We were alerted by Cumbria Police about 2 walkers who were lost on Scafell Pike. Phonefind put them at the top of Piers Gill. They were talked off the hill by the Team Leader without the team having to deploy.
Incident started at 18:35 and ended at 21:08 making 2.6 hrs in total. There was 1 Wasdale team member involved and the incident occured at NY 213 078. Total rescuer hours: 2.6
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