- Incident
- 105 in 2024
- Type
- Alert — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Rain
- Other Agencies
- North West Ambulance Service
- Diagnosis
- Knee Injury
A late night alert was received from North West Ambulance Service. A male walker was reporting a twisted knee on the descent from Scafell Pike. However, the coordinates from the call placed him on a road well down the valley.
Further contact was not possible. After verification of the location accuracy, it was agreed with NWAS that Mountain Rescue was not currently required, and would stand down, pending further information. Nothing further was heard and the log was closed.
Incident started at 23:50 and ended at 01:25 making 1.6 hrs in total. There was 1 Wasdale team member involved and the incident occured at NY124054. Total rescuer hours: 1.6
