Calf Cove, Great End – Sun 29th Jul 2012

Incident

68 in 2012

Type

Full Callout — Lost

Location

Calf Cove, Great End

Other Agencies

Duddon & Furness MRT, Keswick MRT, Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs, RAF Boulmer

The team were called out to search for a pair of walkers who were lost on descent from Scafell Pike. They were very cold and wet and were not able to give the team much information to narrow down the search area. With the assistance of Duddon and Furness and Keswick teams and search dogs the whole of the Scafell massif was searched. At around 02:30 the pair were found near Calfcove Gill, under Ill Crag. After being warmed and given dry clothing the casualties were evacuated by a Sea King from RAF Boulmer that was attending to assist the search.

Approximately 40 MRT members were involved this rescue that took around nine hours. It was the team’s second all night rescue in four nights!