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updated by one of our supporters To halt the increasing trend of incidents which
are simply requests for a guiding service - Mountain Rescue (England
and Wales) have partnered with Where-Wolf.com. A simple Grid
Reference Finder which will encourage walkers to learn to use a map
and compass see here.
After all the grid reference finder is no use without a map. This initiative
was driven by the Wasdale Team within the Lakes
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charities - many walkers we meet are surprised that there is no
government funding and that all team members are unpaid volunteers -
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10:83 31/12/10 (7.30 a.m.) - Friday
Callout to support Cockermouth MRT in the extended search
for the missing lady who disappeared before Xmas. Six teams were involved
during the day but the missing person was not found. 10 Wasdale MRT
members were involved. Incident support closed later that day. 10:82(a) 24/12/10 (6.23 p.m.) - Friday
Call from the Police to answer a '999' call for help
from a male and female walker who were stuck on the Screes path alongside
Wastwater by the boulder field. The team leader advised on their
position and persuaded them to walk in the right direction. They
managed to walk off the fell to safety and then onto Santon Bridge.
Incident closed later that evening with no requirement for the team to
attend. [NY 15242 04777]
10:82 20/12/10 (3.32 p.m.) - Monday
Call from the Police to respond to a '999' call from
a fallen walker on Great Gable. He was located high on the mountain above
White Napes to the west of Westmoreland Crags with a reported dislocated
knee. Temperatures were well below freezing. Chains were required to
get the team landrovers up the valley. Around 13 team members
attended. A Sea King helicopter was requested and RAF Boulmer
attended. While the team were making their way up Great Gable the Sea King
arrived and winched the casualty on board, taking him to the West Cumberland
Hospital in Whitehaven. The incident was stood down and team members
returned to Gosforth. Incident closed at 6.30 p.m. [NY
2120 10275] 10:81 03/12/10 (2.05 p.m.) - Saturday
'999' call came into the police from a driver who was stuck
in snow. The male and female were initially reported as been stuck on the
slip road to the
Wasdale YHA. The team leader questioned the situation and the police
agreed that there was little advantage in tasking the team and subsequently
withdrew the request. However, a second call came into the police from the
couple who were very concerned, totally lost and unable to identify any
habitation. The team were paged a second time and with this additional
information a limited
callout was conducted and a landrover with chains dispatched up to Wasdale YHA with three team
members on board. However, the stuck vehicle was nowhere to be
found. A back up team of six were also on standby at the base if required. The
police were asked for more information and when their log was finally sent
through, the information put the car on the Birker fell road (some 8 miles from
the initial reported position). The original message that was passed to
the police with accurate grid reference was that they had come off the slip 'pery'
road on their way to the Wasdale Youth Hostel. With this additional information
from the police log the vehicle with male and female occupants
was recovered from their off road position and they were safely escorted back
out of the valley. They were indeed stranded in an extremely remote
location with no lights to walk to, temperatures well below freezing and no
outdoor footwear. Nine team members were involved and the incident was
closed at 7.45 p.m. 10:80 03/12/10 (8.23 p.m.) - Friday
Call to assist the ambulance service following a car
accident near the golf club in Whitehaven. The Ambulance could not get to
the area due to the heavy snow. Two team members living locally managed to
get to the crashed car although when they arrived, the vehicle had already been
left by the driver who was found unhurt and had appeared from behind a
hedge. The incident was stood down at around 9.00 p.m. with a number of
team members having made it to the base at Gosforth through the snow. 10:79(a) 30/11/10 (9.54 p.m.) - Tuesday Call to assist the ambulance service
with an elderly patient. In the end the police provided the manpower and
the team were not needed. No further action necessary. Incident
stood down at 10.15 am 10:79 28/11/10 (10.02 p.m.) - Sunday Call to assist the ambulance service for a male in
his mid-50s at a hotel in Eskdale who was very unwell, having had a previous
serious medical complaint. The road ambulance had not been able to get up
the valley. Two landrovers were dispatched in very heavy snow with 8 team
members including a team doctor. The man was stabilsed and did not need
further treatmenr; the team left to locate the stranded ambulance.
Incident closed at around 11.30 p.m.
10:78 28/11/10 (6.22 a.m.) - Sunday Call to assist the ambulance service. Lady in
her 40's with a dislocated knee at Sandwith, near Whitehaven. Due to
weather conditions (ice and snow), the crew were unable to get the lady from the
farmhouse. 9 team members including 2 team doctors, attended and the lady
was stretcher carried 300 m the the ambulance. Incident closed at 9.00
a.m. 10:77(a) 21/11/10 (5.20 p.m.) - Sunday Call from the police regarding an overdue male walker last
seen at Windy Gap, Great Gable trying to make his way back to Honister. His
companion had got back to Honister via Moses Trod and the overdue walker had
failed to turn up. The incident was passed over to Keswick
MRT as the man was most probably in their area. Wasdale MRT remained on
standby to assist if help was required. However, no further action was
needed from Wasdale. [NY
21410 10602] 10:77 7/11/10 (1.17 p.m.) - Sunday Whilst the team
leader was still at the base a further call came in from the Police.
The report was a group of 12 on the summit of Great Gable had a 53 yr old
male with injuries to both knees. A Sea King helicopter from RAF
Boulmer was already in the area following an incident with Langdale and
Ambleside team. The helicopter was tasked to the job and lifted the
casualty from the summit. 10 team members were involved although
they were stood down once the casualty was on board the helicopter.
Incident closed at 4.00 p.m. [NY
21102 10345] 10:76(a) 7/11/10 (12.12 p.m.) - Sunday
10:76 06/11/10 (5.27 p.m.) - Saturday A mobile phone call
came into the Police from a group of walkers who were descending Great
Gable and could hear persistent shouts for help coming from the area
around the Napes. A full callout was made and around 15 team members
attended and made a search of the area. A young 17 year old male
walker was found above Sphinx Rock in the gulley. He had fallen and lacerated
his hand and injured his knee. He was given casualty care and roped
back down the gulley and walked off the mountain. incident closed at
around 10.30 p.m. [NY 20832 10120] 10:75(a) 31/10/10 (5.48 p.m.) - Sunday
10:75 30/10/10 (11.00 a.m.) - Saturday
10:74(a) 25/10/10 (9.15 p.m.) - Monday Request came into the team
from a local guest house following concerns over a group of three walkers who
had set off from Seathwaite and had failed to arrive at Wasdale Head. The
group consisted a father in his early 40's with his two young children.
Two team members were involved gathering information at the base in readiness
for a possible callout when the group eventually turned up half an hour later
safe and well. Incident stood down. 10:74 25/10/10 (10.32 a.m.) - Monday Call came in from the
Police to respond to a male walker who had collapsed on his ascent of Scafell
Pike. Passing walkers went to his aid and administered cardiac massage
(CPR). An air ambulance was called in plus a RAF Sea King helicopter with
winching capabilities. The air ambulance landed on and the paramedic continued
with CPR but unfortunately could not resuscitate. Team members were flown
to the casualty site to assist with the casualty evacuation. Incident
closed at around 3.00 p.m. with approximately 15 team members attending. 10:73 13/10/10 (9.30 p.m.) - Tuesday Following a report of an
overdue male walker in his mid 70's, a team member with his dog Kipper went out
on the fell to see if he could find the man. Kipper located him on the
path down to Wasdale Head from Lingmel Nose. He was very tired and unable
to make his way back down on his own. Three team members were involved and
the incident was closed at around 11.30 p.m. - thank you to the family for their
donation to the team. [NY 18945 07575] 10:72 13/10/10 (3.15 p.m.) - Tuesday Call from the police
to go to he assistance of a male walker with a knee injury on the Scafell
Pike descent route above Hollow stones. He was with two colleagues.
