A call was received from Cumbria Police when a walker was reported significantly overdue. He was planning to visit the waterfalls at Ill Gill on Kirk Fell but had not returned to Wasdale Head when expected. A full callout was made to have sufficient resources to search and rescue from Read more…
A short alert was quickly resolved after a call was received from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had become separated from the rest of their walking party and could not be contacted. They were concerned that they were now lost. However, a PhoneFind was able to confirm their location and then Read more…
The Team Leader was called yesterday by Keswick MRT for some help as they were handling multiple callouts and were slightly short on numbers for stretcher carry from Sty Head. A party of five volunteered to help and were heading down the valley when a further call confirmed that they Read more…
A call was received on Friday evening; two walkers were reporting themselves lost in the mist on their descent from Scafell Pike. The grid reference from the police call put them on Esk Pike. This is in Langdale Ambleside’s area, so a quick handover with them was made and they Read more…
A call was received on Monday evening regarding two walkers who had taken a wrong turn on their descent from Scafell Pike heading for Brackenclose. Recognising some dangerous ground near to Piers Gill and unsure of their location they wisely called for help. An accurate Phonefind put them near Lingmell Read more…
A full callout was initiated on Thursday after a call from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had been ascending Scafell Pike and separated at Lingmell Col when one wanted to make the summit and the other stayed behind. Visibility was poor with mist and rain and with darkness setting in, both Read more…
busy weekend kicked off with a call from Cumbria Police on Saturday afternoon. Two well-prepared walkers had called for assistance as one of the walkers was suffering from a panic attack and was unable to make further progress. A location was obtained from PhoneFind. With no injuries reported, the Team Read more…
After a quiet period of over three weeks without a callout, a call was received from Cumbria Police. Two walkers had mis-navigated off Scafell Pike summit plateau in misty conditions and ended up beneath Rough Crag. In very cold conditions a full callout was made by the Team Leader, with Read more…
A call was received yesterday about a lone walker who was struggling to make progress with a painful knee injury. A passing walker had stopped to help and made the call. A few minutes later further information was reported with the walker feeling unwell. A team member was already on Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had become disoriented in misty conditions on his descent from Scafell Pike. The Team Leader managed to establish an exact location via Phonefind and was able to confirm that he was now on the correct path. After a brief Read more…
The team was asked to support Penrith MRT in an escalating search from the previous night. Happily, the walker was found well before WMRT deployment onto the fell in the Pennines. A great outcome.
A further call from Cumbria Police was received on Saturday as incident 153 was in progress. A walker has fallen, twisted his leg and sustained a suspected painful dislocated knee. The team arrived quickly and assessed the walker. Pain relief was administered and the injured leg splinted. A short stretcher Read more…
The team was called on Saturday afternoon regarding a walker who had slipped, injured her ankle and was unable to mobilise further. The Team Leader initiated a full callout, and with the injured walker in mist, helicopter support was not possible. Team members made their way to the scene and Read more…
The team was called by Cumbria Police yesterday about a lone walker who had possibly suffered an asthma attack and was becoming hypothermic. He could not walk and conditions were poor with wind, rain, and cold temperatures at his location. The team was quickly called out, with an advance party Read more…
We were called by Cumbria Police about two walkers with a dog reporting themselves soaking wet, cold and lost on Scafell Pike. However the police call coordinates put them on the flanks of Sca Fell above Black Crag. After advice from the Team Leader the walkers continued their descent downhill Read more…
Whilst on the descent with the casualty from incident 96, team members came across two walkers who were in need of our assistance. Both had taken numerous minor falls and were cold and exhausted. They were struggling to make progress and at risk of further falls and more serious injuries. Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had fallen and potentially dislocated her shoulder. Passing walkers had stopped to help. The team was called out and due to the time it would take for the team to reach the casualty Helimed support was also requested. In Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police in the early hours about a party of five walkers who had lost their way on the descent from Scafell Pike to Seathwaite. They had inadequate lighting for a nighttime walk in drizzly conditions. However as there were no injuries, in relatively good Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walking party of four. They had lost their route, having separated from two more experienced walkers, and were cold and wet. They described their location as being at the side of a cliff. The Team Leader was able to make contact Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had taken ill with additional severe cramping in his legs. He was with another walker but only very slow progress was being made from the Scafell Pike summit in poor conditions. A full team callout was made in case Read more…