- Incident
- 71 in 2011
- Type
- Full Callout — Overdue
- Location
- Upper Eskdale
- Other Agencies
- Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs, Langdale Ambleside MRT
Call came in from Langdale team to search the upper Eskdale for a missing 63 yr old walker last seen on the summit of Bowfell heading for Crinkle Crags. 11 team members attended. He was eventually found by a member of the Langdale team in the upper Esk in the Swinsty Gill area in the early hours. Incident closed at around 2.00 a.m.
Incident started at 22:39 and ended at 02:00 making 3.4 hrs in total. There were 11 Wasdale team members involved. Total rescuer hours: 37
