Two walkers were winched to safety after getting into difficulty on a Lake District crag.
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team were called out to Great End yesterday, Saturday April 5, at around 1.15pm.
The team said it had received a report that two people had got into difficulty, but were not given an exact location or details of the issue.
The team said: “Incident leaders and control were unable to make contact with the people and so two vehicles were deployed to go to the summit of Great End prepared for a crag rescue.
“The first team deployed with full crag rescue kit – for Great End that’s 650m of rope!
“Upon reaching the top of Grains Gill shouts for help and a whistle was heard and a we got a visual of their orange survival bag.
“It appeared they taken a direct route up in the Custs Gully area; this area is usually reserved for winter climbers.
“As the first team made it to the top of Great End the second vehicles team members had arrived at the top of Grains Gill.
“Acting as spotters team members were able to assist from below the crag ensuring the ropes were set up in the right location to send a team member down from above to extricate the walkers.
“We raised the cragfast walkers up to the top of Great End. Once at the top the thankful walkers enjoyed the warming sun having been in the shade for quite some time.”
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team said while the incident was underway, it received two further callouts.
