Fifteen members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue were called out this morning to help a man suffering from exposure to the cold.
The call came in at about 8.45am that the man had tried and failed to find the Priest Hole for a Christmas Eve wild camp.
He instead took shelter beneath a large boulder for the night and woke up this morning with cold feet and unable to walk.
It took six hours for the volunteers to stretcher the man down to the valley bottom.
The team said on Facebook: “Although the team are usually happy to go out, whatever the time, day or night and whatever the weather, after such an awful year, there are occasions when we would far rather be at home spending time with our families and loved ones.”
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team were also called out when a man slipped on frozen ground at Rosthwaite this afternoon.
The team was called at around 1.40pm with the report that the man, part of a family out for a Christmas Day walk, had fallen at Lingy Bank and badly injured his knee.
His wife called for assistance and a Keswick Mountain Rescue Team vehicle was dispatched.
On the way, the team was told that the man had decided to self-rescue and use an improvised splint.
However, he was met by a paramedic team member who lived locally.
As the man was very near to Rosthwaite the rest of team was stood down and the team member accompanied the man to Rosthwaite for a handover with the ambulance service.
Ten team members were called out and the incident lasted an hour.
