The team was called out at 16:15 to assist 2 people lost in the upper Esk below Scafell Pike. The team mounted a search and located the pair just above the Cam Spout waterfall. The pair were re-warmed and walked back to Eskdale. Please remember to take a torch, even Read more
We were called by Police about 2 walkers and a dog who reported themselves lost after an attempt to climb Scafell Pike. After some discussions with the team leader and scouting by another team member looking for lights it was determined the lost people were on Green How on Scafell. Read more
We were called by Police about shouts for help heard in the area of Mickledore / Broad Stand by 2 separate informants. Given the potential seriousness of incidents in this area we responded with a callout. Fortunately RAF Boulmer were in the area on the last ever training session with Read more
The team was called out to attend a pair cragfast descending from Scafell. Whilst we were ascending to Hollowstones the police informed us that passing walkers had helped the pair to safety and we returned to our vehicles. Thanks to Chris Himsworth for the photos.
We were called by Police about a couple with a dog reported to be cragfast somewhere on the steep ground between Black Crag and Scafell. Whilst we were making our way to the scene they were helped off by members of the public and we stood down.
We were called by Police about a walker who reported himself lost somewhere towards the top of Scafell. The team leader provided directions over the phone to first find the top again, then descend down the relatively safe slopes to the West and back to Wasdale.
We were called by the Police about 2 walkers who were stuck in Mickledore Chimney on Scafell East Buttress. A small team was sent to extricate them from the crag. As we were walking up reports came from passing walkers that someone had fallen in the Mickledore area. Given the Read more
We were called by Police about a family of 4 with a dog who had become stuck on the ledge above Broad Stand on Scafell. We located them near the abseil point and got them in the bivvy tent whilst we set up our ropes for a lower down to Read more
The team was called about a climber stuck on steep ground on Scafell. The Sea King that we had been training with earlier in the day was back in the valley and lifted five team members to the summit of Scafell before searching from the air. The stuck climber was Read more
The team was called out to locate a group of 4 people who had spent over 24 hours on Scafell Pike. We located the group at 11:15 near Slight Side on Scafell. The group were walked from the mountain. This call out makes 5 call outs in 24 hours for Read more
We were called by Police about a climber who was reported to have fallen whilst on the flake pitch of Central Buttress on Scafell and sustained head injuries. In view of the potential serious nature of the incident an RAF Seaking helicopter was called along with support from DFMRT’s crag Read more
The team was called to assist a pair of walkers stuck on Lords Rake on steep snow. Since many team members were about to leave for training in Scotland, Duddon and Furness MRT were called in to run the incident with the assistance of Wasdale team members. One team member Read more
Not long after finishing the previous incident we were contacted again about whistle blasts heard near Scafell. They were said to be 6 blasts / minute which is the recognised mountain distress signal. One group of informants who had phoned the incident in went to investigate a found a group Read more
We were contacted about a man who was reported to have lost contact with the other members of his party and was now unsure of his location. Using SARLOC his position was established to be on Horn Crag on Slight Side, the southern termination of Scafell’s summit ridge. Three team Read more
Ourselves, the Great North Air Ambulance and a Sea King from HMS Gannet were called to assist a climber who had fallen from Broad Stand on Scafell. The climber suffered multiple injuries. He was stabilised on the scene by doctors from WMRT & GNAA, then carried up to the waiting Read more
Just after closing the first incident we were contacted by Police again. Shouts for help had been heard around the Scafell crags. Initially it was thought the shouts were coming from the Lords Rake area but after a short search 2 fell runners were found just under the chockstone in Read more
At around 10.30 p.m. a ‘999’ call was received by Cumbria Police from a concerned Husband. His group of five had set off to climb Scafell Pike late Monday afternoon. When they arrived at the path junction in Hollowstones just after 5.00 p.m. that afternoon the father and two sons Read more
The team was called out to attend a female walker who had taken a fall on hard snow on Green How, Scafell. She was suffering from a leg injury as well as from exposure. A Royal Navy Sea King from HMS Gannet lifted six team members to near the casualty Read more
The team was called out at around 10am to go to the aid of a person who had taken a considerable fall from above the Red Gill area of Scafell. Tragically the casualty suffered fatal injuries from the fall. The team’s thoughts are with the family and friends.
We were contacted by Police about a group of 2 who were walking on the Slight Side ridge of Scafell and been caught in a snow storm. Unfortunately their compass had fallen to bits and they were now disorientated. Fortunately by the time we phoned the weather had improved slightly Read more