Incidents

Scafell Pike – Tue 17th Oct 2017

Earlier this evening we were contacted after a walker was reported overdue from a walk up Scafell Pike from Langdale. As the team leader was gathering information the walker turned up.

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Sty Head – Tue 17th Oct 2017

The team alerted this morning after a group of walkers found a lone male exhausted by Sty Head stretcher box. Due to the location we passed this over to our Keswick colleagues who with assistance from Cockermouth brought him off the hill.

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Straight Gill, Lingmell – Sun 15th Oct 2017

The team was called in the early hours of Sunday for a report of a walker overdue from a trip up Scafell Pike. A search started at first light and when the walker was not found in the first few hours the effort was ramped up with search groups from Read more

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Fri 13th Oct 2017

Team called yesterday evening for a group of walkers who reported themselves lost, near to the Corridor Route on Scafell Pike. They had just managed to regained the path as the team leader made contact. (Having tried to self rescue for a couple of hours) Directions and advice was given Read more

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Adam-a-Crag, Crinkle Crags – Mon 9th Oct 2017

We were alerted to a small group of walkers lost on the Eskdale side of Crinkle Crags, with the location determined from the Lat and Long on their phone. Early indications suggest they were in difficult ground and combined with the very poor visibility they may require more than verbal Read more

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Napes, Great Gable – Sun 8th Oct 2017

Team called by NWAS about a walker who had fallen whilst on the climbers traverse path on Great Gable, near Napes Needle and sustained a fractured wrist. The team had a number of members away at various training events and with a possible stretcher carry needed we called our colleagues Read more

By Jon Lynch, 9 years ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 7th Oct 2017

As we were walking off from the second incident we were called again by Police about 2 walkers who had also separated from their group and become lost somewhere between Scafell Pike Summit and Great End. It was initially difficult to re-contact them but eventually with help from SARLOC they Read more

By Jon Lynch, 9 yearsSun 8th Oct 2017 ago

Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Sat 7th Oct 2017

Whilst we were walking off from the previous job we were called again by Police about 2 walkers who had split off from a larger group and become lost, somewhere on Scafell Pike. One also reported they had hurt their leg and were struggling to walk. As we were dealing Read more

By Jon Lynch, 9 years ago

Lingmell Beck – Sat 7th Oct 2017

We were called by Police about a walker who was reported to have slipped and injured their arm somewhere near the crossing on Lingmell Gill. We went to the location indicated and also checked adjacent paths and the Wasdale Head Inn but could not find any trace of the casualty Read more

By Jon Lynch, 9 years ago

Hardknott Pass – Fri 6th Oct 2017

We were called by Police about a walker who was reported missing after going to look for their dog and did not return. Fortunately all were reunited before we needed to respond.

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Scafell – Thu 5th Oct 2017

We were called by Police about reports of a walker who had collapsed and was no longer breathing on the summit of Scafell. We responded with a full callout and Great North Air Ambulance and the coastguard helicopter from Prestwick were also dispatched. The coastguard helicopter arrived on scene first Read more

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Sat 30th Sep 2017

The team was called again for a group of 4 walkers who had become lost whilst descending Scafell Pike. It was difficult to make phone contact with them and their location was far from certain when the search started but they were located reasonably quickly on the Piers Gill path Read more

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 30th Sep 2017

We were called by Police about 2 walkers who phoned the Woolpack Inn to say they were lost whilst walking on either Scafell Pike or Scafell. They phoned in around an hour later to say they’d met other walkers and no longer needed any assistance.

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Millom – Sat 30th Sep 2017

We were called by our colleagues in Duddon Team to support them and a wider Lake District MR response to flooding in Millom. A ‘Cloud Burst’ had travelled through the town and a number of properties were flooded. In view of the possible size of the incident the regional incident Read more

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Scafell Pike – Tue 26th Sep 2017

We were called by Police about a group of 4 walkers, one of whom had an ankle injury, reporting themselves lost whilst descending Scafell Pike. With help from Sarloc they were located on Rough Crag. A team member on the fell helped get them walking and they were then joined Read more

By John Bamforth, 9 yearsThu 28th Sep 2017 ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 24th Sep 2017

We were called by Police about a group of 4 walkers reporting themselves lost whilst descending Scafell Pike, probably in Eskdale. Given the good over night weather and lack of precise position it was decided to leave them until the morning and see if they made their own way out, Read more

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 23rd Sep 2017

We were called again by Police about 2 more walkers who were on the summit of Scafell Pike but struggling to find the way down. A mountain leader guiding another party on the mountain kindly offered to walk the pair down so that we did not need to respond. Many Read more

By John Bamforth, 9 yearsThu 28th Sep 2017 ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 23rd Sep 2017

We were called by Police about 2 walkers reporting themselves lost whilst descending Scafell Pike. Given the number of incidents being dealt with this was passed to our colleagues in Duddon & Furness Team, but Wasdale members on the other job continued to look for both parties. Despite the best Read more

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

Boat How – Sat 23rd Sep 2017

We were called by Police about a group of walkers, one of whom was struggling to walk due to taking illicit drugs. They were located on Boat How near Burnmoor tarn and after a quick medical assessment were walked back to Boot in Eskdale.

By John Bamforth, 9 yearsThu 28th Sep 2017 ago

Eskdale – Sat 23rd Sep 2017

We were called by NWAS about a walker who was reported to be unresponsive on the stepping stones at St Catherine’s Church in Boot, Eskdale. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of Paramedics on scene he did not survive and are thoughts are with his family.

By John Bamforth, 9 years ago

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