We were called by Police about 2 walkers who’d become stuck on the large boulder field on the Wasdale Screes. They were located by a team member on foot then given a lift back to the pump house in the team boat.
Incident started at 16:31 and ended at 19:00 making 2.5 hrs in total. There were 8 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 1537 0470. Total rescuer hours: 20
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