Ribblehead, with Pen-y-ghent in the distance
Rescuers were called out to search for three walkers who got lost as darkness fell while attempting a challenge walk.
The Cave Rescue Organisation was alerted about 10pm on Sunday when the trio called for help while tackling the Yorkshire Three Peaks.
The walkers’ mobile phone signal was then lost and the only description the Clapham-based team had was that the group was between Pen-y-ghent and Whernside, on a track through a field.
The distance between the two hills is 18km (11 miles).
A team spokesperson said North Yorkshire Police searched roads in the area while the CRO’s volunteers searched tracks.
The spokesperson added: “They had no map, no torch and no other emergency equipment.”
The lost walkers were eventually found by a farmer who took them to their car at Ribblehead.
The Yorkshire Three Peaks is a 39km (24-mile) challenge walk involving walking up Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough.
David Hickson
03 April 2014I'm sorry to sound harsh, but these people are idiots. Why anyone would set out at this or any other time of year to do the three peaks with no map etc. defies belief, but maybe I'm expecting too much....................?
Roger Sutton
03 April 2014Doesn't sound harsh to me, just about spot on I'd say.
Howard
03 April 2014Complete Idiots!
TH
03 April 2014Were their first words, "Are you the farmer? We've come on holiday by mistake."
Phil
03 April 2014Once again MR are asked to go and get a group of absolute morons. Are people going to the hills getting more stupid by the minute or have modern gadgets taken over the space formerly occupied by a brain?
ST
03 April 2014The timing of the whole episode just illustrates how ill prepared these people were, sadly these events appear to be occurring more frequently nowadays.
Margaret
03 April 2014They're just tourists, certainly not mountaineers - I think the current commercial term is Adventure Tourism.
Perhaps they don't take, or have any idea how to use, the equipment of mountaineering to ensure they experience an adventure.