Alert in 2009

Search for a two 30 yr old missing walkers on Scafell Pike. Whilst the team were assessing whether to go out or not the missing persons turned up safe and well. Torrential rain hit Cumbria that evening. Incident closed at 10.31 p.m. with no further action necessary.

Callout 46 in 2009

Call to rescue a 17yr old girl who had become severely dehydrated on her return from the summit of Scafell Pike. The girl was in a larger school party completing the 3 Peaks Challenge. They had already climbed Ben Nevis. Rather than dehydration, the team doctors established that there were Read more…

Callout 32 in 2009

Team paged by Cumbria Police. Two ladies lost on the Corridor route between Styhead and Scafell Pike. They were unable to cross the bad step at Greta Gill. They were met by a passing American walker who was helping them find an alternative route. The Team leader persuaded them on Read more…

Alert in 2009

‘999’call to Cumbria Police from 7 x Three Peakers who had left Seathwaite earlier in the evening. They became lost on the corridor route and requested guiding. The Team Leader advised that it would be light in three hours, it would take the team 2 hours to get to them. Read more…

Alert in 2009

A couple of walkers were descending from Scafell Pike and trying to find Styhead. Whilst the Team Leader was sorting out details, the police returned a call to advise that they had just ‘bumped into’ a group of walkers who would help them down. Incident closed with no further action Read more…

Callout 31 in 2009

Call direct from Ambulance Control regarding a 21yr old male from the Liverpool area who had dislocated his shoulder somewhere on Scafell/Scafell Pike. The informant had mobile reception on scene but wasn’t sure of their exact location. The Team Leader established that they were half way up, on the Brown Read more…

Callout 22 in 2009

Paged by Police to go to the rescue of a female walker, mid 50’s who had fallen above Hollowstones on the Scafell Pike path. The team was mobilised to go to her assistance. She was airlifted to Whitehaven hospital by Great north air Ambulance. Incident stood down at 3.50 p.m.

Alert in 2009

An Informant rang to say they had lost a member of their party on Scafell Pike. Deputy Team Leader could not contact the informant. Eventually the informant rang back to say that he had found the missing person and that no further help was required.

Alert in 2009

Two walkers in their early 20s (male and female) found themselves lost in a deep gulley whilst descending from Scafell Pike. A telephone call from the Team Leader established that they were well down Piers Gill above the first waterfall step. He gave them directions to get themselves out of Read more…

Alert in 2009

‘999’ call came in and the Police paged the team regarding a rescue on Scafell Pike. The Team leader gathered more information and due to circumstances handed the incident over to the Keswick MRT. No action necessary by the team. Wasdale alert stood down at 9.00 p.m.

Alert in 2009

A call came into the team whilst on rescue 20. A party of walkers were long overdue from their walk from Bowfell, Scafell Pike to the Woolpack Hotel in Eskdale. The Team leader went to the hotel and decided to wait until 10.00 p.m. before taking further action. The missing Read more…

Callout 09 in 2009

For the third time in four days Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out to assist walkers who had become lost in cloud and darkness. Today a party of three walkers had become disorientated in cloud on their way up Scafell Pike. They turned back but were unable to navigate Read more…

Alert in 2008

Paged by the Police regarding two people reported long overdue form a walk to Scafell and Scafell Pike. The informant ran a guest house in Keswick and knew little about the two guests, other than that they were early 40’s, from Nottingham and that their intended route involved doing Scafell Read more…

Alert in 2008

‘999’ call from a group of ’13 Three Peakers’ lost on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader spoke to them by mobile and established that they had a GPS. The group could gave a reasonably accurate grid reference for their location but had no map with which to see where they Read more…