Incident
34 in 2006
Type
Location
Scafell Pike

‘999’ call taken by Cumbria Ambulance Control and passed onto the Police who paged the team. A 16 yrs old girl with her teenage boyfriend, both from Essex were stuck in bad weather on the summit of Scafell Pike and she was feeling unwell. They had started their walk earlier that day by catching a bus to Seatoller and then walking to Seathwaite and up to the summit of Scafell Pike. A full team callout was made and 20 team members assembled. She was found in the stonewalled shelter on the summit and after being warmed with dry clothing was walked back down. The incident was closed at 10.00 p.m.

Incident started at 16:40 and ended at 22:00 making 5.3 hrs in total. There were 20 Wasdale team members involved. Total rescuer hours: 106

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