Incidents

Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT

Alert in 2008

The Police paged the team concerning 2 male walkers lost in the Hollowstones area near Scafell Pike. The acting team leader briefly spoke to one of them by mobile and had just established they were in thick cloud and near craggy ground but not cragfast when a passing walker confirmed Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 44 in 2008

Whilst the above was in progress the team was requested to assist Keswick MRT with an incident in the upper end of Custs Gully on Great End where there was a report of multiple casualties in a precarious position. Six team members were flown with crag gear and first aid Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 43 in 2008

The team was called to a lady in Eskdale near Burnmoor Tarn who had become progressively unwell during the day and was now unable to walk. Due to her location and one interpretation of her symptoms being due a serious condition the Great North Air Ambulance was requested to evacuate Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

The team were contacted by Cumbria Police concerning a group of 7 overdue 17 yr old students and their 34 yr old supervisor doing a two-night walk for their Duke Of Edinburgh Gold award. The group had set off from the Wasdale NT Campsite at 16:00 and planned to walk Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

The team had been notified 14 June 2008 that a Rotweiler had gone missing on the Scafell Range and could we look out for her (18 months Old and called Gemma).When the search party came across the missing Three Peakers (see incident Callout 42 in 2008) they noticed a third Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 41 in 2008

A WMRT member who lives in the Wasdale noticed a light near the top of Kirk Fell moving very slowly down. The light then topped moving and started flashing. Since the flashing was the international distress signal [6 short flashes] he responded with the standard response [3 short flashes] and Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 40 in 2008

Team were paged by the police following a ‘999’ call to re dislocated shoulder – Green Crag Eskdale. A group of 5, 16 year olds doing their D of E expedition were in need of assistance. 2 had descended to the Woolpack to raise the alarm. 14 team members attended Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Whilst attending the other rescues that night, the team was approached by a father who was concerned about his 2 sons who were in a group of 2 Three Peakers who were long overdue – no action was taken apart from looking out for them whilst searching for the 2 Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Whilst attending the other rescues that night, the team was approached by a lady who had a group of 3 Three Peakers who were overdue – under the circumstances, no action was taken and they eventually turned up safe and well. Incident closed as an (a)
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Call from the Police regarding a group of 6 female walkers being reported long overdue from arriving at their designated meeting/camping point. Little information available at the start as the informant was at the telephone kiosk at the National Trust Camp Site in Langdale, which doesn’t accept incoming calls. (Another Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Call from the Police regarding two people reporting themselves to be lost near the summit of Great Gable. The informant was particularly concerned for the health of this daughter, who was finding the experience extremely stressful. Initial information suggested they were not well equipped to deal with the weather conditions Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Team were paged by the police following a ‘999’ call to report a missing and overdue walker. Whilst the details were being collected the missing person turned up safe and well. No further action required and incident closed at 6.33 p.m. – 1 team member involved
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 36 in 2008

Team were paged by the police to attend to a ‘3 Peaks Challenge’ walker with an injured knee. When details were confirmed, the incident was located at the top of Ruddy Gill which is outside Wasdale’s area, but the Keswick team’s pager system was down. Wasdale responded with 12 team Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 35 in 2008

Whilst the team were assembling for rescue 34, Police paged the team for a second incident where it was reported that there were possibly two climbers in difficulty on Shamrock Crag, Scafell. The male and female in their late 40’s from the Midlands, were walkers and not climbers, had been Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago