A Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team Land Rover above Ullswater

Campers in Difficulty on Satura Crags

A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.

Callout 2024_070

Date

Mon 19 August 2024

Called out

20:14

Stood down

23:14

Duration

3 hours

Location

Satura Crags

A group of four teenaged boys had been camping at Angle Tarn when the weather deteriorated, and their tent’s flysheet blew away. The group called for help. Two of the boys remained with their tent while the other two decided to walk back to Hartsop.

The group was reunited with their parents at the Rescue Base.

The callout in numbers

10

Team members

3

Hours on the hill

70

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