- Incident
- 23 in 2011
- Type
- Full Callout — Cragfast
- Location
- Needle Ridge, Great Gable
- Tagged
- Cragfast
Team members at the top of Needle Ridge
Whilst returning from the initial incident on Great Gable and immediately after the alert for the rescue on Scafell Pike a further call came from the Police for a pair of climbers cragfast on Needle Ridge on the Napes crags due to greasy conditions on the rock. A small team were pulled together to respond to this additional incident in parallel with the leg injury. The cragfast climbers were located very close to the top of the route and assisted initially to the top of the crag and then back down to the valley. 7 team members involved. Incident closed around 22:00.
Incident started at 17:30 and ended at 22:00 making 4.5 hrs in total. There were 7 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 20977 10017 (altitude 740 m). Total rescuer hours: 32
