- Incident
- 66 in 2024
- Type
- Alert — Other
- Location
- Buttermere
- Weather
- Sunny, Warm
- Other Agencies
- Cockermouth MRT, Keswick MRT
The team was due to do some joint training in Ennerdale with members of Cockermouth MRT. As the team arrived Cockermouth MRT had just been called out to a missing paraglider near Buttermere. The training was therefore cancelled, and Wasdale MRT along with members of Keswick MRT went to assist. Tragically the paraglider was found near Buttermere village but did not survive the landing.
Incident started at 09:00 and ended at 13:00 making 4 hrs in total. There were 7 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 19589 16303. Total rescuer hours: 28
