- Incident
- 78 in 2025
- Type
- Limited Callout — Lost
- Location
- Pen, Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Mild, Mist
- Tagged
- Lost, PhoneFind
A call was received from a walker who had become separated from the two other people in his group from a walk to Scafell Pike summit. He was walking faster than the others and had then descended into the wrong valley and was now in the Wasdale Head Inn. However, he could not make contact with the others in his group. Their intended destination was Seathwaite in Borrowdale.
The Team Leader concluded that there was no reason to deploy, with the informant safe and well in the wrong valley, and most likely the others were temporarily without a mobile phone signal, which would resolve in time. A PhoneFind was used to see if the others could be located to quickly resolve the situation, and the log left open. However, after a couple of hours, with no resolution, concerns started to increase.
When the PhoneFind links were eventually clicked, the two walkers appeared on the map on Pen, behind Scafell Pike summit. This is difficult terrain for inexperienced walkers with some steep ground nearby. In misty conditions, a ‘talk-off’ was considered too risky and so a small party volunteered to make the long walk to access the walkers and then escort back down to Wasdale. This was completed without incident and with the party reunited in the valley the team returned to base and stood down.
Incident started at 17:14 and ended at 01:32 making 8.3 hrs in total. There were 5 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 221068. Total rescuer hours: 42
