- Incident
- 127 in 2017
- Type
- Full Callout — Lost
- Location
- Upper Eskdale
- Other Agencies
- Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs, Langdale Ambleside MRT
We were called by our colleagues in Langdale Team to help look for a missing walker last seen ascending Bowfell via The Band. The walker was found by a mountain leader and group on a night navigation exercise near Long Crag in Upper Eskdale. The walker was passed to us near Lingcove Bridge and after a change of clothes he was walked back to Brotherikeld then handed back to Langdale Team near the top of Hardknott Pass.
 
Incident started at 19:55 and ended at 00:00 making 4.1 hrs in total. There were 5 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY231050 (altitude 489 m). Total rescuer hours: 21
