Out third callout of the day was to two walkers who were lost, one with a leg injury above the Wast Water Screes. Treated by the team and evacuated back to Wasdale.
Incident started at 20:28 and ended at 00:30 making 4 hrs in total. There were 16 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY15260373 (altitude 515 m). Total rescuer hours: 64
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