'Long and complex' rescue for two injured walkers

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  1. A group of mountain rescue team members huddle around a casualty who is being transported on stretcher. It is dark but the casualty is being lit up by head torches. The team wear emergency waterproof clothing which is red.
    Wasdale MRT

    Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team said the rescue took 11 hours 30 minutes

Two walkers had to be carried on stretchers in what a mountain rescue team called a "long and complex" mission.

The pair, from the same group, suffered back, ankle and and knee injuries below Stand Crag, in Wasdale, on Sunday afternoon.

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team (WMRT) said the rescue took 11 hours 30 minutes in "somewhat unpleasant conditions".

The team said it was helped by Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team (DFMRT) in carrying the two walkers down on stretchers across "some steep ground back to the valley floor".

WMRT said it received the emergency call but there was "poor mobile signal", making it difficult to directly communicate with the walking party, so a full call-out was made.

The first walker injured their ankle, while the second hiker suffered knee and back injuries.

DMRT came to help with the second stretcher carry, bringing team shelters, extra layers and heat blankets to keep the casualties warm during the wait.

"A long, complex rescue, completed successfully in cold and somewhat unpleasant conditions at times," WMRT added.

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