- Incident
- 5 in 2006
- Type
- Callout — Lost
- Location
- Upper Eskdale
- Other Agencies
- Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs, Langdale Ambleside MRT
The team were called out to support Langdale Ambleside team to rescue a lost male and female couple in their 20’s who had become benighted and lost. They were somewhere near Crinkle Crags and had possibly descended into Green Hole on the Eskdale side. A group consisting 10 Wasdale team members plus a Wasdale dog handler were dispatched to Eskdale. The lost pair were located by the Langdale and Ambleside team at around 8.00 p.m. The incident was closed at around 9.30 p.m.
Incident started at 18:27 and ended at 21:30 making 3.1 hrs in total. There were 10 Wasdale team members involved. Total rescuer hours: 31