Incident
56 in 2013
Type
Location
Wastwater Screes

The team was called out for the third time in the day to attend a pair of walkers stuck high on Wastwater Screes. A group of eight team members made their way to the casualties by ascending from the lakeside path and helped them climb the remaining hundred metres to the ridge before walking down to the valley via Greathall Gill.

Incident started at 20:25 and ended at 02:30 making 6.1 hrs in total. There were 12 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY1556804280 (altitude 445 m). Total rescuer hours: 73

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