The students were taken by rescue Land Rover to the team's base
Six students on a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition had to be rescued today after being caught out by bad weather in the Lake District.
The group, from a Gloucester school, used their mobile phone to call 999 when they got into difficulties near Helvellyn, England’s third highest mountain. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team responded to their call and they were found on Whiteside Bank above Keppel Cove.
A spokesperson for the team said: “They had erected their tent and were waiting for the arrival of the team. All of the students, who were wet and cold, were walked off the hill by the team to a waiting Land Rover and brought to the Patterdale rescue centre.”
After being given hot food, the students were handed over to the care of their teachers.
rhodesy
27 August 2009Idiots
Wakefield
30 August 2009Not at all!!
Did the right thing.Caught out by the weather, took to shelter, and called for assistance.
Well done!
Iain Cairns
31 August 2009agree with both comments to a point. Report says they were caught out by the weather, it is the lake district and on a mountain (idiots) Yes they did the right thing in erecting their tent but why did'nt they change in to dry clothes and cook a meal in their tent and make a brew before calling out the MRT. Had they forgotten their training?
Colin
10 September 2009Forgotten the training or not received it..? People who make snap judgements without appraising themselves of the full facts are idiots.