Whilst whilst the team leader was dealing with incident 7:36 he had been contacted by the police regarding a group of 3 -Peakers who had set off from Seathwaite and were overdue. Whilst gathering information on 7:36 the police called back to say the missing walkers had turned up. Recorded Read more…
Whilst searching for the collapsed walker a further group of four walkers were found sheltering in the Mickledore stretcher box. They were subsequently reported missing by the police but fortunately the team had already found them and escorted them off the mountain.
Wasdale MRT was called to rescue a young male walker who had collapsed on the summit of Scafell Pike. He was in a party of three who were doing the Three Peaks Challenge. The three walkers were all in the twenties and from outside the area. One of the party Read more…
Organisers of a group undertaking the 3 Peaks challenge reported 2 walkers missing to the Barn Door shop. The large group had left the summit of the Pike and the two missing walkers had walked off in a different direction. It was probable that they had become disorientated and headed Read more…
Team paged by police to rescue a walker who had suffered a soft tissue injury to his knee. The injured 47 yr old walker was accompanied by two walkers, one in his late teens and the other early 20’s. The group of 3 from the North-east had set off from Read more…
Message from the police to contact them regarding a rescue of a group of walkers on Scafell Pike. The group of 11 had left Langdale earlier that evening and had got as far as Ill Crag at 8.30 p.m. where some of the group turned back. The remainder headed for Read more…
Message from the police to contact them regarding a rescue. A couple from the north-east were undertaking a trial for the 3 peaks challenge. They had left home at 10:00 hrs that morning and had failed to report in that they were back down. The team leader took the call, Read more…
Whilst the team were assembling for incident 25, The Wasdale Head Hotel called the base to advise that a minibus had turned up with only the driver, the rest of the party were on Scafell Pike somewhere and long overdue. Whilst concentrating on incident 25, the Team leader decided to Read more…
Whitehaven Police paged the team to follow up on a group of 7 overdue walkers who were training to do the Three Peak Challenge. The group from Horsham in Sussex had set off from home early that morning and were now long overdue on their descent from Scafell Pike. A Read more…
Cumbria Police paged the team regarding a mobile ‘999’ call from a group of 11 students who lost on Scafell Pike, believed to be in the Piers Gill area. Due their condition (cold and very wet) and the weather conditions forecasted that night (gales and heavy rain preceding the snow) Read more…
Whilst the team leader was still at the base, a further call came in from the police regarding a missing male walker. Two males in their early 20’s from the Isle of Wight had set off from Brackenclose to climb Scafell Pike via Mickledore. They reached the summit at 11:30 Read more…
The Team were paged by Whitehaven police to attend a 62 year old female walker from Whitehaven who had collapsed with chest pains. She was with her husband and another walker who raised the alarm by mobile. They were located 200 metres above the beck crossing at Brown Tongue on Read more…
The Team were paged by the police following a mobile ‘999’ from the summit of Scafell Pike. Two walkers had set off from Brackenclose and were unsure how to get off the mountain in deteriorating weather. It was raining and there was cloud down to Lingmell Col. The team leader Read more…
The Team Leader was contacted by the police regarding a family of 4 who had failed to return to their car after climbing Scafell Pike. The father and mother along with their 5 year old and 14 month old sons had set off at midday from Brackenclose. Another group of Read more…
The Team Leader took a call direct from one of the team members at the Head on Friday evening, about 8.40pm. An informant at the Hotel was reporting a father and 13 yr old son long overdue from climbing Scafell Pike. They had last been seen at Mickledore (about 4.30pm) Read more…
The team were paged by the police to respond to a mobile ‘999’ call from two local male walkers, in their late 20’s and early 30’s on the Corridor Route. They had left Brackenclose earlier in the day to climb the Pike but had got to Lingmel Col then decided Read more…
Request from Cumbria police to search for a pair of male walkers (30 and 18). They had set off from Brackenclose to climb Scafell Pike via Hollowstones and Mickledore. They completed the walk to the summit but became lost on the way back down. The team leader waited until 9.30 Read more…
Whitehaven Police paged the team to rescue three adult walkers who had become lost on Scafell Pike. They had driven up from Essex that morning and set off to climb Scafell Pike at 1.00 p.m. They had reasonable equipment and lights but on their descent they became disorientated so called Read more…
Team were paged by the police to help a man and woman who had become lost on their decent from Scafell Pike. The couple had set off earlier in the day with their dog from Brackenclose to climb the Pike. They ascended by Mickledore and went over the top and Read more…
‘999’ call made to the police from a male walker in his 30’s who had slipped on the Scafell Pike traverse path and broken his left ankle. He and his two fellow male walkers were on a camping expedition. From Dumfries, they had walked up from Seathwaite, up the Corridor Read more…