Around 15 team members attended and casualty care was given pending the
arrival of a helicopter. A Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer
assisted the team to evacuate the casualty by stretcher to Carlisle
Infirmary. Incident closed at 7.30 p.m. [NY 21080 07659] SeaKing helicopter arrives from RAF Boulmer The above two photos were taken by Pete Baines - a
team member on scene Team members descending after the rescue silhouetted on the
skyline Well we would have used the stretcher if the helio didn't use
its own - good effort Richard (Left) and Ben (Right)
10:71 13/10/10 (1.00 a.m.) - Tuesday Whilst the team were
returning to base along the side of Wastwater they noticed a flashing
light on the Screes path. Shouting across to the light there
were a group of girls who were stick on the boulder field and only had one
very small torch between them all. A group went across to assist and
took them back to the YHA Building at the bottom end of the lake.
Incident closed early morning. [NY 15207 04537] 10:70 12/10/10 (9.35 p.m.) - Monday Two walkers, male and
female in their early 60's were long overdue on a walk from Scafell (Eskdale
side) to Brackenclose. They did not have a torch and had a medical
history. Around 15 team members attended along with a SARDA (Lakes) Search
dog. The missing couple were quickly located by Search dog Ollie at the
old Peat Hut ruins on the saddle between Burnmoor Tarn and Brackenclose,
Wasdale. They were assisted off the fell. Incident closed around
1.00 p.m. [NY 18265 06372] 10:69 09/10/10 (3.30 p.m.) - Saturday A second call came
in from an informant who had heard shouts for help in Deep Gill above
Lord's Rake. Casualty was eventually located below Lord's Rake
at to lower end of Red Gill. The 42 yr old male casualty from the
Bolton area was with a walking partner. He had fallen around 20 metres and
sustained a fractured dislocation of his shoulder along with other
injuries. The helicopter used on incident 68 was called back from
Barrow to assist with the evacuation which was high on the crags and in a
difficult location for winching due to severe downdrafts. He was
eventually air lifted by stretcher and flown to West Cumberland Hospital
in Whitehaven. 11 team members were involved and the incident was
closed at 6.30 p.m. Casualty site is directly above a
500ft drop and in an extremely hazardous area. Hollow Stones in the
background. helicopter coming in to drop off the team doctor by
winch. Two team members high above casualty
site adjacent to Red Gill with additional rescue equipment if called for
on the radio.
Video Part 1 - (Only 5 mins)
Video Part 2 - (Only 5 mins) [NY 20552 06924] 10:68 09/10/10 (2.30 p.m.) - Saturday '999' call for a
fallen male walker on the eastern slopes of Scafell Pike. The walker
in his early 40's had taken a tumble fall and received a head
injury. An sea king helicopter was requested. RAF Leconfield
were training with Langdale and Ambleside team in the area and assisted
with the rescue. Incident closed at 3.30 p.m. when the casualty was
in the helicopter and flown to Barrow in Furness General Hospital.
11 team members were involved. [NY 21670 07332] 10:67 07/10/10 (7.33 p.m.) - Thursday Call from the police
to help [NY 21277 07934] 10:66 25/09/10 (3.47 p.m.) - Saturday [NY 19582 06529] 10:65 21/09/10 (7.19 a.m.) - Tuesday Call from
police [NY 20857 07094] 10:64(a) 16/09/10 (4.38 p.m.) - Saturday 10:64 16/09/10 (10.13 p.m.) - Thursday Two male walkers
from the South of England were descending from Scafell Pike via Lingmell
Col /Hollowstones when one of the (51 yr old male) stumbled and landed
badly on his shoulder dislocating it. 15 team members attended
including a SARDA search dog and a team doctor. The casualty was
given analgesia whilst his shoulder was put back into the joint. He
was then stretchered down the mountain to an ambulance in the valley
bottom and taken to Whitehaven Hospital for further treatment.
Incident closed at 2.30 a.m. Big thank you to the casualty for
his donations to the team. [NY 20373 07349] 10:63 15/09/10 (4.49 p.m.) - Wednesday A group of 16 year
old male apprentices and supervisor led by instructors, were descending
from Illgill Head (Screes) summit when one of the young adults went over
on his ankle, and he was unable to walk. 14 team members attended
including a team doctor, casualty care and analgesia was given, the
ankle splinted for a suspected fracture and the casualty stretchered off
the mountain to an ambulance at Brackenclose road head. He was taken
by road to Whitehaven Hospital. Incident closed at around 8.30 p.m. [NY 17400 05220]
10:62 13/09/10 (3.42 p.m.) - Monday A group of four walkers
visiting the area, a female in early 20's and a male and two females in their
early 30's had climbed Scafell Pike and were descending when they found
themselves totally cut-off by a raging stream (Lingmell Gill) that earlier in
the day had been easily crossed with care.
Very heavy rainfall that day had swollen the becks and although they were well
equipped including a survival shelter, a swollen river crossing was out of the
question. There was no safe crossing point and more rain was forecast that
evening which would have made evacuation more treacherous and two of the group
had medical conditions. Their medical condition had prevented them from
going back up the mountain to find an alternative route. Wasdale
team kitted up for a specialist, swift water evacuation of the four walkers
using rope systems and personal protective gear.
The walkers, assisted by rescuers and wading up to their waists were
safely brought across the stream and walked back down the mountain. The
roads in the valley bottom remain heavily flooded but passable with care.
18 team members involved including three swift water technicians and six water
responders (bankside safety). Incident closed at around 8.30 p.m. [NY 19560 07442] Footage of the rescue can be seen here Plus see team training for
water rescues here
10:61 7/09/10 (4.52 p.m.) - Tuesday Walker on the descent path from
Lingmel Nose stumbled and sustained a sustained a suspected fractured
ankle. The call initially went to the Ambulance service and a road
ambulance and air ambulance were dispatched. This later followed by a call
for MRT assistance as the casualty location was some distance from the road head
/ helicopter. 13 team members attended and the walker was stretchered down
to the waiting helicopter. Incident closed at 6.30 p.m. A big thank you to
the lady involved who has kindly donated to the team. [NY
18920 07840] 10:60 4/09/10 (6.22 p.m.) - Sunday Call came into the team at 4.00 p.m.
