Birker Fell – Sat 4th Feb 2012
The team were called out to assist stranded motorists on the Birker Fell road. A limited callout was made and three cars were escorted down safely.
Incidents
Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT
Dent Fell – Sat 28th Jan 2012
The team were called out by the police to attend a man who had collapsed in Uldale, behind Dent Fell. The casualty was air-lifted to hospital by a Sea King from RAF Boulmer.
Lingmell Col, Scafell Pike – Sun 22nd Jan 2012
The team were called out by the police to assist a female fell walker with a suspected broken ankle. She was descending from the summit of Scafell Pike when she suffered a stumble fall just above Lingmell Col. One of our team leaders, who was already on the fell, gave Read more
Hardknott Pass – Sat 14th Jan 2012
The Team were called by the police to investigate a call from members of the public who had become stuck on an icy road travelling from St Bees to Kendal. After some detective work the likely location seemed to be Hard Knott Pass. A small group took a Team Landrover to investigate Read more
Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Fri 6th Jan 2012
The team were called by the Police for a single walker who was lost in the Hollowstones area whilst descending Scafell Pike. A limited callout was made and eleven team members headed up to find him. We used the GPS on his smartphone to get an exact location and then Read more
Piers Gill, Scafell Pike – Fri 30th Dec 2011
Whilst rescuing the injured dog and its owner, the team were called out by the police to search for a 19 year old fell walker who had last been seen around Piers Gill at about 15:00. Descending from Scafell Pike he had become separated from his companion who had descended Read more
Wastwater Screes – Fri 30th Dec 2011
The team were called to assist with an injured dog in the boulder field on the Screes Path. The boat was launched whilst another party travelled on foot from the Pump House. The injured dog was wrapped in a vacuum mattress and then the two dogs, and their owner were Read more
Black Sail Pass – Thu 29th Dec 2011
The team leader was alerted by a member of staff from the Wasdale Head to a female who had been blown over on Black Sail pass. As a team member at the Wasdale Head Inn was gathering information the party had made their own way back to wasdale for onward Read more
Scafell Pike – Sat 26th Nov 2011
The team were contacted by the police for a young couple from Derby who were lost close to the summit of Scafell Pike in poor visibility. Their position was determined from a smartphone and a total of nine team members went on the fell in wet and windy conditions. The Read more
Lords Rake, Scafell – Tue 22nd Nov 2011
Call came in from the Wasdale Head Inn to the Team leader regarding a Parapentor who had crash landed at the top of Lord’s Rake on Scafell. He was very lucky and able to walk back down the mountain but had left his paraglider on the crag. His  plans were to Read more
River Ehen – Sun 13th Nov 2011
The team assisted Cumbria Police in recovering a body on the river Ehen at Egremont. 18 team members attended.
Scafell Pike – Sat 5th Nov 2011
A pair of walkers dialed 999 after becoming lost on Scafell Pike. The duty team leader had several broken conversations with them by mobile phone, due to poor reception. Eventually they reached Lingmell Col and made their own way down to Wasdale Head. It is worth noting that setting off Read more
Scafell Pike – Sun 6th Nov 2011
The team received a call from the police to respond to a fell walker near the summit of Scafell Pike who had tripped and suffered lacerations to her leg and head. Several team members who were already on the fell attended and gave casualty care before the casualty was evacuated Read more
Scafell Pike – Wed 26th Oct 2011
We were contacted by Keswick team regarding 2 people who had started their walk at Seathwaite but were now understood to be heading to Wasdale from Scafell Pike and struggling due to the darkness and uncertainty in their position. Following further phone calls it was established they were descending the Brown Tongue path heading for Read more
Upper Eskdale – Tue 25th Oct 2011
Team called by police for three lost walkers on Scafell Pike. Conditions were poor with “white down” (mist) and they were afriad of getting lost, unable to make their way back to their car in Seathwaite. The call to the police from their mobile was cut short before all details could be collected. The Read more
Burnmoor, Eskdale – Mon 24th Oct 2011
The team were contacted by the Police for a female fell walker who had sustained a broken leg in the Burnmoor tarn area. One member of the family group of five had needed to descended to Boot some 45 minutes away to raise the alarm as there was no mobile Read more
Scafell Pike – Mon 24th Oct 2011
The team was contact by Cumbria Police at 06:17 for a group of two who were reported overdue from their attempt at the 3 Peaks Challenge on Scafell Pike. The pair were dropped of near to the Wasdale head at around 23:18 on the 23/10/2011 and set out to do Read more
Scafell Pike – Sun 23rd Oct 2011
Team called by police regarding two overdue male walkers. A party of nine Dutch walkers had set off in two groups to climb Scafell Pike. Two male walkers in their early twenties had failed to turn up at Brackenclose at midday so by 2.00 p.m. the group became concerend and called Read more
Stanley Ghyll, Eskdale – Sun 23rd Oct 2011
The team were called out to attend a 42 year old female walker with a suspected back injury sustained whilst in the Stanley Ghyll area of Eskdale.  The alarm had been raised by a passing walker.  Whilst the team were mobilising further information came through that the they were able to make their Read more
Upper Eskdale – Sat 15th Oct 2011
The team were contacted by a pair of fell walkers who called 999 after being benighted. They gave a description of their location that suggested they were next to the river Esk in Upper Eskdale. A limited callout was made and a team of five headed up Eskdale. The two Read more