A 'cold and wet' lone camper called for help after becoming concerned about their own safety, one hour after being offered assistance.

At 14.20 on November 30, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team received information from Cumbria Police alerting them to a walker who was in their tent wet and cold and was concerned about their own safety.

The message had been relayed by a member of the public, who was walking over Helvellyn as part of the group an hour previously and had seen the person setting up there tent near the summit of Dollywagon Pike and having difficulty.

They suggested to the camper that they could walk with them back down off the fell, but they refused the offer as they were keen to camp. An hour later the camper called the leader of the group asking for advice and support, but by this time the group were already some distance away and on there way off the fell.

The leader of the group relayed the information to the police and the team were called out.

The Team sent three team members up the Grisedale Valley  and up to Grisedale Tarn and onto the summit of Dollywaggon Pike, which was extremely windy.  They met the camper and supported him walking safely back off the fell.

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The rescue lasted six hours and involved six team members.