Incidents

Mosedale – Wed 21st Apr 2004

Not an incident as such but could be classed as a proactive team response under the category of incident prevention.1130 hrs a large party of children had been dropped off at Wasdale Head and set off up Mosedale – they appeared ill equipped but no action was taken apart from Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsWed 21st Apr 2004 ago

Crinkle Crags – Wed 14th Apr 2004

Or should that be 13th April……Three men were going to camp at Sprinkling Tarn and were en route via the bad step on Crinkle Crags. One of them decided to bypass the step by going over Long Top, whilst the other two carried on up the step. They were meant Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsWed 14th Apr 2004 ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 11th Apr 2004

Telephone call form Workington Police reporting two men, in their early twenties, overdue form a walk up the Corridor route and onto Scafell Pike. The team were already mobilised (see previous incident) so there was a search of the car parks at Wasdale and the Police checked car parks on Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSun 11th Apr 2004 ago

Scafell – Sun 11th Apr 2004

Call received from Workington Police concerning a party of “3 Peakers” who had just come down off Scafell Pike and had heard shouts for help coming from the Rake End area of Scafell. They were all convinced the shouts were human although they hadn’t established any form of communication (no Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSun 11th Apr 2004 ago

Unknown Location – Sat 3rd Apr 2004

Workington Police put out a pager message regarding an incident. A request had come in from a concerned partner about a male walker from the Midlands who was walking / camping in the Lake District. The team leader took the call and after assessing the circumstances, discussing the details with Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSat 3rd Apr 2004 ago

Ill Crag – Sun 28th Mar 2004

The Team Leader received a call from the Keswick team to assist in the search for two walkers who had become benighted on the top of Great End and had requested help using their mobile phone. The Keswick team thought they may need to search along the ridge towards Broad Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSun 28th Mar 2004 ago

Upper Eskdale – Wed 10th Mar 2004

The police received a ‘999’ call from a mobile phone to raise the alarm for a 38 year old male walker who had collapsed exhausted on a walk involving Scafell Pike. The alarm was raised by his brother who had left the casualty in order to obtain a mobile phone Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsWed 10th Mar 2004 ago

Wastwater Screes – Wed 10th Mar 2004

The team were called to respond to a mobile phone ‘999’ call from three male walkers who had become cragfast on the Wastwater Screes. From information received, they were initially thought to be located slightly above the lakeside path. A limited callout was put into motion and a group of Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsWed 10th Mar 2004 ago

Angle Tarn – Wed 10th Mar 2004

The police paged the team just after midnight to look for a missing walker assumed lost somewhere between Wasdale and Langdale. A male in his mid-twenties had left Wasdale Youth Hostel to walk to Langdale Youth Hostel. He had failed to turn up. His route was not known.Wasdale MRT, Keswick Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsWed 10th Mar 2004 ago

Other Location – Wed 3rd Mar 2004

The team were called to support the Whitehaven Police who were urgently looking for a young 18 yr old girl with a medical problem who had collapsed somewhere in the town. Her location was unkown but the Police were in contact with her by mobile phone. By the time the Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsWed 3rd Mar 2004 ago

Allen Crags – Wed 4th Feb 2004

The Wasdale Team Leader was called by the police at 1730 hrs. following a ‘999’ mobile phone call from four male walkers in their forties. They were lost on the ridge following their return from doing Scafell Pike and just ‘needed some directions’. They had set off that day from Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsWed 4th Feb 2004 ago

Callout 04 in 2004

The team were called by the police to respond to a call for help from a male walker in his early 60’s who had slipped and injured his ankle whilst walking on the Overbeck to Dorehead path. He was found by a passing walker who used his mobile phone to Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSat 17th Jan 2004 ago

Callout 03 in 2004

The team were called by the police to respond to a call from the Borrowdale YHA. A male walker in his late 30s had set off from Seathwaite at 0900 hrs that morning to climb Scafell Pike and had not returned. Wasdale, Keswick, Duddon & Furness plus six SARDA dog Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsTue 23rd Dec 2003 ago

Callout 02 in 2004

The team were called to respond to a ‘999’ call and rescue a local male hunt follower who had collapsed whilst following the local hunt, high on the fells above Mitredale. When the team arrived on scene, his fellow colleagues had been trying hard for some time to revive him Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsSat 6th Dec 2003 ago

Callout 01 in 2004

A number of calls reported to the police regarding 6 flashing lights on Lingmel (distress signal). Very windy evening. A small group was sent out to investigate but no further lights seen, no cars in car park. Team stood down at 2030 hrs. Well intentioned false alarm. This rescue took Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 21 yearsMon 1st Dec 2003 ago

2003 Rescue 54

Called in to support Langdale & Ambleside MRT (LAMRT) to search the Scafell range for a missing father and son long overdue. Their car was in the Langdale Valley and they had set off early the previous day from Burnley to climb Scafell Pike. They were ill equipped with no Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 22 yearsThu 30th Oct 2003 ago

2003 Rescue 52

Call from the Police at 0900 hrs. A female informant at the Eskdale YHA, had taken a walk up Scafell while her friend was going to do a low level walk in the valley. The friend hadn’t turned up and was long overdue… 51 yr old female, only lightly equipped Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 22 yearsWed 15th Oct 2003 ago

2003 Rescue 51

The police were called by a group of four lady fell walkers who were looking for advice on whether to proceed to Ennerdale. They had started their walk in Eskdale, walked across to Wasdale and proceeded up Yewbarrow, red Pike and were on their way across to Pillar via Wind Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 22 yearsSat 11th Oct 2003 ago

2003 Rescue 53

Workington police paged the team leader concerning a walker with a broken ankle at Styhead. There was some discussion with Keswick team who were also called out to a similar incident. There had been two reports from the fell of what at first appeared to be two separate incidents. When Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 22 yearsSat 11th Oct 2003 ago

2003 Rescue 50

A 22 yr old male scrambler had started up the front of Bell Rib on Yewbarrow when he tumble fell around 10 meters injuring his femur. He was on his own but managed to call the police on his mobile phone. The fracture was serious as it was at the Read more…

By Jon Lynch, 22 yearsThu 2nd Oct 2003 ago

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