Incidents

Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT

Scafell Pike – Sun 4th Dec 2016

We were called by Police about a group of 6 walkers reporting themselves benighted on top of Scafell Pike and needing assistance to get back down to the valley. A small team was sent up to provide torches, warm clothing and escort them back down to the valley. It has Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 5th Nov 2016

The team was called out with Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team and Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team to search for five missing members of a very large group on Scafell Pike. They were found just before midnight by Keswick team members near the footbridge below Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Hardknott Pass – Fri 28th Oct 2016

We were called by our colleagues in Langdale Team to help look for and then assist a driver reported to be in difficulty between Wrynose and Hardknott Pass. He was found on the Eskdale side of Hardknott Pass and assisted back into the valley.
By Jon Lynch, ago

Upper Eskdale – Fri 21st Oct 2016

We were called by Police about a walker reporting himself lost after descending Scafell Pike, probably somewhere in Eskdale. It was difficult to obtain more precise information on his whereabouts until his Girlfriend rang in to say she was tracking him on the ‘Find my iPhone’ app and had a Read more…
By Jon Lynch, ago

Great Gable – Sat 8th Oct 2016

We were called by Police about a group of 10 reporting themselves stuck on scree whilst descending Great Gable. By the time the team leader phoned them back they had retraced their steps to the top and were making their own way off the mountain.
By Jon Lynch, ago

Eskdale – Wed 28th Sep 2016

We were called by NWAS about a walker who had suffered a leg injury whilst walking on the path from Jubilee Bridge to Harter Fell, in Eskdale. NWAS paramedics were already on scene and treating the walker. The team then carried her down to the waiting ambulance.
By Jon Lynch, ago

Eskdale – Sat 24th Sep 2016

We were called by Police about a group of 13 people reported overdue from a walk in Eskdale. It turned out they were just taking their time to get off the mountain and they made their own way down without team assistance.
By Jon Lynch, ago