Incidents

Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT

Alert in 2008

Team paged by Police to help three 20 year old lads who said they were lost on the top of Scafell Pike in high winds and their tent was “holding up” in very strong winds. The team leader quizzed them for over an hour on their mobile to establish where Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 23 in 2008

Team paged by Police following a ‘999’ call from a mobile. A family of five from Yorkshire which included two adults and three children under the age of 13 set off from Brackenclose, Wasdale to climb Scafell Pike via Brown Tongue, Lingmel Col. On their descent from the summit they Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 22 in 2008

Team paged by Police. Three male walkers in their early 20s had become lost on their descent from Scafell Pike. They were attempting the Three Peaks Challenge and had climbed Ben Nevis the previous day. They were well equipped but had made a navigational error. Weather conditions were very poor Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 21 in 2008

Team paged by Police. Lady in her mid 40’s reported overdue by her partner who was waiting at Hollins campsite, Eskdale. The missing person had last been heard at 12.00 p.m. saying that she was “in trouble” and heading back. She was training for an endurance event on Scafell / Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Whilst out on a training day the team found a crag fast sheep, well down one of the gulleys. The sheep had been down the gulley for some time (all the vegetation around it had been eaten) and there was no way it could ascend. It was stuck with a Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 20 in 2008

Cumbria Police paged the team to assist two female walkers who had got lost on Irton Fell. They were not on the high fell but above the tree line in the location of Flass. They had a torch but needed assistance. A limited callout was organised and the lost walkers Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 19 in 2008

Alarm raised by an informant at Wasdale Head of a hypothermic casualty in the Lingmell Crag area on Lingmell. An RAF Sea King rescue helicopter was already working in the Lake District and was asked for assistance. The team assembled in the valley bottom whilst the helicopter went straight to Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 18 in 2008

Whilst the team were attending rescue Callout 17 in 2008 , another call came in for assistance. Two walkers had reported themselves lost on Crinkle Crags somewhere. They were high, in mist and above steep crags. Langdale and Ambleside team had searched the normal routes earlier that evening with team Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 17 in 2008

The team were paged by the police to respond to a ‘999’ call from 4 lost walkers. They had left Seathwaite earlier in the day, became separated from their larger group and got lost on the Corridor route. 5 team members were involved in the rescue, 4 went on the Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 16 in 2008

Whilst the team were attending the fallen walker on Broad Stand, a second callout came in from the police regarding a group of three walkers, again on Scafell and fortunately not too far from the Mickledore incident. The group of three were scrambling up Deep Gill from Lord’s rake. They Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 15 in 2008

Police paged the team to respond to an incident on Broad Stand, Scafell . A group of five male walkers from the Midlands were descending from the summit of Scafell via the Broad Stand route when one of their party, a male in his late 40’s fell whilst climbing down Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 14 in 2008

Wasdale were asked to assist in the search for two lost young male walkers, believed to be on Crinkle Crags. They had a torch but were lost in mist. 10 team members were involved plus two SARDA search dogs (Pippi and Rosie) from the Wasdale Team, with their handlers. Parties Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 13 in 2008

Whilst searching for two lost climbers (see incident Callout 12 in 2008), the Wasdale team found a lone male walker in his early 50’s who had became separated from his walking companions at around 5.30 p.m. that evening. They had climbed Scafell Pike. He had no torch, map or compass Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 12 in 2008

Call from Keswick MRT to help locate two male climbers who were lost somewhere to the west of Great End. The two climbers had completed the winter route, Central Gulley on Great End and after coming out on the summit walked off to the right, descended, but became lost on Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 11 in 2008

Langdale Ambleside team requested assistance from Wasdale MRT to search for two lost walkers on Crinkle crags. The two 70 yrs. male walkers from the North East who had left their car at the Old Dungeon Ghyl Hotel, were last heard of as a broken message at 5.00 p.m. LAMRT Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Callout 10 in 2008

Workington Police paged the team to respond to a ‘999’ from two male walkers who were crag fast and stuck above Lord’s Rake on Scafell. The two who were in their late 30’s / early 40’s and had come up from Liverpool for the weekend had scrambled up Lord’s Rake, Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago

Alert in 2008

Two Wasdale team members were climbing on the snow slopes between Striding Edge and Swirral Edge on Helvellyn when they saw what they believed to be a climber falling down one of the eastern gulleys of Helvellyn. They were first on scene, administered casualty care to the unconscious male who Read more
By Jon Lynch, ago