Incidents – Page 73 – Wasdale Mountain Rescue

Lingmell Beck – Tue 3rd Nov 2015

We were called by Police about 2 walkers reporting themselves lost between Lingmell and Sty Head. It was only possible for the walkers to talk to Police via 999 calls on their phone poor signal. Between us and Police we managed to locate the walkers close to Lingmell Beck, which Read more

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Scafell Pike – Sun 1st Nov 2015

The fifth call in 24 hours was regarding a group of 12 lost on Scafell Pike. We gave them some time to find themselves and they did, resulting in no action from the team.

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Red Pike – Sat 31st Oct 2015

Whilst search for the lost people on Scafell Pike was underway we received another call, this time for an experienced 80 year old male who was very overdue from a walk up Red pike. The team started a search (again supported by Duddon and Furness MRT) but thankfully he turned Read more

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 31st Oct 2015

As we were returning from the Langdale assist we received a 999 from a female who was lost somewhere on Scafell Pike with an 11 year old male. A large search was organised, including asking Duddon and Furness MRT to cover Upper Eskdale. The team located them near Lingmell Beck Read more

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Gimmer Crag, Langdale – Sat 31st Oct 2015

We provided some support to Langdale MRT (who were having a VERY busy day) on Gimmer Crag with a seriously injured female casualty, thankfully as we arrived the helicopter managed to evacuate the patient.

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Scafell Pike – Sat 31st Oct 2015

Team contacted by Cumbria Police at 05:30 with regards to a father and son team who had failed to return from a walk up Scafell Pike. The police carried out some initial checks of car parks and found their vehicle in Eskdale. The team leader managed to contact the pair Read more

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Blea Tarn, Eskdale – Sat 24th Oct 2015

We were called by NWAS about a male walker who had injured his lower leg / ankle whilst walking next to Blea Tarn in Eskdale. He was treated on scene by a team doctor then carried down in the stretcher to a waiting ambulance. Incident closed 18:30. 10 WMRT involved.

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Fri 23rd Oct 2015

We were called by Police about a group of 5 walkers who reported themselves lost whilst walking on Scafell Pike. Using SARLOC and speaking with the party the team leader determined they were in the ground between Piers Gill and Lingmell and gave them directions back to the wall where Read more

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Fri 23rd Oct 2015

We were called by Police about a group of 3 walkers who reported themselves lost whilst walking on Scafell Pike. Using Sarloc and speaking with the party the team leader determined they were near the head of Piers Gill. They were given directions to get back to the path and Read more

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Green How, Scafell – Sat 17th Oct 2015

We were called by Police about 2 walkers and a dog who reported themselves lost after an attempt to climb Scafell Pike. After some discussions with the team leader and scouting by another team member looking for lights it was determined the lost people were on Green How on Scafell. Read more

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Eskdale – Wed 14th Oct 2015

We were called by NWAS to assist with a casualty with a medical problem in near Boot in Eskdale. Before we arrived NWAS paramedics and first responders managed to move the casualty into the ambulance and we stood down.

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Scafell Pike – Mon 5th Oct 2015

The team was contacted about a pair of walkers who may have been overdue from Scafell Pike. They were given time to turn up, which they did.

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Cleator Moor – Sat 3rd Oct 2015

The team was called out to search for a missing person in the Cleator Moor area. We were stood down whilst on our way.

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Wastwater Screes – Sat 3rd Oct 2015

The team was called out to help 2 walkers who had become stuck on the Wasdale Screes path. They were helped back to their car with the aid of the new team boat, this being the first time it has been used on a rescue. Short video clip of the Read more

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Pillar – Fri 2nd Oct 2015

We were contacted by Police about a walker reported overdue from a trip to Pillar. She arrived back under her own steam before we needed to make any response.

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Eskdale – Thu 1st Oct 2015

We were called by NWAS about a male suffering from chest pain near to Boot in Eskdale. We responded but just before arriving were notified paramedics were already on scene and able to deal with the incident so we stood down. 12 WMRT involved.

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Greta Gill, Scafell Pike – Sun 20th Sep 2015

We were called by Police for a walker with a leg injury. Initially this was believed to be near Sty Head Tarn and the Keswick team were also called. A further 999 call was made by a member of the public which helped to place the incident nearer to Piers Read more

By Jon Lynch, 11 yearsMon 21st Sep 2015 ago

Eden Valley – Fri 18th Sep 2015

The team was called out as part of a multi-agency response to search for a missing person in the Eden Valley. Read more from Penrith MRT’s facebook page: The team have just returned from the search for Yvonne Mullen in the area surrounding Crosby Ravensworth. Sadly a body… Posted by Read more

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Great Gable – Wed 16th Sep 2015

We were called by the Police about 2 walkers who reported themselves cragfast whilst descending from Great Gable to Beck Head. On phoning them back they had regained the path and were able to continue on their way.

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago

Lingmell – Sat 12th Sep 2015

The second group we were called out to help were on the north side of Lingmell. They managed to self rescue whilst we were en-route.

By Jon Lynch, 11 years ago