from Langdale and Ambleside team. A male lone walker was on the summit
plateau of Scafell Pike (Car at Old Dungeon Gill, Langdale). Efforts
to encourage him to find his own way down were unsuccessful so a limited call
out was made. Seven team members including a SARDA (Lakes) dog
handler attended. The walker was located on the summit by Search dog Rosie and he was
walked back down to Brackenclose, Wasdale Head. He was given a lift to
Gosforth where a taxi took him back to his car in Langdale. Incident
closed at 10.00 p.m. - [NY 21667 07229] 10:59(a) 28/08/10 (11.52 p.m.) - Saturday Call to the team from the police
for advice on reported flashing lights on Scafell Pike. The Deputy
Leader investigated the lights which were did not give cause for
concern. The incident was closed shortly after the report with no
further action necessary. The team occasionally is called out for
either bright stars on the horizon which appear to be flashing or
climbers/walkers descending late at night. Unless the flashes are
regular, a definite call for help (6 flashes) or respond to flashes from
the valley bottom, they are regarded as well intentioned false alarms
worthy of investigation but not for an emergency response on the fell itself. 10:59 23/08/10 (4.09 p.m.) - Monday Two walkers reported themselves
lost on Scafell. They were inadequately clothed and wet and cold
with no torches. The Leader talked them down to a point where they
believed they were OK. They were still lost at 7.00 p.m. although
they could see a big lake in the fading light. Contact could only be
maintained via text and this was hit an miss. At 10.00 p.m. they
were still not down safely off the mountain having been told to report in
on '999' when they were down. Five team members were involved in
doing further investigation including taking a vehicle up the valley to
check cars and the camp site. At around 11.00 p.m. a call came in
from the walkers to say that they were traveling back to their campsite in
Wasdale by taxi after descending into Stonethwaite on the Keswick
side. Incident closed at around 11.30 p.m. We suspected that they
had dropped down into Eskdale from the Pike, walked back up to Ill Crag
and then descended over Greta End or Esk Hause (Sprinkling Tarn being the
Lake they saw) and then down onto the Keswick side. Another
avoidable situation with the correct experience and equipment.
Weather conditions that day were poor with very heavy rain. 10:58 22/08/10 (9.07p.m.) - Sunday [NY 14550 02757] 10:57(a) 21/08/10 (5.45 p.m.) - Saturday
10:57 16/08/10 (5.45 p.m.) - Monday Call from the police. A group
were reported to be cragfast in a Gulley adjacent to Pikes Crag, Scafell Pike. A
Deputy Leader (DTL) already on Scafell (Lords Rake) had heard the screams for
help, and raised the alarm via the police. The shouts were
coming from the top of Pikes Crag. Five people had tried to walk down
"D Gully". One of the party had taken a tumble fall (un injured) and
got stuck on a rock. above the steep pitch. The DTL on the fell was in
touch with another of the Team's Deputy Leaders. The DTL scrambled down to
find that two local climbers had got to the stuck person and were roping him
down the crag. One of the climbers then walked the crag fast person to the
Woolworth Boulder and the second climber plus DTL returned to the top of the
gully opposite Pulpit [NY 20997 07204] 10:56 10/08/10 (12.30 a.m.) - Tuesday Whilst driving up the valley to
interview the informant for incident 55 the leader was stopped by a
passing motorist to say that there was a man lying in the middle of the
road in Strands Village. The police were notified and the two
leaders went straight to the scene. The male was lying in the road
covered by a blanket and alive but suitably unconscious (worse for
wear). He was given some casualty care to ensure that he was not in
any danger and the situation was handed over to the police. The two
team members continued up the valley to speak with the father of the two
lost sons and proceed with the search. 10:55 9/08/10 (11.51 p.m.) - Monday [NY 21352 07834] 10:54 4/08/10 (9.00 p.m.) - Wednesday Whilst dealing with incident 53 a further request came in from the police for three overdue from
Scafell Pike back to Hardknott. Due to the fact that team members were already
dealing with the motorbike incident, the team carried out a search for the three
overdue walkers vehicle which was not found. The missing walkers turned up at home
an hour later. LAMRT assisted with a check toward Wrynose Pass. 10:53 4/08/10 (8.57 p.m.) - Wednesday 10:52 (a) 3/08/10 (23.45 p.m.) - Tuesday
Police paged for a group of 4
doing the 3 peaks challenge, lost in mist on descent from summit of
Scafell Pike. They had torches, whistles and a GPS which wasn’t working,
but no map or compass, and were relying on knowledge from a
previous visit. With nothing to give the incident leader any clue as to
which direction they were facing when standing with their backs to the
hill it was difficult to give advice. The incident leader was reluctant to
call out the team for yet another non-emergency, given how busy the last
few weeks have been and how many members had earlier said they would not
be able to attend if another incident occurred because of work
commitments. The group was eventually talked off by the incident leader
without the team going out and the incident closed at 3.50 a.m. on 4th
August. 10:52 3/08/10 (4.45 p.m.) - Tuesday Police
paged for elderly male in his late 60's who had fallen in upper Eskdale and
banged his head. He was with his family and his grandson had run down to Taw
House Farm to raise the alarm with no mobile phone signal on the fell. He
was located on the path below Rowantree Crags. The air ambulance was asked
to assist. They attended and airlifted the casualty to hospital. Whilst
attending this incident, the team encountered the individual from the first
incident. Around 13 team members attended and the incident was
closed at around 7.00 p.m. - A big thank you to the family member who made a
donation to the team. [NY 21560 03394]
10:51 3/08/10 (2.11 p.m.) - Tuesday Police paged the team
for single male and dog lost in mist near Lingmell Beck/Sty Head and not far off
summit of Scafell Pike (a physical impossibility). Whilst the incident leader
was talking to the person by phone, the lost walker saw some other walkers and
was advised to try and make contact with them and the incident leader would
phone him back in 15 minutes. Did so – no answer. He was found at the
bottom of Cam Spout later in the day by another group of walkers on their way up
Scafell Pike. They turned round and helped him walk back down, not particularly
pleased at having their day ruined. He met the team whilst they were attending
incident 52 in Eskdale. He was walked back down to the roadhead and taken
to Gosforth where he arranged a taxi to return to his car at Wasdale Head.
Team members involved 3. Incident closed at around 7.00 p.m. Call from the police for 10:49 (a) 1/08/10 (5.34 p.m.) - Sunday
010:49 31/07/10 (10.00 p.m.) - Saturday Whilst the team were involved in incidents 47 and 48 a further
request came in for a group of five who were missing on Scafell
Pike. They were part of a larger group and had become separated.
They had last been seen by team members on top of the Pike at 3.30 p.m.- a small
search group who were on Broad crag were sent to check out Little Narrow
Cove. At around 11.30 p.m. the informant reported in that they had turned
up safely at the Old Dungeon Inn hotel and were making their 2way back to their
vehicles in Wasdale by taxi.
010:48 31/07/10 (~8.00 p.m.) - Saturday
010:47 31/07/10 (6.37 p.m.) - Saturday Call came in from the police A donation has been gratefully received to be shared
between Keswick MRT and Wasdale MRT - Thank you to the casualty for the
donations and his kind words. [NY 22077 07572]
010:46(b) 28/07/10 (8.37 p.m.) - Wednesday
010:46(a) 27/07/10 (5.30 p.m.) - Tuesday Two people phoned the police to say they were lost on Great
Gable. The said they were stuck on a crag overlooking the Wasdale Head
Hotel. The Team's leader made calls to the lost persons and established
that they were on the grassy col at the top of Greta Hellgate. They were
talked back up to the summit and they given bearings to get them back down to
Styhead. They were safely back down at 8.00 p.m. when incident closed with
no requirement for team members to go out on the fell.
