- Incident
- 38 in 2020
- Type
- Full Callout — Cragfast
- Location
- Broad Stand, Scafell
- Weather
- Hot
A call came in from the police about 2 people stuck on a ‘cliff face’. The eastings and northings provided put the people by Broad Stand close to the abseil point.
The team were deployed in two vehicles with 2 members making their own way by car. The crag fast people were quickly secured and made safe by the advanced party upon arrival and lowered to the second party of team members at the bottom of Broad Stand.
The walkers were escorted off the hill to carry on in their own car back to the hotel in Bowness.
Incident started at 13:19 and ended at 18:51 making 5.5 hrs in total. There were 11 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 2096 0681. Total rescuer hours: 61
