Incidents
Stuck on Striding Edge
03/12/2024
Striding Edge
Grid reference: NY 34580 14970
On Tuesday 3/12/24 at around 1700hrs the team was alerted regards a lone walker on Striding Edge who was stranded and along the ridge on his own. The walker had no lights and found himself on Striding Edge when it got dark and with conditions being wintery he was unsure about continuing on his own. The Police had initially called out Keswick MRT who spoke to the young walker over the phone. After they had established his exact location and that he was parked at Glenridding they passed the call out to the Patterdale Team. As the person wasn’t injured and just required assistance getting down a limited call out was initiated and 3 team members responded to walk up and get him down. As the team approached the Hole in the Wall area just before Striding Edge they met the walker who had managed to move along the ridge by himself in the dark. He was assisted back down to the valley and dropped at his car.