We were alerted by Cumbria police about a parascender who appeared to be in difficulties in Eskdale. Enquiries revealed that there was an organised event taking place and some participants may have been performing acrobatics. All were accounted for, safe and well, so no further action was taken.
Incident started at 16:10 and ended at 17:02 making 0.9 hrs in total. There were 3 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 201019. Total rescuer hours: 2.7
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