Cumbria police alerted the team leader of a group of four people attempting the three peaks challenge, they had become lost when descending Scafell Pike. An initial phone find located the group by Piers Gill, a notorious accident black spot. After numerous telephone conversations with the group and 12x subsequent Read more…
Team leader contacted via Cumbria Police after receiving a 999 call from a group of three walkers who were attempting to walk up Scafell Pike. The group were making their way up the Corridor Route from Wasdale and it is believed they reached the “bad step” at Greta Gill. Realising Read more…
The team were called by Cumbria Police after receiving a 999 call from a male acquaintance of a female who had sent him a text stating “Stuck on Great Gable, just a sheer drop with slate underfoot. Send help.” Along with her name and phone number, plus a location pin Read more…
The team were called by Cumbria Police after receiving a 999 call from a lady lost on her descent back to Wasdale (NT car park) from Scafell Pike. Her call had initially been taken by Lancashire Police and she had only been able to give the first word of a Read more…
The call came in for a lady that had slipped and hurt her ankle on the Brown Tongue path just below the path split for Mickledore, she could not walk as a result. Two team members were sent ahead to take control of the situation until the rest of the Read more…
2 males contacted police to say they were at the summit of Scafell Pike but didn’t know how to get down. They were uninjured. They were talked down by phone. They had no map but both had compasses, which made the Team Leader’s task much easier and also made a Read more…
The team leader was alerted after a callers son had failed to return from a walk up Scafell Pike. As the team leader was starting to gathering further information the informant contacted the police to say their son had turned up.
The team leader was alerted by Cumbria Police after a walker reported themselves lost. Using PhoneFind they were able to confirm the walkers location and gave directions. Once they found the stretcher box and the footpath they descended down the hill with a couple of PhoneFind checks to confirm they Read more…
The call came in for two women lost in the Cold fell area. They were cold, wet, totally lost but very apologetic. Following a phone find location and after a few conversations on the phone, a limited call out was initiated to find them. Most team members met up at Read more…
The team was alerted by Cumbria Police this morning for a gentleman and his teenage son who had became lost whilst descending from the summit of Scafell Pike. The pair had become disorientated due to the reduced visibility and the windy conditions and strayed from their desired route. When the Read more…
Team Members were called out by Cumbria Police in search of two lost persons who reported themselves to be lost in poor visibility and in the vicinity of Piers Gill, one of Wasdale’s main accident blackspots. Immediately recognising the potential consequences associated to the difficult ground with that area, the Read more…
The team were called by Cumbria police after a member of the public hear shouts for help. The lost individual subsequently was picked up by another walker and also met up with the informant. The team remained on standby until the party was off the hill.
Last night the team were called by Cumbria Police regarding two walkers reported overdue by their families. As we had limited initial information to go on there was a period of information gathering which resulted in a callout for the team at 01:21hrs to search the paths to Scafell Pike. Read more…
Team called this afternoon by Police about a group of 3 walkers reporting themselves lost whilst trying to descend Scafell Pike. With the location information from the 999 call their position was determined to be on the ridge descending towards Broad Crag Col. The Team Leader provided directions over the Read more…
We were called by Police about a family group who reported they’d become lost due to low cloud whilst descending Scafell Pike. Their position was determined to be on the wall at the top of Piers Gill using PhoneFind. They were given directions to start walking back up the wall Read more…
Team called by Police about a group of 3 walkers reporting themselves stuck whilst descending from Great Gable. With some help from PhoneFind their position was determined to be in the White Napes area. A small team then went on the fell to help escort them down.
We were called by police late last night about a wild camper who had not made contact with his girlfriend as expected. He had intending to camp in the Foxes tarn, Scafell area and walk out today, Monday, having a swim in Wastwater on the way. After a discussion with Read more…
We were called by our colleagues in Cockermouth Team about 2 walkers reporting themselves stuck whilst trying to walk back from Ennerdale. Using PhoneFind it was determined that they were on Tongue How, which is just inside the Wasdale area. A small team went onto the fell to locate the Read more…
We were called by our colleague from Cockermouth Team about 2 walkers who’d become lost whilst descending Great Gable. Using Sarloc The walkers location was determined to be on the Ennerdale Face of Great Gable near Beck Head. A small group of Wasdale Members who’d been supporting the Lingmell Dash Read more…
The team responded to an alert of two walkers who had become lost on difficult ground when the visibility decreased. They were located using PhoneFind and were able to be talked back down to the path on the phone, they could then bring themselves down to the valley. No members Read more…