Lake District mountain rescue team helps Duke of Edinburgh groups
"As a team, we have had to dig deep over the last 24 hours." Cumbria Police and North West Ambulance Service said they received reports of two groups of DofE students, 12 people in all, that were "in difficulty close to the summit of Bowfell" at about 13:05 BST on Friday.LAMRT said it had to dispatch two parties of volunteers to find the groups.
"Both groups had kept moving since they called in and were thankfully found half way down Rossett Ghyll," LAMRT said. The team were then called out at 18:12 to help another group of DofE students that were "lost, wet and cold in their tent" near Grisedale Tarn. LAMRT said the students had got disorientated due to "extremely reduced visibility" and sent two small groups of volunteers to help find them."Half of the grid reference given was accurate, meaning we were able to figure out roughly where the group would be," it said.
Meanwhile early on Saturday at 01:53 at Codale Tarn, the team got a call about nine campers needing help. "Again, not being able to get in touch with the campers meant that we had no choice other than to head out to assist."LAMRT said it "scraped together" a party of six volunteers, three of which had been out on the previous rescue. Volunteers helped "pack away their collapsed tents" which were "filled with an abundance of items" and started the "long walk back to the vehicles".
'Prepare and plan'
Finally at 11:29, teams were called to Garburn Pass about someone who had suffered an ankle injury. Volunteers drove to the scene and brought the casualty back down to Troutbeck. LAMRT urged people to "prepare and plan" which was "absolutely key when heading out into the mountains". "There are so many ways to assess the mountain weather forecast, ensure you have the equipment you need and gain the skills to undertake your planned activity," it added.
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