Incidents

Alert in 2009

Call came in from a local couple who live in the valley on a remote farm. Their baby needed to get to Whitehaven Hospital due to a worrying medical complaint but due to the weather (heavy snow that morning) were unable to get either their car out of the valley Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsMon 2nd Feb 2009 ago

Callout 12 in 2009

Cumbria police paged the team to help rescue a 10 yr old girl who had slipped on Hardknott Pass and broken her leg. The team vehicle could only get as far up as the Roman Fort and proceeded on foot. The girl was given medical treatment on the fell and Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsFri 23rd Jan 2009 ago

Other Location – Sun 18th Jan 2009

Cumbria police received a ‘999’ call from a lady on a mobile phone requesting help but before the message or her details could be taken the line went dead. The ‘999’ signal had been picked up by the mobile phone mast near Holmrook / Gosforth so the Wasdale team were Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsSun 18th Jan 2009 ago

Illgill Head – Sat 17th Jan 2009

The team were called out to assist a 63 year old fell walker who had sustained a fractured ankle following a stumble fall on Illgill head above Wastwater (The Screes). He was treated on scene by the team doctors and stretchered down to a waiting ambulance to be transferred to Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsSat 17th Jan 2009 ago

Callout 09 in 2009

For the third time in four days Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out to assist walkers who had become lost in cloud and darkness. Today a party of three walkers had become disorientated in cloud on their way up Scafell Pike. They turned back but were unable to navigate Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsTue 13th Jan 2009 ago

Callout 08 in 2009

The team were paged by Cumbria Police to respond to a mobile ‘999’ call from two male walkers who were lost near the summit of Scafell Pike in darkness, heavy rain and storm force winds. The missing walkers had a GPS but no torch or map. The two walkers were Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsSun 11th Jan 2009 ago

Callout 07 in 2009

The team was paged by the Police to go to the assistance of a 34 yr old lone male walker who was lost somewhere on Scafell Pike. After questioning over the mobile, it was established that he was probably in the vicinity of Dropping Crag. A team member was already Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsSat 10th Jan 2009 ago

Callout 06 in 2009

The team was paged by Cumbria Police to respond to a ‘999’ call for a 35 yr old female climber who had fallen on Great Gable by Westmorland Crags sustaining fatal injuries. The casualty was airlifted and flown to Whitehaven hospital by a Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer. 16 Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsFri 2nd Jan 2009 ago

Callout 05 in 2009

The team was paged to rescue a lady in her 50’s who was descending from Scafell area when she stumbled/slipped and sustained a suspected fractured lower leg. She had fallen early afternoon and had been walking with her husband. A passing walkers raised the alarm by descending the fell to Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsWed 31st Dec 2008 ago

Callout 04 in 2009

The team was paged by the police to rescue a 70 yr old male walker who had fallen on Harter Fell and sustained an unstable tib and fib fracture (lower leg). The injury was treated and splinted on scene by the team doctors and he was carried back down the Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsFri 26th Dec 2008 ago

Alert in 2009

The team was paged following a ‘999’ call from a mobile. A male walker had ascended Scafell into the cloud and having reached the summit plateau was lost. He had walked to a point where he was looking down a very deep ghyll (actually Deep Gyhll). The deputy team leader Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsTue 23rd Dec 2008 ago

Callout 03 in 2009

The team was paged by the police following a ‘999’ call from two Chinese walkers who were lost on the descent from Great Gable. The team leader managed to establish that they had left from Honister YHA and had actually been to the summit. Due to the the very poor Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsMon 22nd Dec 2008 ago

Callout 02 in 2009

The team was paged by Cumbria Police to rescue a 42 yr old male walker from London. He had injured his ankle at Lincove Bridge on the way up the valley. His son ran back down to Brotherikeld Farm to raise the alarm. The team was mobilised but by the Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsSat 20th Dec 2008 ago

Alert in 2009

The team was paged by Cumbria Police to rescue a couple who were stranded on the road pass between Eskdale and Langdale. The Team Leader spoke to the couple on their mobile. They had been stranded in their car overnight with snow and ice on the road. Similar situations have Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsFri 12th Dec 2008 ago

Callout 01 in 2009

The team was paged by Cumbria police to assist in an urban search in the area of Braystones. The missing female was located before the team were fully deployed at the scene of the incident. The lady had not survived. The team were stood down at 8:20 hrs

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsSun 23rd Nov 2008 ago

Alert in 2008

Team paged by police regarding a missing despondent in the south of the Wasdale/Eskdale area. Whilst the Team Leader was driving to the base the police came back and advised that the missing person had been located – Incident stood down later that afternoon.

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsWed 29th Oct 2008 ago

Callout 66 in 2008

Team contacted by police to help a 52 yr old and 18 yr old father and son who were lost somewhere on the descent from Scafell via Slightside on the Eskdale side. The father had a previous tendon injury and was worried about proceeding further. They had no torches but Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsTue 28th Oct 2008 ago

Callout 65 in 2008

Team contacted by police to assist 8 walkers who had become lost on the Wasdale Screes path below Low Adam Crag. 8 team members attended and managed to locate the group at 8.45 p.m. and walk them back up the Lake path to the road head at Brackenclose – the Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsSun 26th Oct 2008 ago

Callout 64 in 2008

Team contacted by Ambulance Control to assist in incident at the Wasdale Head Hotel. A 10 year old boy staying at the cottages had suffered a sever asthma attack and needed hospitalization. The roads were flooded even more than the previous afternoon (Wastwater had risen 3 to 4 foot and Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsSun 26th Oct 2008 ago

Alert in 2008

Whilst rescue 63 was being dealt with a further request came in to assist a female walker from the Dartmoor area who had sustained a shoulder injury and had managed to get down to the Wasdale Head Hotel but the road ambulance could not get up the valley due to Read more

By Jon Lynch, 17 yearsSat 25th Oct 2008 ago

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