The walkers reported they were 'stuck' in high winds on Helvellyn Lower Man
Two men called for help after they reported being ‘stuck’ in high winds on a Lake District fell.
The pair rang 999 from Lower Man, an outlier of Helvellyn, today, to say they were stranded in strong winds on the mountain.
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out about 2pm and volunteer team members began the ascent to the site, a kilometre north-west of the 950m (3,117ft) summit of Helvellyn.
A team spokesperson said: “Five members of the team were making their way to the ‘stranded party, in atrocious weather conditions, via Brown Cove when the call came through that the wind had abated and the two males had made their own way off the fell towards Thirlmere.”
The team members were called out for 1½ hours.
TH
19 October 2014Why couldn't the stupid idiots look at a weather forecast? Unnecessary callout for the MRT.
Jhimmy
19 October 2014As per TH advice...it was clear there was going to be high winds from the forecasts. Would these 2 still drive to the Lake District if they knew they had a nail in their car tyre? Nope they wouldn't. So why climb a mountain in high winds?
Graham
20 October 2014The Fells are Mountains not play areas for people without a jar of glue!!!
Alan
20 October 2014They deserved what they got. The weather, the last and next few days, are rain and strong winds. What planet are they on. The wind is too strong for them - but they want to put other people in the same situation as they are in. If they cannot walk in such high winds, how do they expect other people to. There was plenty of time to turn around when lower down, but there own stupidity could have put other people in danger
Well done MRT for even turning out
heidi
20 October 2014when I started fell walking and climbing there were no mobile phones or any of this stuff around today, so we learnt to be self reliant and rescue wasn't an option. if we went out in bad weather, we learnt to deal with it. nowadays its too easy for folk to call the mountain rescue at the first sign of trouble. I may be old school but I would be too embarrassed to have people come to rescue me just coz of a bit of wind. I would rather crawl down to where its less windy and then get up and walk!! is it this nanny state we live in that people don't even think for themselves any more? sorry to rant and ramble....
Calum
21 October 2014Hopefully a wee chat from the MRT will help them take your points on board.