advise that that party was safe and well and no further action was Read more…
Team was paged by the police for overdue walkers. The three had set off to climb Scafell Pike at 8.30 a.m. and 14 hours later had still not turned up. As more details were being gathered they turned up safe and well. Incident closed at around 10.30 p.m. with no Read more…
Two walkers, male and female on Scafell Pike and reported themselves lost somewhere in the region of Piers Gill in low cloud. As their general location was known from the description they gave and they were relatively safe, a limited callout was instigated and 8 team members located the lost Read more…
Paged by Cumbria Police to rescue a group of four walkers from Oldham who said they were lost on Pulpit Rock, Scafell Pike in cloud that had descended on them. Whilst the team leader was assessing the details a further call came in from the Police to say that the Read more…
‘Call passed onto Cumbria Police from North West Ambulance service who had received the ‘999’ call and dispatched a road ambulance. Report from the police was that a male had fallen off Scafell Pike. When details were gathered it transpired that the male walker had fallen on Scafell Pike whilst Read more…
Call came in from Cumbria Police regarding a ‘999’call from two ladies who reported they were lost on Scafell Pike and next to a cliff edge. The Team leader was unable to make contact with the two ladies on the mobile number as their phone had been switched off. No Read more…
‘999’ call went into Cumbria Police for a group of missing persons. Whilst the Team Leader was gathering information the missing persons turned up safe and well – incident closed very quickly at 12.46 p.m. – weather condition in the valley extremely poor with cloud down to 500 feet and Read more…
A father and son became separated during a descent from Scafell Pike summit. Despite a prolonged effort the father was unable to find his son in the area last seen and was forced to return to Langdale where he raised the alarm. Wasdale team had initiated a check of the Read more…
Callout from the police for a female with an injured ankle on Scafell Pike. A party of 12 which included three teachers and 9 students were descending from the summit when one slipped and went over on her ankle. 21 team members attended and a further number of Duddon & Read more…
Report from police – missing male. mid-late 40’s on 3 peaks challenge, failed to turn up at Seathwaite having set off at 3.50am. Informant Organiser at Seathwaite said that the missing person got split up from the rest of the party on the return from the summit because he was slower than them. Read more…
Call from police re a group of 5 3-peakers lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader spoke to the informant – two were very wet and cold and only two of party had waterproofs. They were dressed in shorts and fleeces, and had no food or whistle. They did have Read more…
A party on the 3 peaks became disorientated on their descent after losing the path and were now lost. Due to the poor weather conditions they were also wet and cold and one of them was having difficulty walking due to a sore knee. As their location was uncertain the team Read more…
Call from Police for two missing Three Peakers. A group of four walkers had set off from Wasdale Head at 5.00 a.m. to climb Scafell Pike in wet and windy conditions. They separated on the way up and a 40 year old male and female pair became lost on their Read more…
Team alerted by Cumbria Police to respond to a ‘999’ call from an informant over a walker who had become long overdue. The Team leader gathered details but waited before mobilizing the team. The overdue walker turned up safe and well at 9.10 p.m. and the incident was stood down Read more…
Call from the police for missing persons on Scafell Pike – Team Leader decided to wait until the morning (9.00 a.m.) to review the situation as it is normal for walkers to make it out under their own steam from first light.
Call from the police to rescue a 65 year old female walker who had fallen backwards and sustained a bad gash to the back of the head on a sharp rock.  The lady was accompanied by her son and their two dogs. They had come up from the Old Dungeon Read more…
Whist the team were descending the mountain with the casualty from the panic attack in Hollowstones one of our team members slipped on the wet path and landed awkwardly, badly injuring their wrist. The other 5 team members on the hill split resources to deal with this second incident. Casualty Read more…
‘999’ call to the Police from a male walker in his early 40’s accompanied by his nephew who suffered a panic attack in the Hollowstones area on their descent from the summit of Scafell Pike. The walker was already on medication for his condition and following a conversation between the Read more…