Incidents

Broad Crag – Tue 25th Oct 2005

Call from Workington Police regarding father and 15 yr old daughter lost on Scafell Pike. The father had rung for assistance from their mobile phone and was on steep, rocky ground, having lost the path. Contact was established by phone and from his description the team leader took it that Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsTue 25th Oct 2005 ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 23rd Oct 2005

Telephone call from the police to respond to a ‘999’ call from a group of four walkers from the Bristol area who had walked the Corridor Route up the top of Scafell Pike and then made a navigational error and descended via the south side of Scafell Pike and down Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSun 23rd Oct 2005 ago

Esk Hause – Sat 22nd Oct 2005

Telephone call from the police to assist a group of four adult walkers who were tired and overdue following their walk up to Scafell Pike. They had descended into Eskdale and were making their way back up towards Esk Hause. Their location was Knotts of the Tongue (bottom of crags Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSat 22nd Oct 2005 ago

Lingmell – Fri 21st Oct 2005

Telephone call from the police to search for two missing walkers in the Scafell Pike area. The couple in their late thirties had left earlier that day and had been lost on the tops. The cloud was down to Mickledore ridge. They contacted the team by mobile phone to say Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsFri 21st Oct 2005 ago

Gavel Neese, Great Gable – Sun 9th Oct 2005

A walker raised the alarm at Wasdale Head reporting that a 60 year old male walker had collapsed on Gavel Neese, Great Gable with hypothermia. He had been found by a group of walkers near the bottom of the wall on Gavel Knees, down by the side of Gable Beck. Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSun 9th Oct 2005 ago

Mosedale – Thu 6th Oct 2005

Pager message from Workington Police regarding lost walkers. Three walkers hade been doing the Mosedale Horseshoe and after completing Pillar had made a navigation error in the mist where the path forks on the ascent of Red Pike. They were called on their mobile by the team leader and their Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsThu 6th Oct 2005 ago

Scafell Pike – Mon 26th Sep 2005

Telephone call from the police to respond to a ‘999’ from a mobile phone. 4 male walkers had walked from the Wasdale valley bottom to the top of Scafell Pike. One of their party had sustained an injury to his leg. They had met up with another party of four Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsMon 26th Sep 2005 ago

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Thu 22nd Sep 2005

Telephone call direct from one of the Wasdale team members who lives at Wasdale Head. A 40 yrold male was long overdue from Scafell Pike. His wife was the informant and was waiting at the Green. She had news that he’d been seen at the summit at about 3pm. He Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsThu 22nd Sep 2005 ago

Unknown Location – Tue 20th Sep 2005

Direct call from the owner of the Wasdale Head Inn. He had very concerned parents who were waiting for their sonto turn up from a walk and thought he was long overdue. The missing person was a 47 yr old male, walking alone and setting off from Buttermere (Gatesgarth from Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsTue 20th Sep 2005 ago

Scafell Pike – Mon 19th Sep 2005

The team were called by the police to respond to a long overdue pair of walkers. A Father and son, late 50’s and late 20’s, had left Carlisle at 9:00 hrs to climb Scafell Pike from Seathwaite. They had started their climb at 10:30 hrs and were still not back Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsMon 19th Sep 2005 ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 18th Sep 2005

The team leader was called by Workington Police regarding a group of 3 peakers who were lost on the Pike. Their initial information was:- no injuries involved the weather had turned bad it was dark and cloudy they didn’t have food or drinks they didn’t have adequate waterproofs Initially they Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSun 18th Sep 2005 ago

Eskdale – Mon 12th Sep 2005

The team were paged by Workington Police regarding a lady in her 50’s with a suspected broken ankle. Her location was given as high up next to the second gill, Hardknott Fell on the Eskdale side. When more details were known, the lady was not a walker but from one Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsMon 12th Sep 2005 ago

Gavel Neese, Great Gable – Thu 8th Sep 2005

The team were called to assist a lady in her early 20’s who had slipped on Gavel Neese on the way up Great Gable, approximately 200 meters above the intake wall on the path to Beck Head. The young lady had a previous back injury and during the fall had Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsThu 8th Sep 2005 ago

Scafell Pike – Tue 30th Aug 2005

The police called out the team to search for three overdue walkers, a 50 year old plus two teenagers. They had set off from Langdale at 1.30 pm to climb Scafell Pike and had not returned. The acting team leader called in Langdale Ambleside to carry out a the search Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsTue 30th Aug 2005 ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 28th Aug 2005

The police received a ‘999’ call from three walkers who had set off from Ben Nevis on the Saturday and eventually got to Wasdale Head at 3.00 am, slept in their car until 7.30 am then set out to climb Scafell Pike. They became lost on the summit plateau in Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSun 28th Aug 2005 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 27th Aug 2005

Call from the police to search for a missing 41 year old walker who was participating in the three peaks challenge with his 15 colleagues. They had already climbed Snowdon and were making their way up the Pike from Brackenclose when the missing gentleman decided to press on ahead of Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSat 27th Aug 2005 ago

Bad Step, Corridor Route – Sat 27th Aug 2005

The police called the team to attend to a walker who was suffering a panic attack on the rock step, Corridor down from Scafell Pike. The walker along with his/her group of eight was ‘crag fast’ so a small group of four team members who were already at the Head Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSat 27th Aug 2005 ago

Upper Eskdale – Wed 24th Aug 2005

The police called the team to search for two walkers who had been missing overnight. They had set off at midnight to climb Scafell Pike as a three peaks challenge. Conditions on the fell had been very poor the previous night with weather warnings, 60 mph winds and very heavy Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsWed 24th Aug 2005 ago

Lords Rake, Scafell – Mon 8th Aug 2005

The police called the team out to a male walker who was reported to be injured on Scafell. The accident was reported by passing walkers who had heard the shouts for help and whistles. He along with another three or four walkers were descending or ascending west wall traverse by Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsMon 8th Aug 2005 ago

St Bees Head – Sat 6th Aug 2005

The police called the team out to attend to a lady in her 50’s with a broken ankle on the St. Bees Head path. The husband and wife from Wigan were up in the Lake District for the weekend. They were walking along the path between St. Bees Head and Read more

By Jon Lynch, 20 yearsSat 6th Aug 2005 ago

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