- Incident
- 30 in 2026
- Type
- Alert — Lost
- Location
- Eskdale
- Weather
- Cloudy Summits
- Other Agencies
- Cumbria Police
- Tagged
- iPhone Emergency SOS, Lost
Cumbria Police received a report of three males who had contacted the iPhone Emergency SOS messaging service stating they were lost, wet, and cold. The MRT Team Leader made contact with the SOS service, but the group had already moved from their initial location and Team Leader was unable to make direct contact. The final update received indicated they were nearly back down, no longer required MRT assistance, and sadly stated they were “never hill walking again.”
Incident started at 22:46 and ended at 23:15 making 0.5 hrs in total. There was 1 Wasdale team member involved and the incident occured at NY 18104 02243. Total rescuer hours: 0.5