[NY 20972 10197]
010:46 26/07/10 (7.49 p.m.) - Monday Call from the Police. A Duke of Edinburgh group of
around 8 were descending from Styhead into Wasdale. A 17yr year old
female in their party feinted and could not walk further. She was
stretchered back down to Wasdale head and taken by Ambulance to West
Cumberland Hospital. 16 team members attended and incident closed at
around 10.30 p.m. [NY 20665 09430]
010:45 25/07/10 (7.37 p.m.) - Sunday
010:44 24/07/10 (10.17 p.m.) - Saturday Callout regarding a missing 70 yr old grandfather and 10 yr old
grandson. The pair had sent off from Wasdale Youth Hostel heading for
Gillerthwaite Youth Hostel in Ennerdale via Haycock. 6 members of Wasdale
MRT along with the Cockermouth MRT and SARDA search dogs were mobilised.
The grandfather had injured his leg in the Haycock area and the 10 yr old had
set off down into Ennerdale to raise the alarm. He became lost in the
forested area. He was located by the Cockermouth team and the injured
grandfather was airlifted to hospital by Sea King. Wasdale were stood down
at around midnight.
10:43(a) 20/07/10 (6.00 p.m.) - Tuesday Call-out [Additional information provided by a member of the first three
peaks group who dropped the team an email - thankyou for your assistance]
010:43 20/07/10 (5.30 p.m.) - Tuesday Call-out via Cumbria Police for a 19 yr old casualty with a
dislocated knee at Rank Bank, Eskdale. The casualty had been
climbing but dislocated the knee off the crag. The casualty was carried by
stretcher to the Eskdale Outward Bound and then taken to hospital in their
vehicle. Incident closed later that evening with 13 team members involved. [NY 14770 00365]
010:42(a) 18/07/10 (2.30 p.m.) - Sunday At 9.00 p.m. the team were called out by the police. A
worried male at Seathwaite who was supporting a group of seven from the Bradford
area, reported a long overdue group who had failed to turn up from their walk up
Scafell Pike. Whilst the incident leader was gathering information from
both the police and the informant, the group of seven turned up at Seathwaite in
their taxi, having had to be driven all the way round from Wasdale head to
Seathwaite (around 90 minutes) - Alls well that ends well. Incident stood
down with no further action necessary.
[NY21350 07839]
010:41(continued) 18/07/10 (10.09 a.m.) - Sunday Further to the previous days searching, new information
was received by the police which required searching to be focused with
regard to possible locations. In addition to around 10 Wasdale
MRT, resources were also called in from Fire and Rescue, Coastguard to
participate in another search. At around 2.30 p.m. a second callout
came from the police control room (Incident 42(a)). This was handled
by other Wasdale MR team members who were not involved in the
search. The search for the missing person continued until 4.00 p.m.
and then was stood down. Wasdale MRT returned to base to pick up the
second incident.
[NY21920 09505]
010:42 17/07/10 (3.58 p.m.) - Saturday Whist searching for the missing male, the team were called
out to respond to a '999' from an informant who reported a dislocation
injury (Knee or Shoulder) with a location description of the bad step on
the Corridor Route but a grid reference of Styhead. Around 15 team
members attended from both incident 41 and from home. Whilst the team were
making their way on the fell, the air ambulance managed to land on and
evacuate the casualty to hospital. Incident closed at around 6.00
p.m.
[NY21920 09505]
010:41 17/07/10 (8.50 a.m.) - Saturday Team
010:40 (a) 10/07/10 (8.42 a.m.) - Saturday
010:40 09/07/10 (6.13 p.m.) - Friday 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 next to a cairn on one of the summit
paths. As there was potential for two carry down casualties the team was
called out. When eventually advised that it would take the team some time to get to
them there was a change of mind and they decided that perhaps they might
just be fit enough to move and make their way down under their own steam. They
were talked down off the mountain and when they got to Hollowstones they were
happy to carry on down on their own. The team were eventually stood down.
010:39 08/07/10 (3.36 p.m.) - Thursday 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 in Kettle Cove on the slopes of
Scafell above Burnmoor Tarn. Given the
condition of the casualty and the nature of his illness it was decided to ask
for assistance from Air ambulance. Team members were on scene when the air
ambulance arrived and assisted with the casualty into the aircraft there were
ten team members on the hill.
010:38(b) 05/07/10 (8.00 a.m.) - Monday 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 up to
the summit as they were insistent on carrying on. They were also given a
description of the summit and a bearing from there to Lingmel Col as they did
not want to go back down the route they had come up. A second call in from the police later that day to say that the
group were again lost on their descent. The incident leader talked
to them and established that they were in the hollow below Broad Crag Col.
They were given instructions to get to the head of Piers Gill
and bear left along the wall to Lingmel Col. A team member spoke to the
father at Wasdale Head to explain the situation and the father then decided to
go up the mountain to meet them coming down. A subsequent call from the Police
came in when the mother had called advising that she had spoken to the father
who had turned round after not meeting them. Eventually the three lost
persons turned up at 2.30 p.m. having possibly walked down from the Burnthwaite
side. Incident closed at 3.00 p.m. with no further action required by the
team.
010:38(a) 04/07/10 (9.13 a.m.) - Sunday 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 tea. 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 peaker minibuses (around 20 vehicles
counted at 7.00 p.m. when we passed and many more heading up the
valley)
010:38 03/07/10 (4.28 p.m.) - Saturday 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 (soft tissue) near the summit but had managed to get down as
far as Skew Gill under her own steam before having to stop and call for
assistance. 13 team members on the fell and two on base
attended. She was given casualty care on scene and although tried to
walk down with assistance, required stretchering back down to the Wasdale
Head Hotel where they awaited their transport from the Keswick side.
Incident closed at 7.30 p.m. [NY22135
09122]
010:37(b) 02/07/10 (7.44 p.m.) - Friday 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
p.m.
010:37(a) 02/07/10 (7.05 a.m.) - Friday 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.
010:37 24/06/10 (11.58 p.m.) - Thursday 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 in upper Eskdale. The group had no
torches.
The Langdale Ambleside MRT were also alerted by Wasdale MRT. A full callout took place.
Before the team were deployed on the fell the missing group turned up safe and
well at Wha House Farm, Eskdale. A number of team members turned out for the search.
Incident stood down at 12.45 a.m.
010:36 (b) 13/06/10 (7.34 p.m.) - Sunday Call
010:36 (a) 10/06/10 (10.52 a.m.) - Friday
010:36 10/06/10 (1.43 p.m.) - Thursday 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 missing for
three days after setting off from Seathwaite. Keswick MRT and SARDA
(Lakes) had been searching for the walker since he went missing.
