In the first of two incidents today, a walker reported themselves lost whilst descending Scafell Pike. They quickly found another group who were able to direct them down and they then made their own way off the fell.
Incident started at 10:18 and ended at 13:06 making 2.8 hrs in total. There was 1 Wasdale team member involved and the incident occured at NY 21500 07200 (altitude 963 m). Total rescuer hours: 2.8
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