- Incident
- 87 in 2015
- Type
- Full Callout — Overdue
- Location
- Waberthwaite
- Other Agencies
- Coniston MRT, Duddon & Furness MRT, Kendal MRT, Kirkby Stephen MRT, Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs
The team was called out to assist Duddon and Furness MRT with a search for a man missing from the Waberthwaite area. Five mountain rescue teams assisted by search dogs searched overnight and through the following day. Just before dark the man was spotted by a member of the public on Raven Crag above the river Esk opposite Muncaster. The team attended, assessed his condition, provided food and water and then stretchered him from the fell to an Ambulance.
Incident started at 01:30 and ended at 23:00 making 21.5 hrs in total. There were 24 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at SD 133 969 (altitude 187 m). Total rescuer hours: 516
