Incidents

Wastwater Screes – Sat 27th Apr 2024

A call was received from Cumbria Police about a party of four walkers (in two separate groups) attempting to walk around Wast Water. However, one of the walkers was struggling to negotiate the boulder field and felt they could not continue in either direction. A full callout was made and Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 yearMon 13th May 2024 ago

Scafell Pike – Thu 25th Apr 2024

A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike. Two walkers had become separated and one had not returned to their car. However, very limited information was available due to lack of phone battery from the informant. Also the overdue walker was Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Scafell Pike Summit, Scafell Pike – Tue 23rd Apr 2024

Another call was received yesterday from Cumbria Police about a second walker, whilst callout 41 was in progress a short distance away. He had also tripped and fallen, this time close to Scafell Pike summit. Again facial injuries were reported, this time initially with drowsiness. As the teams were already Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Broad Crag – Tue 23rd Apr 2024

A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had fallen awkwardly in the boulder field near Broad Crag summit. He had suffered painful facial injuries. A full callout was made and extra support for a long and difficult stretcher carry was requested and received from Duddon and Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Great Gable – Fri 19th Apr 2024

An alert was received from Cumbria Police about two walkers who were stuck on steep ground after previously ascending Great Gable. However on further investigation of the exact location via a successful Phone find it was established that they were on Base Brown. As this is well into Keswick MRTâ€™s Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Lingmell Nose – Wed 17th Apr 2024

A call was received on Wednesday afternoon about a walker who was suffering from a medical issue, close to Wasdale Head on the descent from Scafell Pike. A very quick response was possible as there was a vehicle with team members already in the valley, with others responding to the Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 yearMon 13th May 2024 ago

Wasdale Head – Sun 14th Apr 2024

Another call was received on Sunday afternoon from NWAS. A member of a family group going for a short walk had slipped on wet grass and injured her ankle. She was in significant pain and unable to weight bear. With no mobile signal, members of the group had raised the Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sun 14th Apr 2024

The team was called on Sunday morning for a walker who had slipped on the descent from Scafell Pike, injuring his ankle. He was unable to bear any weight. A full callout followed, and once on scene a medical assessment was made before some pain relief and splinting of the Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 13th Apr 2024

Later a separate call was received from friends of the second group in a similar position but with two of their group overdue. It was established that there was now a party of three walkers who were believed to be together but now significantly overdue. After giving some time for Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 yearMon 13th May 2024 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 13th Apr 2024

In two inter-twined callouts we were tasked by NWAS to rescue overdue walkers from two groups. In the first callout a single walker was reported overdue. He had joined another two walkers from a different group on the descent. The rest of the group had returned successfully to Brackenclose. As Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 yearMon 13th May 2024 ago

Sty Head – Thu 11th Apr 2024

In the second call of the evening, a party of 4 walkers required help at Sty Head stretcher box. One of the walkers had an ankle injury, and due to the very poor weather they had taken shelter inside. As the team was already tasked, Keswick MRT were asked to Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Mickledore, Scafell Pike – Thu 11th Apr 2024

Two calls from Cumbria Police were received on Thursday evening. In both cases the walkers needed help after struggling with navigation in poor weather. Coincidentally the two parties managed to find shelter in the stretcher boxes at Mickeldore and Sty Head, with simultaneous occupancy for a time. In the first Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Netherbeck, Wasdale – Sun 24th Mar 2024

The team was called by Cumbria Police about a walker with a knee injury in a party of two. They had ascended Pillar, and were last reported to be at Wind Gap. They were considered to be overdue by a friend who also informed us that they intended to come Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 yearSun 7th Apr 2024 ago

Sty Head – Sat 23rd Mar 2024

The team was called by Cumbria Police about a walker somewhere on Scafell Pike who was unable to walk to due to cramps in his legs. Due to poor mobile signal, further information was not available for some time. A full callout was made with the possibility of a search Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Sun 17th Mar 2024

A brief alert for a walking party that was overdue in poor weather. A family member had reported to Cumbria Police. Fortunately, as the Team Leader was gathering more information, phone contact was made with one of the party. They were on the right path and not far from their Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Pikes Crag, Scafell Pike – Mon 18th Mar 2024

The team assisted with Great North Air Ambulance Service recovering their helicopter that was stranded on callout 28. Thanks as always to the Great North Air Ambulance Service crew for their help on Saturdayâ€™s calloutâ€¦Their post says it all: – Fog… a pilot’s worst nightmare! When flying and landing in Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 yearSun 7th Apr 2024 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 16th Mar 2024

We were called yesterday afternoon by Cumbria Police regarding a walker who had fallen a sustained a very painful shoulder injury. A full callout was made and additional helicopter support was requested due to the nature of the injury, weather conditions and length of time it would take for the Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 year ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 10th Mar 2024

A brief alert last night when a concerned family member phoned the police after a period of time with no communication from a group climbing Scafell Pike. Happily, shortly after the initial call, the police confirmed contact had been made and the group were safe and well. The lack of Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 yearTue 2nd Apr 2024 ago

Wastwater Screes – Sat 2nd Mar 2024

As the team rescuing the dogs from incident 25 was returning to base, another call had been received from Cumbria Police and more team members with fresher legs had been deployed. Once again, they passed each other in opposite directions. The call was regarding a mother and son who had Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 yearThu 7th Mar 2024 ago

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Fri 1st Mar 2024

Part 1 – Walker rescue: Cumbria Police tasked the team for the fourth time on Friday evening. A Father was reporting his son overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike. He had reached the summit successfully at 4pm, however no contact had been possible since. As it was not known Read more…

By John Bamforth, 1 yearThu 7th Mar 2024 ago

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