The Team was contacted by Cumbria Police with a report of two cold, wet males who, due to a combination of the time of day that they started walking and limited hours of daylight, had failed to reach their objective (Priest’s Hole on Dove Crag).

In very wet and windy conditions, with the possibility of snow later, they decided to camp. Their location was established using PhoneFind and a rescue party was sent to assist the campers back to safety.

The Team was alerted to a lone walker stranded in the dark on Striding Edge. Conditions were wintery and as he did not have a torch, he was unsure about continuing. Initially the police called out Keswick MRT who spoke to the young walker over the phone and established his exact location.

As he was parked at Glenridding they passed the job to PMRT. The young man wasn’t injured so just required assistance of the three Team Members who had been tasked with bringing him off the fell. As the rescuers approached the Hole in the Wall, just before Striding Edge, they met the walker who had managed to traverse the ridge.

He was assisted from the fell.

The police relayed a message from a member of a group who had been walking over Helvellyn an hour previously and seen someone struggling to pitch their tent near the summit of Dollywagon Pike. The good Samaritan had suggested to the camper that they could walk with them off the fell, but the offer was declined.

An hour later, the camper called the leader of the group to seek their advice. However, by this time the group were some distance away and on their way off the fell. A small team of rescuers was sent to the very windy summit of Dollywaggon Pike, where they met the camper and supported him to walk safely off the fell.

The Fire Service requested the Team’s assistance to recover a driver who was trapped in their car after it had slipped off the track into a ditch. The Team was stood down before reaching the scene.