Call from Cumbria Police regarding a report of four missing people, believed to have gone onto Scafell Pike. The group consisted of two adults (in their thirties) and two girls (aged 14 and 16). There was little information regarding their experience or the equipment they might be carrying but their Read more…
Call from Whitehaven Police. Two people (22yr old and 56 yr old males – lightly equipped, no torches or whistles had rung 999 to say they were lost (not injured) and needed MRT assistance to help them down. Initially, we could not call them back as their mobile number was Read more…
Call from Whitehaven Police regarding a 57 yr. old man, reported to have chest pains and to be confused. He had been found in the Green Hole area (upper Esk) by a group of walkers. They had taken four hours to get him off the hill and back to the Read more…
Call via the Wasdale Head Hotel to report that a man who was walking from Elterwater had not turned up. His girl friend had rung to see if he’d arrived and why he hadn’t rung her. His route would have taken him over Crinkle Crags, Bow Fell, Esk Pike and Read more…