Nineteen team members attended and stretchered him back down to Wasdale
Head. Incident closed at around 8.00 p.m. [NY20907
10050]
010:35 8/06/10 (6.00 p.m.) - Tuesday 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 the Mickledore stretcher box. He was anaesthetized
by the team doctors and his shoulder put back in. 22 team members
were involved in the rescue and brought the injured walker down Mickledore
Gulley to Hollowstones. A sea king helicopter was called in from RN
Gannet, Prestwick and the casualty was stretcher winched into the
helicopter and flown to West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven. The
incident was closed at 10.30 p.m. [NY21107
06957]
010:34(b) 7/06/10 (11.35 p.m.) - Monday 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.
010:34(a) 3/06/10 (11.41 p.m.) - Thursday 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 the dark. Well
intentioned false alarm. Two team members involved but no fell going
action necessary.
010:34 2/06/10 (4.55 p.m.) - Wednesday 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 to
support Wasdale MRT. Searches of verges and fields alongside all the local
roads used by the taxi driver that carried out the shootings were completed by 10.30 p.m. The teams were reconvened at 5.00
a.m. the following morning to carry out similar searches to the north of Rowrah
where the first shootings took place. Incident closed at around 11.00 am on the Thursday.
Over 100 miles of roadside verges were involved.
010:33 31/05/10 (1.20 p.m.) - Monday 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. The incident was stood down
after around an hour once it was established that he could make his way safely
off the mountain with help from his friends.
010:32 26/05/10 (3.39 p.m.) - Wednesday 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), the male walker had managed to make contact with passing walkers who had
assisted him to get himself out of the gulley. Piers Gill is one of the
team's incident black spots. Incident closed at 6.30 p.m. [NY21152
08277]
010:31 25/05/10 (2.30 p.m.) - Monday '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 bottom, then
stretchered down the steep, very loose gulley to the walkers traverse where he
managed an assisted walk back down to the valley bottom. Incident closed
at 7.30 p.m. [NY20955
09992]
010:30(a) 23/05/10 (12.01 p.m.) - Sunday 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 turned up safe and well in Keswick. No further
action required.
2010:30 16/05/10 (7.50 p.m.) - Sunday Male walker in his 40's accompanied by two males in their late teens was
doing a recce for the three peaks challenge when he suffered severe chest
pains. A passing walker advised that he should rest in a survival bag
whilst he carried on back to Seathwaite to raise the alarm. The location
of the group was bottom of Little Narrow Cove, Upper Eskdale. A Sea King
was requested and although airspace was closed due to volcanic ash, a flight was
tasked. An advance a and back up team were sent to the location on foot as
a backup. [NY22730
06604]
2010:29 15/05/10 (3.37 p.m.) - Saturday Call for a 35yr old female walker with a suspected fractured ankle on the
Corridor Route down from Scafell Pike, near Chriscliffe gulley . Due
to limited numbers of team members available, Sea King helicopter called in
which assisted in the evacuation to West Cumberland hospital. 9 team
members involved and the incident was closed at 7.00 p.m. [NY21630
08034]
2010:28 13/05/10 (6.38 p.m.) - Wednesday '999' report to the police for an injured Labrador dog at Greta Gill.
The dog was stuck on the bad step, Corridor route descent from Scafell
Pike. The team responded and after bandaging the dogs paws assisted the
walkers and dog back to Styhead Pass where they carried on down to Seathwaite.
Incident closed later that evening. [NY21895
08524]
2010:27 10/05/10 (5.16 p.m.) - Monday 75 yr old male walker in a party of three with severe leg cramps
descended from Styhead following a walk across from Langdale and could walk no
further. Located on the main path below Lower Kern Knotts on Great Gable.
The informant raised the alarm from the Wasdale Head Hotel as there was no
mobile phone signal from the casualty location. 15 team members attended.
While driving up the valley the call came in that he had managed to get himself
back down to the valley bottom. Incident closed at 6.15 p.m. [NY21277
09495]
2010:26(a) 09/05/10 (9.20 p.m.) - Sunday Call from the police to respond to a worried relative who had not heard from
a group of walkers who had left to climb Scafell Pike earlier that day.
The Team Leader gathered more information on the group and potential incident
which was eventually closed at 10.35 p.m. when the overdue walker turned up safe
and well. No other team members were involved hence recorded here as an
alert.
2010:26 07/05/10 (4.53 p.m.) - Friday
2010:25 02/05/10 (3.26 p.m.) - Sunday Call from the police to rescue a 10 year old boy and his mother from the
bottom of Greta Gill. The young boy had fallen about 10 meters into the
bottom of the gulley from the main corridor route path (very close to incident
23 and 20). He sustained a serious head injury. His mother had
climbed down to him but fell and fractured her leg. A Sea King helicopter
was requested which flew the team doctors (three) plus team members to the
scene. Both casualties were given casualty care and evacuated by the
helicopter to Whitehaven Hospital. 14 team members were involved and the
incident was closed at 6.00 p.m. [NY21905
08457]
2010:24(a) 01/05/10 (6.00 p.m.) - Saturday [NY19460
10435]
2010:24 01/05/10 (4.00 p.m.) - Saturday
[NY21907 08474]
2010:23 01/05/10 (2.00 p.m.) - Saturday Male walker in his mid 40's with three friends from Berkshire were descending
the rock step above Greta Gill on the Corridor Route when he fell around 40
meters down the slope sustaining chest, shoulder injuries and damaged
knee. He was treated on scene by a team member who was close by and
eventually joined by 13 team members. Due to the nature of the incident a
Sea King was requested and RN Gannet from Prestwick attended. The casualty
was given analgesic by the team doctor, placed in a Vacuum mattress on a
stretcher and winched into the helicopter and taken to Whitehaven
hospital. 15 team members attended and the incident closed at 6.45 p.m.
[NY21857 08512] 2010:22(a) 30/04/10 (5.04 p.m.) - Friday '999' call received from an informant who reported a dog barking and
whistling across the Lake on the Screes. When questioned it became
apparent that the shouts were limited to one episode and that there was
no real evidence that someone was in difficulty. A well
intentioned false alarm. No team members put out on the fell,
incident closed at 5.30 p.m. 2010:22 29/04/10 (4.07 p.m.) -
Thursday Rescue of a female walker in her 20's who was descending Great Gable
in a party of four. She fell and sustained an open
(compound) fracture of her tibia (lower leg). She was losing
significant blood and in addition a further member of the group had an
injury to her ankle and was struggling to walk. Around 15 team
members attended and the two casualties were evacuated by Sea King
helicopter to Whitehaven hospital. Incident closed at 9.00
p.m. [NY20865
10442]
2010:21(a) 24/04/10 (4.16 p.m.) - Saturday Team called out by the police following a '999' call from a walker who heard
cries for help. When the team leader contacted the lady, she advised that
the cries for help had now stopped and the person was able to make his/her own
way off. Incident closed with no action taken.
2010:21 23/04/10 (4.16 p.m.) - Friday Team called out for a cragfast walker on Scafell. A Party of
seven were descending via the Broad Stand path when one of their party
became stuck on some loose scree. The callout was made and
although the team were looking in the Foxes Tarn area, the stranded
walker was in fact above Broad Stand. 17 team members attended and
the stranded walker was assisted by rope onto safe ground and then
walked back down to Brackenclose. Incident was closed around 10.00
p.m. [NY20945
06827]
2010:20 (d) 11/04/10 (4.08 p.m.) - Saturday Team called out by police but no action taken - a
bit of a theme developing here
2010:20 (c) 10/04/10 (9.10 p.m.) - Friday Team called out by the police but no action taken
2010:20 (b) 08/04/10 (9.48 p.m.) - Wednesday Team called out by the police for two missing walkers on the Pike. No
action taken but decision to review again at 11.00 am the following day.
