- Incident
- 2 in 2023
- Type
- Alert — Overdue
- Location
- Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Rain
- Other Agencies
- Cumbria Police
- Tagged
- Overdue
Whilst callout No.1 was ongoing, a further call was received from the police. A single male walker was overdue from a walk up Scafell and a relative was concerned for his safety. Fortunately during the initial enquiries and investigation, the walker was discovered safe and well in his vehicle in the valley. Contact was not possible by phone at this point due to the lack of signal in this area.
Incident started at 20:09 and ended at 20:45 making 0.6 hrs in total. There were 25 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY215072. Total rescuer hours: 15
