2010 incident 40(a)
Team asked to call Whitehaven Police for an incident. Following discussion the incident was stood down with no further action necessary.
Incidents
Details of Incidents Attended by WMRT
2010 incident 40
Callout for a walker with possible Hypothermia on the summit of Scafell Pike. The two walkers, brother and sister, were very cold, wet and shivering and lost. Weather was wet and windy with mist down to low level. Despite reasoning with them, the female refused to move. They were sheltering Read more
2010 incident 39
Call from the police to assist a male who was suffering from violent sickness and stomach cramps and unable to continue. The two males had left Boot with the intention of walking back to Langdale via Scafell and Scafell Pike. The casualty was taken ill on the Hardrigg Gill path Read more
Scafell Pike – Mon 5th Jul 2010
Call came in from the Police for three 18/19 yr olds on the Three Peaks Challenge. They were on their way up at the Mickledore Stretcher box and were seeking reassurance as to where they were. They were contacted by the Incident Leader who put them on the right bearing Read more
Scafell Pike – Sun 4th Jul 2010
Call came into the Police for a walkers incident on the Pike. By 9.25 a.m. sufficient information had been gathered to stand down the team. Note: Weather warning in force for heavy rain and gale force winds. Previous evening, whilst returning from incident 38 there were significant numbers of three Read more
2010 incident 38
Call came into the Police for an injured walker near Styhead. A group of four from Worcester had set off earlier in the day from Seathwaite and were descending Scafell Pike via the Corridor Route. One of the party, a lady in her early 40’s had sustained a knee injury Read more
2010 incident 37(b)
Call came into the Police for two lost walkers Scafell Pike. They managed to get themselves off the mountain with help over the phone. Incident stood down as the lost walkers had turned up safe and well before any decision was required to mobilise the team. Incident closed at 9.50 Read more
2010 incident 37(a)
Call came into the Police for three missing walkers on Scafell Pike. They turned up safe and well before any decision was required to mobilise the team. Incident closed at 7.40 a.m.
2010 incident 37
Call came into the Police for missing walkers from a concerned wife who phoned in from the farmhouse at Cockley Beck. The group included a 61 year old with diabetes along with two 23 yr olds. They were overdue at Cockley Beck coming down from Scafell Pike, presumably lost somewhere Read more
2010 incident 36(b)
Call came into the Police from group of 10 walkers who had become lost in Great Moss, Upper Eskdale. The Team Leader decided to wait until 10.00 p.m. before considering further action. At 10.08 the lost walkers managed to get themselves off the mountain and back down to the road. Read more
2010 incident 36
Cumbria Police called out the team to recover the body of a 71 year old male walker who had been found by walkers below Great Napes Crags in the gulley between Sphinx and Arrowhead Ridge. He had sustained fatal injuries after falling around 20 to 30 metres. He had been Read more
Scafell Pike – Thu 10th Jun 2010
Call to the police for overdue three peakers. The three walkers had set off from Seathwaite at 4.30 a.m. They were scheduled to be down by 9.00 a.m. Their driver had waited until 11.00 a.m. before deciding to callout mountain rescue. The decision was made to wait until 12.00 midday Read more
2010 incident 35
Call from Ambulance Control for MRT assistance. A male walker in his early 50’s had fallen and sustained a dislocated shoulder. Team members were airlifted to the cloud base on Lingmel Col by the Great North Air Ambulance and made there way up to the incident site, some 50m above Read more
2010 incident 34(b)
A ‘999’ call came in from a wife of an overdue walker on Scafell Pike. He was well equipped and had no medical history. Police checked the campsite where his wife thought he was staying and he was found there. Incident closed at 11.48 p.m.
2010 incident 34(a)
An informant at Wasdale National Trust campsite reported seeing flashing lights on the Scafells. Leaders investigated the sightings but stood the incident down at 00.12 a.m. It became clear that the lights were unlikely to be a distress signal and were likely to be people walking off the hill in Read more
2010 incident 34
Team called out by Police to assist with the search operations following the fatal shootings in Cumbria. Around 200 MRT members from across Cumbria, South Scotland, North East England and North West England were called in to assist Wasdale. Search dogs from as far away as Glencoe were brought in Read more
2010 incident 33
Mobile phone call to the police from an informant with an 18 yr old male who was suffering from severe dehydration on Scafell Pike. 15 team members attended but as the team were on their way another call came in to say that he was now moving down the mountain. Read more
2010 incident 32
Mobile phone call to the police from a walker who had heard shouts for help from the area below Lingmel Crags. Subsequent calls confirmed that there was a genuine person in difficulty. Full call out and 19 team members attended. Before the team could get to the location (Piers Gill), Read more
2010 incident 31
999′ mobile phone call from a climbing party of two on Napes Needle, Great Gable. Male climber in his thirties had fallen and lacerated his upper leg. 18 team members attended. He was given casualty care on scene and marsupial’d down from the base of Napes Needle into the gulley Read more
2010 incident 30(a)
Call came in from Cumbria Police for a heads up on a male at risk. He had arrived in the Wasdale area, made contact with people back home and was at risk. A second call came in from the police at 2.30 p.m. to advise that the missing person had Read more