They turned up safe and well at 9.00 a.m. Incident closed.
2010:20 (a) 07/04/10 (9.23 p.m.) - Wednesday Team called out by the police for a missing walker who had set off to walk
from Boot to Langdale. No action was taken at that stage but the situation
was to be reviewed the following morning. The missing person turned up
safe and well at the Woolpack in Eskdale the following morning. No team
members put out on the fell
2010:20 04/04/10 (1.33 p.m.) - Sunday Called out to rescue a 24 yr old male who had sustained a closed fracture of
his left forearm. The party of six had left Seathwaite to climb Scafell
Pike via the Corridor Route. Whilst descending the rock step above Greta
Gill, a large boulder came away, falling down and hitting his arm and sending
him
5m down the rock step . Fortunately he was prevented from carrying on don
into the Gill by another walker who stopped him falling further. He was
given analgesia on scene and a Sea King from RAF Boulmer winched the casualty on
a stretcher and strop lifted his wife. They were both flown to whitehaven
hospital. Around 12 team members were involved and the incident was closed
at around 5.00 p.m.
[NY21895
08524]
2010:19 03/04/10 (1.57 p.m.) - Saturday Female walker in her late 40's slipped on the path between Eel tarn and
Boot. Dislocated fracture of the left ankle. She was given strong analgesia
in addition to entonox and was stretcher carried down to the vehicles. She
was passed to the ambulance crew at Boot and taken to Whitehaven Hospital.
Around 15 team members attended and the incident was closed at around 5.00 p.m.
[NY18420
01914]
2010:18 01/04/10 (12.35 p.m.) - Thursday Family of four including two very young children were stuck in their car near
the summit of Hardknott Pass. They had pulled off the road to avoid
another car and were totally stuck. Although below the snowline they were
very cold and had no way of walking off. They had contacted the AA who
referred them to mountain rescue. A limited callout was made and 7 team
members were involved. The car was duly pulled back onto the road and the
family carried on their journey to Ambleside. Incident closed at 2.15 p.m. [NY22730
01492]
2010:17(a) 20/03/10 (3.56 p.m.) -
Saturday Called out by police to help a male walker who believed he was lost on the
summit of Scafell. When questioned by the Team leader he was actually on
the summit of Scafell Pike. He was given directions over the phone and he
made his way safely off the mountain into Wasdale where he got a taxi back to
Seathwaite.
2010:17 20/03/10 (3.56 p.m.) -
Saturday Team paged by the police following a '999' call
from a lone male walker on the summit of Scafell Pike, lost in low
cloud. The team leader established that he had no idea where he
was apart5 from a steep snow slope with rocks. He had been with a
larger group but had become separated. A full team callout was
made due to the conditions. Shortly after the lost person had
managed to make his way back to the summit. The full callout was
reduced to a limited callout as the lost walker managed to tag
along with another group. he was eventually re-united with his
group at Brackenclose. Incident closed down early evening when it
was confirmed he was safely off the fell. 2010:16
(b) 12/03/10 (6.25p.m.) - Thursday Call from Police to assist two ladies on Illgill Head (The
Screes) who had lost their map which had blown away in the wind and didn't know
the way down. Contact was made by mobile phone and established that they
were at the top of Great Hall Gill. Both had torches and there were no injuries
nor medical conditions. The decision was made to talk them off the fell down to
the Irton Pike road where they walked down to the Santon Bridge Inn.
Incident closed at 20:35 hrs 2010:16 (a) 10/03/10 (4.37p.m.) - Wednesday
Police contacted the team to deal with a cal that came in regarding overdue
persons on Scafell Pike. The team leader conducted further investigations
and stood the team down at around 5.00 pm. with no further action required. 2010:16 03/03/10 (2.16 p.m.) - Wednesday
Call from the Police regarding a '999' call from an informant climber who had
observed a male solo climber, climbing Window Gully (140m classic winter route)
on Great End. The solo climber had triggered an avalanche at the top of
the climb and had not been seen. Keswick MRT were alerted, supported by
Cockermouth MRT, SARDA Search dogs and 23 members of Wasdale MRT. In
addition a Sea King helicopter attended from RN Gannett plus the air
ambulance. Fortunately the climber (who was very experienced) had
managed to scramble out of the avalanche and was unhurt. He was met at the
bottom by a member of Keswick MRT and SARDA Search Dogs. Incident closed
at 5.30 p.m. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2572.html [NY22770
08512] 2010:15(a) 14/02/10 (later that
afternoon) - Sunday Call from the Police regarding a family who had set off to walk up Harter
Fell. They became lost on the way down and wanted to speak to someone who
knew the area and could help them find the way off. While speaking to them
on their mobile they said they could see car headlights quite close and
were happy to walk towards them to find the road. Nothing more heard.
Recorded as an "a" because no action was needed by the team. 2010:15 14/02/10 (2.40 p.m.) -
Sunday [NY21892
08487] 2010:14(a) 9/02/10 (6.58 p.m.) -
Tuesday 2010:14
4/02/10 (1.42 p.m.) - Thursday Mobile call from a female walker from Derbyshire who
had lost the path in low cloud her walk around the area of Great End / Broad
Crag. She had ascended via Grains Gill, Seathwaite. The incident was
passed onto the Keswick MRT but following a request for support, Wasdale MRT and
Langdale MRT were called out. 14 team Wasdale team members attended.
She was eventually located around Stand Crag, just off the Corridor Route near
Piers Gill by Wasdale MRT. The incident was closed at around 8.00
p.m. [NY21870
08722] 2010:13 31/01/10 (1.35 p.m.) - Sunday Call from a walker who had seen two climbers fall down
a gully on Gable Crags, on the north side of Great Gable. Around 18 team
members attended. Weather fine. Due to the nature of the incident
and the report from the informant, a Sea King helicopter was immediately
requested and attended. 5 team members including the two team doctors were
airlifted close to the incident site. Both climbers, in their 50's and
from outside the area, had fallen whilst winter climbing the gully. The
surviving climber with serious multiple injuries was given casualty care on
scene and airlifted to Whitehaven hospital. The second climber tragically
did not survive. He was stretchered down the mountain to a point where he
was airlifted by the returning Sea King. Incident closed at around 7.00
p.m. [NY21100
10592] 2010:12 (a) 28/01/10 (5.49 p.m.) - Thursday '999' call from a male walker who had become lost
descending from Great Gable. Contact with the walker could not be made
however it was clear that he was already low down in the Ennerdale valley on his
way towards the Blacksail Hut. The incident was handed over to Cockermouth
MRT with support from Wasdale MRT. The man was located in a forested
area. Incident stood down at 7.43 p.m. . Wasdale MRT involvement was
2010:12 20/01/10 (3.10 p.m.) - Wednesday '999' call from a male walker who had fallen
down a gulley snow slope on Scafell Pike. Two 30 year old climbers
from the Sheffield area were descending from Scafell Pike when one of
them slipped and slid 100m down a compacted snow slope dislocating his
shoulder. It took some time to locate the injured person who was
eventually located in the Chambers Crag area in Little Narrow
cove. He was given analgesia and his shoulder reset. He
was stretchered out - to below cloud base where a helicopter [NY2176
0714] 2010:11 06/01/10 (4.10 p.m.) - Wednesday Call from the police to
help clear a vehicle stuck on ice in the Wasdale valley. Lorry
was blocking the road and in a location that would create further
incidents. Limited callout with 8 team members turning out. The
landrover was fitted with chains and five team members attended.
