Incidents

Scafell Pike – Sat 9th Jun 2007

Message from the police to contact them regarding a rescue. A couple from the north-east were undertaking a trial for the 3 peaks challenge. They had left home at 10:00 hrs that morning and had failed to report in that they were back down. The team leader took the call, Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsSat 9th Jun 2007 ago

Upper Eskdale – Sat 26th May 2007

Message from the police regarding a female walker in her early 40s who had collapsed in upper Eskdale. The Team Leader called in Great North Air Ambulance and he, along with a team doctor were flown to the casualty site. Initial indications were that the air ambulance would be able Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsSat 26th May 2007 ago

Harter Fell – Mon 21st May 2007

The team were paged by the police following a ‘999’ call from a male. His female partner had not returned from a walk on Harter Fell. Whilst the Deputy Team Leader was gathering details from the informant, the missing person turned up safe and well. Logged here as an alert Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsMon 21st May 2007 ago

Muncaster Fell – Mon 14th May 2007

The team were paged by the police to try and find a local lady in her early 70s who had been walking with her daughter on Muncaster Fell and become separated. The last time she had been seen was near the summit at 2.15 p.m. The lady was a mild Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsMon 14th May 2007 ago

Muncaster Fell – Mon 14th May 2007

The police paged the team to rescue a local farmer who had come off his quad bike and broken his leg up on Muncaster Fell. The Air Ambulance had also been called to the incident. 15 team members attended the rescue. The air ambulance managed to get to the farmers Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsMon 14th May 2007 ago

Wastwater Screes – Mon 7th May 2007

Wasdale MRT were asked to assist a 34 year old male fell walker who had taken a wrong turning when descending from Whin Rigg, at the top of the Wasdale Screes. He had become crag fast in Great Gully in a particularly inaccessible area and local knowledge of this very Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsMon 7th May 2007 ago

Broad Stand, Scafell – Fri 4th May 2007

The police paged the team to attend to an incident after a report of a 59 year old male walker having fallen from Broad Stand. Broad Stand is a deceptively difficult route between Scafell and Scafell Pike. For many years it has been one of the accident black spots in Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsFri 4th May 2007 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 28th Apr 2007

Whilst the team were assembling for incident 25, The Wasdale Head Hotel called the base to advise that a minibus had turned up with only the driver, the rest of the party were on Scafell Pike somewhere and long overdue. Whilst concentrating on incident 25, the Team leader decided to Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsSat 28th Apr 2007 ago

Upper Eskdale – Sat 28th Apr 2007

Whilst the team were assembling for incident 24(a) Langdale Ambleside MRT (LAMRT) called the Wasdale team to assist with the search for a missing group of 14. Two walkers were known to be suffering ankle injuries but we believed the group was still together, albeit moving slowly. Contact had been Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsSat 28th Apr 2007 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 28th Apr 2007

Whitehaven Police paged the team to follow up on a group of 7 overdue walkers who were training to do the Three Peak Challenge. The group from Horsham in Sussex had set off from home early that morning and were now long overdue on their descent from Scafell Pike. A Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsSat 28th Apr 2007 ago

Great Gable – Sat 28th Apr 2007

Whilst the team were just about to send the second vehicle to the Muncaster Castle job (see below) a second call came in concerning a lady in her late 30’s who had slipped on the Gable traverse just to the west of Kern Knotts. It was reported to be a Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsSat 28th Apr 2007 ago

Muncaster Castle – Sat 28th Apr 2007

Following a mobile ‘999’ call, the team were paged by Whitehaven Police to rescue a 77 yrs old female with a broken ankle in Bluebell woods on the Muncaster Castle Estate. The lady was found with some difficulty as she was not on one of the designated paths, however as Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsSat 28th Apr 2007 ago

Great Gable – Sat 28th Apr 2007

Whilst the team were returning to Gosforth in their vehicles a further ‘999’ call came in from Great Gable. This involved a male walker in his 70’s who was walking with his daughter along the traverse path below White Napes when he slipped off the path and tumbled down the Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsSat 28th Apr 2007 ago

Great Gable – Wed 25th Apr 2007

Following a mobile ‘999’ call, the police paged the team to attend to a 73 yr old male walker who had collapsed on the summit of Great Gable. The man, who was local, had been walking with a friend and collapsed at he reached the summit and became unconscious. The Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsWed 25th Apr 2007 ago

Unknown Location – Fri 20th Apr 2007

A ‘999’ call came in from a worried parent regarding three 20 year old male walkers who had phoned home to say they were struggling coming down the mountain. They had been on Scafell Pike. They had reported to another parent that they could see a Tarn and were heading Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsFri 20th Apr 2007 ago

Great Gable – Tue 17th Apr 2007

Whitehaven Police paged the team following a mobile ‘999’ call from a group of walkers lost on Great Gable. The group of 4 from Manchester had descended via Westmoreland Crags and got themselves onto the loose scree at the top of Great Hellgate. Unsure of their location and unhappy about Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsTue 17th Apr 2007 ago

Bell Stand, Eskdale – Mon 16th Apr 2007

The police paged the team to rescue a fallen climber in Eskdale. The man from outside the area was solo climbing on Bell Stand Crag above the old Quarry in Eskdale. He slipped and fell approximately 5m down the crag and then tumbled down the slope at the bottom. He Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsMon 16th Apr 2007 ago

Wastwater Screes – Sun 8th Apr 2007

Ambulance Control phoned the deputy team leader to advise that they had just taken a ‘999’ call from an informant who had heard shouts for help and then seen a walker waving his arms. He was crag fast high up on the Screes above Wastwater. The person was a male Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsSun 8th Apr 2007 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 17th Mar 2007

Cumbria Police paged the team regarding a mobile ‘999’ call from a group of 11 students who lost on Scafell Pike, believed to be in the Piers Gill area. Due their condition (cold and very wet) and the weather conditions forecasted that night (gales and heavy rain preceding the snow) Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsSat 17th Mar 2007 ago

Scafell Pike – Wed 7th Mar 2007

Whilst the team leader was still at the base, a further call came in from the police regarding a missing male walker. Two males in their early 20’s from the Isle of Wight had set off from Brackenclose to climb Scafell Pike via Mickledore. They reached the summit at 11:30 Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 18 yearsWed 7th Mar 2007 ago

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