Cumbria Police asked the team to assist two students who had reported themselves lost in low cloud on the summit of Helvellyn. The Duty Leader attempted to persuade the couple to walk off under his direction. When they declined, two Team Members were deployed to climb the fell and guide the pair down via Lower Man and Whiteside Bank.

LAMRT, via Cumbria Police, requested the Team’s help in the search for a vulnerable young person who was missing in the area of Kirkstone Pass. There had been a few unconfirmed sightings in the valley. As Team Members were making their way to Base they spotted the missing person and transported him to the Rescue Base where he was reunited with his parents.

While the Team was training in the Ullswater Valley they received a report from Cumbria Police of a walker seeking advice having lost their way on Hallin Fell. The walker had left the path to take a direct route to the summit and become disoriented in high bracken.

Using PhoneFind, the Team was able to guide the walker down to the shore path from where they were able to complete the rest of their walk.

The Team had just got to the summit of Helvellyn, on the first job of the afternoon, when the police alerted them to a walker who had become lost in low cloud on Stybarrow Dodd. As resources were at our Base, these were despatched to Dowthwaite Head, in a Team Land Rover, to locate the lost person using the PhoneFind system.

The walker was located and walked off the fell.