Vehicle moved to a safe location. Incident closed at 6.30
p.m. [NY15242 05560] 2010:10 01/01/10 (5.19 p.m.) - Friday Call from the police to
assist a group of walkers who were stuck on the Screes path alongside
the far side of the lake. Limited callout to guide them back to
the road head. 2010:09 (a) 31/12/09 (5.16 p.m.) -
Thursday Call from the police
following a report of a red flare having been sighted. The team
leader discussed the incident with the police and the decision
taken that no further action was necessary unless people were reported
missing. New Years eve is a time when fireworks and flares are
set off. 2010:09 29/12/09 (5.46 p.m.) - Tuesday '999' call from three
vehicles stuck on ice on Birker fell road. 10 people were
reported to be in difficulty including 4 children under the age of
six. The two team landrovers attended and got the cars safely back into the valley bottom. Around 8 team members attended and
the incident was closed later that evening. [SD 16300 99024] 2010:08
24/12/09 (8.37a.m.) -
Thursday Call to assist in the
search for a dog who had become injured and lost on the Screes
path. The team boat was used to search from the lake and the dog
was located in the boulder field, recovered and returned to its
grateful owners. Nine team members involved and incident closed
after a couple of hours [NY15390 04677] 2010:07 (b) 17/12/09 (4.04 p.m.) -
Thursday Call from a male and
female couple who were stuck in their car on Hardknott pass in icy
conditions with a 3 month old baby. The team Landrover was sent
out but they managed to get turned round and got back down.
Landrover turned back and incident closed with no further action
necessary 2010:07 (a) 13/12/09 (1.08 p.m.) - Sunday Weather clear when a
police page came in for an individual who reported himself lost of the
mountain - whilst the team leader was gathering further information
from the police he called back in to say he had come across a couple
of other walkers who were helping him down. Incident closed with
no further action required. 2010:07 12/12/09 (4.34 p.m.) -
Saturday '999' mobile call from an
informant located on the corridor route path at the head of Piers
Gill. Two male walkers had descended Piers Gill, on their
descent from Scafell Pike. They had got themselves down the two
waterfall steps (around 4m drops) and decided to return. Only
one could get out with assistance from his friend who then had to
remain in the bottom after failing to climb out. 15 team members
attended. He was assisted out from the bottom and suffered
beginnings of frostbitten toes but walked back down to Brackenclose.
Incident closed at 10.00 p.m. [NY 21150 08292] 2010:06 5/12/09 (5.23 p.m.) -
Saturday '999' mobile call from a
group walkers who were lost somewhere on Scafell Pike. They had
provided a GPS position in latitude and longitude which, when
converted to a normal grid reference put them in Carnforth.
Another call came into the police from an informant from Wasdale Head
hotel who was concerned over this same group. The team leader
interviewed this informant and they were last seen making their way up
Broad Crag scree in worsening weather. The Team Leader decided
to hold off calling the team out until 8.00 p.m. - the weather conditions
were poor with low cloud and driving rain. The group
also only had one torch between 8 of them. At 7.55 pm a call
came in from Boot in Eskdale to say that the group were now down safe
and well. The team were stood down from standby state.
Counted as an incident as team members did roll with a vehicle to
interview the informant. 2010:05
29/11/09 (4.24 p.m.) - Sunday '999' mobile call from
three walkers, believed to be on the summit of Scafell Pike and gave a
grid location in Latitude and Longitude. Their map had blown
away and it was dark with bad weather forecasted and snow laying above
2,500 feet. They were located safe and well at 6.12 p.m. in
Quagrigg Moss on the western flanks of Scafell and taken back down to
the valley bottom. Incident closed at around 8.00 p.m. with 4
team members involved. [NY 2116708212] 2010:04 28/11/09 (9.16 p.m.) - Saturday Called by an informant
staying at a Seathwaite lodgings, concerned over a group of three
climbers in their 30's and 40's who had set off to climb Napes Needle,
Greta Gable at 10.00 a.m. that morning and had not returned or called
in. I t was a clear night with snow on the high fells.
Around 16 team members attended and searched the west and eastern
routes of the mountain. They were located safe and well around
11.00 pm midnight finishing a route. They were walked back down
to the Gable traverse and returned to Seathwaite via Styhead.
Incident closed at around 2.00 a.m. [NY 21057 10017] 2010:03
19/11/09 (5.37 p.m.) - Thursday Team called to search for
three walkers in their late teens who were lost on Scafell Pike just
below cloud level - they had given a grid reference which put them in
the area of Middleboot Knotts, just to the north of Lingmell.
Around 16 team members searched the area and they were located on the
Lingmell Crags side of Piers Gill. They had descended the Gill
and climbed half way out. They were reasonably well
equipped. They had been doing a training walk for their DoE
award. They were walked off the mountain back to Wasdale Head
Hotel. Incident closed at 12.00 a.m. [NY 2116708212] 2010:02
19/11/09 (4.00 p.m.) - Thursday Team called to assist
Cockermouth MRT with the worsening flood situation. The swift
water rescue technicians along with the team rescue boat and
Landrovers were mobilised
and worked with Cockermouth MRT over the following 5 days rescuing and
evacuating trapped people in their homes. The team were eventually
stood down at 4.00 p.m. on Monday the 23rd November - 10 Wasdale MRT members
were involved over the 5 days (including the 8 Swift Water Rescue
Technicians) with most of the rescue work undertaken
on the Thursday night/Friday morning - over 800 houses were evacuated
and at the height of the rescues on the Thursday night, all 5 of the
UK's SAR total Sea King helicopter assets were supporting the
evacuations See photographic links
here http://www.cockermouthmrt.org.uk/floodphotos.aspx
and
http://www.ldsamra.org.uk/publicnews.aspx#newsid50
also a video of prince William's visit to the
MRT rescue base
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8384033.stm 2010:01 18/11/09 (7.55 p.m.) - Wednesday Team called to assist
walkers down from Lingmel Col who had inadequate equipment and
requiring help to get them off the mountain. Limited callout of
team members to effectively guide them off the mountain.
November 2008 up to the AGM on 16th
November 2009 when the Team Year ends
Number of '999'
calls to 16 November 2009 = 128
which includes 92 with the
team on the fell and 36 alerts,
where the incident was reported in as a '999' but there was no need for
any significant team involvement and therefore not formally logged as an
incident (given postscript (a) or (b)) - this is where, for example, the
Team Leader talks them off the mountain with minimal team member
involvement or missing persons turn up before the team is fully
mobilised. The following are the last 10
rescues of the 2009 incident listing 2009:92
5/11/09 (11.27 a.m.) - Thursday Team called out by the
police to assist with the recovery of a diver in Wastwater. It
was unfortunately the second fatality in a month on the
lake. Base closed around 2.00 p.m.
