Incidents

Eskdale – Mon 31st Jul 2006

Police called the Team Leader following an accident at St. Catherine Pools, Eskdale. A couple from Lincolnshire were walking along the top side of the river when the lady (mid thirties) slipped and fell 30 foot down a ravine into the rocky pools below. She sustained a nasty open fracture Read more

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsMon 31st Jul 2006 ago

Scafell Pike – Mon 31st Jul 2006

Call from the Police regarding a group of 5 x Three peakers in their 20’s 30’s – they had left Brackenclose at 8.30 p.m. Sunday night and not been seen again – they duly turned up at Wha House farm in Eskdale after taking a wrong turn on the Pike

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsMon 31st Jul 2006 ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 30th Jul 2006

Call from the Wasdale Head Inn – Long overdue group of 3 Three Peakers who were part of a much larger group – the faster group of three had been last seen at Hollowstones at 7.30 p.m. – they were a group of thirty years olds from the Portsmouth area. Read more

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSun 30th Jul 2006 ago

Yewbarrow – Sun 30th Jul 2006

Workington Police paged the team to rescue a lady in her early 50’s who had taken a tumble fall on Door Head and sustained an injury to her head. The lady along with her husband and dog were from Yorkshire, they were located high up on Stirrup Crag, about 200 Read more

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSun 30th Jul 2006 ago

Unknown Location – Tue 25th Jul 2006

A telephone call came into the Team Leader via the bar staff at the Wasdale Head Inn. An elderly gentleman walked into the bar and told the bar staff that he had heard a female voice shouting for help in the vicinity of Dore Head. The Team Leader notified the Read more

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsTue 25th Jul 2006 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 22nd Jul 2006

The police paged the team who were already at the Wasdale Head at the fundraising Kern Knotts weekend to rescue a dog who was unable to walk down from Scafell Pike. The dog, a lovely natured 6 and half year old labrador called Prince had badly injured both of his Read more

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSat 22nd Jul 2006 ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Mon 17th Jul 2006

A call came in from a team member who was already on the Scafell Pike descent. A male walker was having difficulty with hi knees on the Brown Tongue descent and was very slowly making his way off the mountain. He was within half a mile from Brackenclose. The struggling Read more

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsMon 17th Jul 2006 ago

Upper Eskdale – Sat 15th Jul 2006

Call out initiated via land line for a change via the police ‘999’ for a rescue at Brotherikeld, Eskdale. Male walker collapsed in the Ling Cove Bridge area of Eskdale. Due to the initial information and the time to hospital / location the decision was made to request the assistance Read more

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsSat 15th Jul 2006 ago

Other Location – Thu 13th Jul 2006

Police contacted the Deputy Team leader to respond to an incident where an elderly man was at the top of a tall tree near the town of Egremont. The police and fire service were in attendance. Having tried their best to talk the gentleman down and failed, and the fire Read more

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsThu 13th Jul 2006 ago

Harter Fell – Tue 11th Jul 2006

Police paged the team with a call for help from a Dutch family. The female walker in her mid fifties was descending from a walk near Harter Fell to Penny Hill farm when she slipped on the path fracturing her left ankle and dislocating a finger in her hand. Her Read more

By Jon Lynch, 19 yearsTue 11th Jul 2006 ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 25th Jun 2006

Call form the Police regarding a party of 5 males (all in their 20’s) reported long overdue on the 3 peaks. The informant had dropped them in Wasdale and driven round to Langdale to pick them up, leaving them 4 hours to complete their route – Sty Head, Esk Hawse, Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSun 25th Jun 2006 ago

Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Sat 24th Jun 2006

Police paged the team to respond to a mobile phone ‘999’ from an informant on the corridor route. A 44 year old male had fallen over a boulder on the summit of Scafell Pike and had been reported as having injuries to his face and a possible limb injury. The Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSat 24th Jun 2006 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 17th Jun 2006

Call from Workington Police reporting a 44 yr old male with a “serious knee injury” on Scafell Pike. The informant turned out to be marshalling a large group of 3 Peakers at the NT car park, end of the lake. He didn’t know the exact location of the casualty or Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSat 17th Jun 2006 ago

Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Tue 23rd May 2006

Call initiated via mobile phone to the police, female with an ankle injury in the Hollow Stone area. Casualty was located approximately 100m below the Woolworth Boulder on the side of the path and after initial treatment stretchered down to Bracken Close. She was taken by ambulance to the West Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsTue 23rd May 2006 ago

Broad Crag – Wed 17th May 2006

A party of three staying in Eskdale drove to Borrowdale in order to walk up Scafell Pike. Initial callout information suggested they were lost on Scafell Pike. Incorrect GPS information revised this, suggesting they were near the plateau on Ill Crag. Actual location was near Broad Crag.First call was at Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsWed 17th May 2006 ago

Scafell Pike – Fri 28th Apr 2006

A call was received from Whitehaven police to assist with a search for a 39 year old lost walker between the Three Shires Stones (Wrynose Pass) and Scafell Pike. He was due to meet his friend there but had not turned up. Wasdale were to support Langdale Ambleside and cover Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsFri 28th Apr 2006 ago

Wasdale – Fri 28th Apr 2006

The Team received a telephone call from the Wasdale Head Hotel to assist with transporting a coach load of Brownies. The coach was transporting 20 Brownies and their leaders from Workington to the Old School in Eskdale. The driver did not know the road ended up at Wasdale Head. When Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsFri 28th Apr 2006 ago

Pillar – Tue 25th Apr 2006

The Team committee were paged by the police to respond to a call for assistance on Pillar. Two male walkers in their 40’s had phoned a local pub in Gosforth at 8.15 p.m. to advise that they were just about to descend off Pillar. They had not turned up later Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsTue 25th Apr 2006 ago

Other Location – Fri 21st Apr 2006

The Wasdale and Keswick teams were called out by the Langdale Ambleside team to provide additional search groups for two missing boys aged 14 and 16 years. They had been last seen at 2.30 p.m. when they left their parents to search for a missing dog. The Wasdale Team were Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsFri 21st Apr 2006 ago

Netherbeck, Wasdale – Sat 15th Apr 2006

The team were called directly to rescue a local lady in her early 60’s with a broken leg. At first the locations was taken to be Overbeck Buttress on Yewbarrow but subsequently found to be Netherbeck, opposite Overbeck Buttress on the Middle Fell side of the river. The response was Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSat 15th Apr 2006 ago

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