We were alerted by Cumbria Police about two walkers who had reported themselves lost near the summit of Great End. They were given directions and managed to walk most of the way down before they were met by team members and Dog Jess, with torches. They were accompanied the rest of the way back to Wasdale Head.
Incident started at 16:27 and ended at 20:40 making 4.2 hrs in total. There were 6 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 225083. Total rescuer hours: 25
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