October 2009 2009:91
31/10/09 (11.15 p.m.) - Saturday A WMRT / SARDA dog handler was asked to assist Keswick
MRT with a search for a lost group of 9 on Allen Crags after Langdale
Ambleside MRT had searched for the group near Esk Hause with no success.
Wasdale MRT base was manned to support the dog handler and navigator.
After 6 hrs the group hadn't been located and KMRT and SARDA stood down
till the morning. At this point further information came in and
LAMRT located them near Ore Gap around 11.00 a.m. Weather
conditions were bad but not as severe as forecast. 3 team members
involved. Based closed at 6.35 a.m. on the Sunday [NY 24067 07184] 2009:90 31/10/09 (4.20 p.m.) - Saturday An informant had reported herself, another individual
and a group of 3 all lost near Dow Crag [Esk Buttress] in Upper Eskdale
after coming off Scafell Pike in low cloud and having insufficient
torches to get down safely. Location provided from
a GPS as being near Knotts of the Tongue. Given that it was close
to dark and severe weather was forecast they were advised to walk along
the edge of the river Esk towards Brotherilkeld whilst a small group of
team members walked up to meet them with torches. 6 team members
involved. Based closed at 21:45 [NY 23172 07762] 2009:89 29/10/09 (7.41 p.m.) - Thursday An informant in Keswick had reported a 25yr old
female friend hadn't returned from a solo walk up Scafell from Boot in
Eskdale and that she couldn't contact her on her mobile. Whilst 2
team members were searching the car parks in Eskdale for the car the
informant rang back to say her friend had rung her from her home near
Durham to say that she had lost her phone on the hill. 3 team
members involved. Based closed at 10.15 p.m. 2009:88
27/10/09 (4.48 p.m.) - Tuesday Call from the police regarding a lone male walker
who was lost on his descent from Scafell Pike in the growing
darkness. He was somewhere on the west side of Piers Gill below
Lingmell, a well know black spot for walkers getting lost and a
dangerous location. He had walked as far as the gulley but not
crossed it. He had already slipped and hurt his back. He was
located high, beneath Lingmell crags and needed to be roped up and given
a helmet before being assisted down to the safe area below. 16
team members attended, He was safely walked back down to Brackenclose. Incident closed at around 11.00 p.m. [NY 21080 08130] 2009:87
25/10/09 (8.03 p.m.) - Saturday Callout for a missing group of 5 walkers in Upper
Eskdale who had been walking on Crinkle Crags. The request for
support came in from Langdale MRT. Weather conditions were poor with heavy rain and high
winds forecasted. The team were mobilised and the 3 members of the missing group were
quickly located at Brotherikeld in Eskdale at around 8.30 p.m. The
2 remaining missing persons were eventually confirmed as being safe and
well in tents at Green Hole at the top of Eskdale. 12 team members
were involved along with 2 SARDA search dogs and their handlers.
Incident closed at around 11.00 p.m. [NY 23977 05694] 2009:86
23/10/09 (7.05 a.m.) - Friday Called by Cockermouth MRT who had been out since
2.30 a.m. that morning to support them in a
search for an Epileptic. The search had already involved SARDA
search dogs and a helicopter. Wasdale team deployed in vehicles but
were stood down
on arrival at Cockermouth as the missing person was located at around
8.30 a.m. 7 team members were involved from Wasdale MRT. 2009:85(a)
18/10/09 (8.14 a.m.) - Sunday Police paged the team for a rescue on Scafell Pike
with no injuries. Two males requested support due to being lost in
cloud near the summit of Scafell Pike. The Wasdale deputy leader
of the day suggested that they had a full day to find their own way
safely off the mountain and would probably find other walkers to help
them down. By 9.20 a.m. the deputy team leader had
established that no further action was necessary and the incident was
closed. 2009:85
14/10/09 (7.00 p.m.) - Wednesday Police call regarding a group of 6 x walkers who
were benighted at the bad step on the Corridor Route, near Stand Crag. Team
members duly went to provide light and to guide them as far as Sty head,
where Keswick MRT kindly met the group and guided them back to
Seathwaite. Incident closed at midnight. (An incident that should have been
avoided if people would take responsibility for themselves and carry
torches of their own) [NY 21902 08682] 2009:84 14/10/09 (3.58 p.m.) - Wednesday Police call regarding a 44 yr old male from the Grantham
area who had severe cramp in his legs and was unable to walk. He
was on the summit of the Pike and turned out to have a medical
background which gave rise to the underlying cause of the cramp. He
was able to walk off himself, albeit slowly, and was escorted by team
members. 12 team members involved and finished at about 7.30 p.m. [NY 21547 07229] 2009:83
11/10/09 (9.28 p.m.) - Sunday Call from the Police, regarding a 64 yr old male,
reported long overdue from a walk to Slight Side, Eskdale. The
informant was at Wha House Farm and described last seeing the missing
walker quite low down and at about 6.00 p.m. Given the short
distance between their vehicle and the point he'd last been seen the
Team Leader did have concerns for his safety. 2 SARDA
(Lakes) search dogs and handlers were immediately involved and more team
members followed up the search as quickly as possible. The missing
walker was located fit and well and not far from Taw House Farm. He
was assisted back to their vehicle and the Base was closed at about 1.00
a.m. 15 team members involved. [NY 21097 01789] 2009:82
11/10/09 (11.46 a.m.) - Sunday Call from Police requesting assistance to search
Wastwater for a missing diver. The team used their rescue boat and
conducted lake shore searches of the area but nothing was found. The
team stood down once the Police diving unit (from Lancashire) arrived at
about 3.45 p.m. 11 team members were involved
involved. The body of the diver was recovered from the lake at
around midnight but the team was not involved. [NY 15410 05435]
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1998 /00
1996/98
1994/96
1994
There
have been no additional callouts since 6.00 p.m. on 31/12/10 when this
page was amended
Number of
'999' calls to date = 127
which includes 83 with the
team on the fell and 44 alerts,
where the incident was reported in as a '999' but there was no need
for any significant team involvement and therefore not formally logged
as an incident (given postscript (a) or (b)) - this is where, for
example, the Team Leader talks them off the mountain with minimal team
member involvement or missing persons turn up before the team is fully
mobilised.
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
rock where the other four members of the group were sitting. The group had
no experience were all wearing shorts t shirts and trainers and did not have a
map or compass. They had began to feel really cold and had no extra clothing to
wear.
The cloud had come in and they needed guided to Mickledore.
The climber kindly agreed to guide them all the way down to the Woolworth
boulder to meet the rescued cragfast person. The incident was closed
around 6.30 p.m.
July 2010
[NY19672 05884]
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
could attend. He was then airlifted to Barrow Hospital by
a Sea King from RAF Valley. 22 Wasdale MRT supported by 13
Cockermouth MRT attended and the incident was closed at around 2.30
a.m. the following morning.
November 2009