Incident
55 in 2013
Type
Location
Scafell

Just after closing the first incident we were contacted by Police again. Shouts for help had been heard around the Scafell crags. Initially it was thought the shouts were coming from the Lords Rake area but after a short search 2 fell runners were found just under the chockstone in Mickledore Chimney. The had been looking for Broad Stand but gone up the chimney by accident. They were helped out using a rope, then they ran down to see their supporters at Brackenclose. Incident closed 15:00. 12 Team members involved.


Incident started at 10:20 and ended at 15:00 making 4.7 hrs in total. There were 12 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 2096 0683 (altitude 860 m). Total rescuer hours: 56

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