Incident 65 of 2024:-
06/11/24, 08.23, East of Cross Fell area
It was a murky misty morning when we received a request to assist Penrith MRT in a continuing search for a missing walker. They had spoken to the gentleman the night before who had become lost and exhausted. Unfortunately they had been unable to locate him, hence the continuation of the search this morning.
A number of Teams were deployed to search a large area around Cross Fell in the northern Pennines. Coniston sent one vehicle with a small party. Contact with the walker was regained and the cloud lifted enabling him and Penrith Base Control to eventually ascertain his probable whereabouts. Soon after, the gentleman was located, safe and walking, and was accompanied off the fell.
Three Coniston members attended this incident which took 5 hours.