News

The team’s only remaining search dog, Ollie, died recently after a short illness. He was 9 years old. For at least the last 35 years the team has always had one or more search dogs, and between them, they have Read more

In the New Year honours, Mike Greene has been awarded an MBE for services to health and to the community in Whitehaven. On behalf of the team I would like to pass our congratulations onto him for all he has Read more

Thanks to Joe Beaumont and My Tri Events for £300 of fundraising. Joe suffered a major medical trauma in 2011 and the team was involved in his rescue. You can read about his road to recovery here www.joebeaumont.com.

Team Leader Paul Cook has analysed last year’s incident statistics. You can read his report here.

Last weekend the team attended the Wasdale Show. Mike summed it up on Facebook with: Excellent day at the Wasdale Head show! We welcomed Joe Beaumont across the finish line and thanked him for his amazing effort cycling across England! Read more

The following is a copy of Mark Ollis’ blog post written about the lighting of the Paralympic flame on the summit of Scafell Pike Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were approached to accompany the party and arrange professional mountain guides with Read more

A group of family and friends of Lee Jones have been raising funds for the team following Lee’s tragic accident last winter. In recognition of the outstanding effort of the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team, the family and friends of Lee Read more

On Wednesday 27th of June a group of team members were presented with a cheque for five hundred pounds by Sellafield Limited. This was a donation to mark one million hours worked without a lost time accident. This money will Read more