Now having to deploy [mountain] rescue, air support and ambulance to rescue them. Words fail us ...”Police said they worked with the Wasdale mountain rescue team and were able to bring the men down to safety at 9.45pm. “Mountain safety is your responsibility,” he said. The Wasdale mountain rescue team had a particularly busy day yesterday dealing with this and other incidents. Commenting on the story on Facebook, the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association, the umbrella body for mountain rescue teams in Cumbria, said such callouts were “becoming a joke”.

Source: The Guardian September 24, 2017 14:39 UTC