The walker was found on Martcrag Moor, north-west of the Langdale Pikes
A lost walker was brought to safety from the Lake District fells in a six-hour operation involving two rescue teams and six search dogs.
The 67-year-old man rang for help at 5.50pm yesterday after getting lost on the descent from Scafell Pike.
He was heading back to Borrowdale but lost his map and compass and became disoriented.
Keswick and Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Teams responded.
A Keswick team spokesperson said: “He was able to give some information about where he was.
“Some careful questioning and discussion among team members gave the team enough clues to believe he was in the Martcrag Moor-Stake Pass area.
“Six dogs and handlers from the Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs assisted in the search, and he was eventually located by a foot party from Langdale in the upper reaches of Martcrag Moor.
“He was assisted down on the Langdale side, and a Keswick vehicle went round to Langdale to collect him and return him to his car.”
Jon
25 September 2013How do you lose your map and your compass??
Ian
25 September 2013I suspect you don't really take it with you...
Sheepy
25 September 2013Mountain Rescue Taxi Service?
He "lost" his map and compass? - Yeh right!
Was he injured? - No!
Was he stuck halfway up a cliff? - No!
What he should have done was make his way down into the valley that was his best guesstimate, and if it was the wrong one, ring a taxi and pay them to take you back to the car! - Simples!
I'm sorry MRT but for all the good work you do you really are too soft with these idiots and make a rod for your own back.
In future rather than planning circular routes I might throw in a few linear ones and ring MRT to say i'm lost and ask if they can they run me back to my car.
Mountain chap
29 September 2013What a shame that this site is increasing being inundated with arm chair pundits passing negative comments on news stories without knowing the full facts. It seems people can't be human beings and make mistakes on the hills.
Margaret
02 October 2013There do seem to be more people making fairly basic - 'mistakes on the hill' - these days.