The team was called out to attend a party of three who were lost
on the summit plateau of Broad Crag. They were given warm dry clothing and then walked down to Wasdale Head via Lingmell Nose.
Incident started at 17:06 and ended at 22:40 making 5.6 hrs in total. There were 17 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 2190 0765 (altitude 923 m). Total rescuer hours: 95
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