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
Pager request from the Police to respond to a ‘999’ for a party of young teenagers who were overdue on their climb up Scafell Pike. The base was manned whilst more details were obtained. The missing group turned up safe and well at 2005 hrs.
Pager request from the Police to respond to a ‘999’ call from the father (who was not in the Lakes with them). He had last spoken to his family (wife and three young children -youngest 5 yrs old) at 2100 hrs. and they were still on the mountain. Nothing had Read more
Wasdale team were called to assist a female with a knee injury on the Brown Tongue path. She had been part of a much larger group tackling the 3 peaks when she became injured on the descent. Her husband stayed with her whilst the rest of the group descended. A Read more
Wasdale team were called to search for missing walkers on Scafell Pike. Cloud level was down. The full team were called out to search however the missing persons turned up safe and well before the search groups got out onto the fell.
Whilst tidying up and closing the base to incident 25, a further call came in to say a lady had broken her ankle below Pikes Crag on Scafell Pike. There was some initial concern that this lady may have been the one heard in incident 25. Also we were surprised Read more
The police called the team to respond to a male with a suspect broken leg on Scafell. On questioning the informant (by mobile phone) it transpired that he was in sight and verbal contact with the injured man who had been descending ‘D’ gulley to the East of Pikes Crag Read more
Team called to respond to a Father and young child overdue on their walk up Scafell Pike. One child had already returned to the car at Wasdale Head earlier in the afternoon. The team were assembled and the advance vehicle went up to commence the search. The father and child Read more
The team was called by the police to respond to a mobile ‘999’ call. A middle aged male walker had a suspect broken ankle somewhere in the Hollowstones area on his descent from Scafell Pike back down to Wasdale Head. He was with his two sons who had managed to Read more
The team leader was called by the police to investigate a father and son who were long overdue on a walk to the summit of Scafell Pike. A check was carried out of the car parks and the bottom reaches of the fell path. The father and son turned up Read more
Workington police paged the team to attend an incident at Wasdale Head. A male and female walker had become cragfast the previous day and spent the night on the fell. In the morning the man had scrambled out of the Ghyll to raise the ‘999’ alarm through another walker he Read more
Police received a mobile ‘999’ call from two male walkers in their 40’s via an informant in the south of the country. It was a group of three who were doing a recce of Scafell Pike for the 3 Peaks challenge. They had become lost as a group of three Read more
The Wasdale team was called by the police to respond to a male walker with serious muscle spasms in his leg. His location was the summit of Scafell Pike. Around 18 team members were involved in carrying him back down to Brackenclose, Wasdale Head. The team returned to the road Read more