Workington police paged the team to deal with an overdue Grandfather and grandson on Scafell Pike. Whilst the team leader was putting out a full team callout he heard the pips going on his phone. He immediately took that call anticipating further details on the missing party and was informed Read more…
A paged message received from Workington police to request assistance for two cragfast and lost walkers, initially reported as two girls but subsequently established to be a male and female in their mid twenties. They had left Langdale earlier that day to climb Scafell Pike via Angle Tarn and Esk Read more…
The team leader received a call from the Owner of the Wasdale Head Hotel to advise that two women from Wallsend had left their husbands walking in the valley but were reporting them long overdue. Missing persons were two males (one 54 yrs old and the other in his early Read more…
Call from Workington Police to contact them to assist with overdue runners on Scafell Pike. The Team Leader spoke to the informant who was extremely concerned that three runners doing the Bob graham round had failed to turn up at their food / water stop and were long overdue. After Read more…
Call from Workington Police regarding a party of four, long overdue on the Pike and doing the Three Peaks challenge. Set off from Seathwaite at 02.00 hrs and supposed to return there. One of their party was apparently a “map reader”, so the informants were concerned they hadn’t returned. We Read more…
Call from Workington Police regarding a party of two, long overdue on Scafell Pike and doing the Three Peaks challenge. Last seen at Mickledore at 0200 hrs but reported to be reasonably well equipped. The Team Leader advised the informant to wait until later in morning before getting too concerned. Read more…
Call from Workington Police regarding a single 36 yr old male long overdue on Scafell Pike. Last seen near the summit at 21.15 hrs but wearing waterproofs etc. The group of Three Peakers had set off from Seathwaite and were intending to be picked up again in Wasdale. Although they Read more…
The team were called out to attend to a 46 yr old local man who had collapsed at the Woolworth Boulder with diabetic related problem but now had central chest pain. The party of four walkers had set off earlier that morning from the head of the Lake on the Read more…
Call from Workington Police regarding two males reported long overdue on Scafell Pike (and doing the Three Peaks challenge). They’d set off from Seathwaite at 22.30 hrs and were supposed to get picked up in Wasdale at 00.40 hrs. They had waterproofs etc and didn’t sound to be “at risk”. Read more…
Call form Workington Police regarding a 56yr old male long overdue on Scafell Pike. His wife was ringing from the Wasdale Head Hotel and was very concerned because he hadn’t been seen since 21.30 hrs. when he was just leaving the summit of the Pike. He did apparently have two Read more…
The team leader was paged by Workington Police to investigate an overdue fellwalker. The male walker in his early thirties had set off from the Blackpool area at 0600 hrs that day to climb Scafell Pike and Scafell from Langdale. He made his last call at 1300 hrs from the Read more…
The team were alerted by Keswick MRT who had been notified by the police to search for a missing 9yr old boy on Scafell Pike. The missing boy had been last seen by his father at 1430 hrs when they became separated in mist. They had set off from Wasdale Read more…
Call from Workington Police (using the committee group) at 2200 hrs. regarding a 45 yr old male, reported long overdue from a walk to Scafell. He’d left Duddon Bridge at 0900 hrs and was going to do Harter Fell on his way to Scafell. He didn’t have a torch and Read more…
Not logged as an incident. A mixed group doing the three peaks became lost, were tired and cold and their lights were failing so they dialed ‘999’ for mountain rescue. 0255 hrs call from Workington Police. A group of five people (males and females from Watford) had got “stuck” a Read more…
Telephone call form Workington Police reporting two men, in their early twenties, overdue form a walk up the Corridor route and onto Scafell Pike. The team were already mobilised (see previous incident) so there was a search of the car parks at Wasdale and the Police checked car parks on Read more…
The team were called by the police to respond to a call from the Borrowdale YHA. A male walker in his late 30s had set off from Seathwaite at 0900 hrs that morning to climb Scafell Pike and had not returned. Wasdale, Keswick, Duddon & Furness plus six SARDA dog Read more…
Called in to support Langdale & Ambleside MRT (LAMRT) to search the Scafell range for a missing father and son long overdue. Their car was in the Langdale Valley and they had set off early the previous day from Burnley to climb Scafell Pike. They were ill equipped with no Read more…
Call from the police regarding 7 adults lost on Scafell Pike. They had rung from a mobile phone and given a map reference for Cow cove / Esk Hause. At 2200 hrs they were located at the telephone box, Hardknott. Two team memebrs went to pick them up and transport Read more…
Call from the police to deal with an injury on the Corridor Route to Scafell Pike. A middle aged lady had fallen around 3 metres by the bad step on the corridor route, just above Greta Ghyll. She sustained an injury to her left arm and side plus a bang Read more…
Pager request from the Police to respond to a ‘999’ call for an overdue group who were doing the three peaks. They were overdue by 90 minutes! They were contacted on their mobile phone and they were totally lost. They could see a tarn in the far distance but had Read more…