Keswick team members in the gully during the rescue on Sharp Edge. Photo: Keswick MRT
Two walkers were rescued after getting stuck on a notorious Lake District ridge.
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called out about 2.35pm on Sunday after a member of the public phoned police to say an elderly couple were stuck on Sharp Edge on Blencathra.
The pair had left the main route and found themselves cragfast on steep ground.
A Keswick MRT spokesperson said: “The lady was particularly distressed, and the team lost no time in despatching a group of six with the necessary equipment to rescue them.
“Once on scene, the team rigged a section of Sharp Edge gully, to enable team members to descend to the couple and retrieve them to safe ground.”
Eight volunteers from the Keswick team took part in the 3½-hour rescue.
Dave R
31 August 2015Really value your work BUT Is the elderly bit necessary many a youth has made a mistake ? ?
Adrian Peckover
01 September 2015This is not good reporting I think...how old in fact are the "elderly" couple concerned?
Rhaeadr
02 September 2015I disagree; good reporting gives all the facts - age can be relevant & is certainly interesting... If only to myth bust the presumption it's always the young folk who get into trouble or lack experience (per the original post) - this article shows us age doesn't always equal experience