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A story about a woman rescued by mountain rescue from a hill somewhere in the Lake District. Her quote ' I was two hours from the road'

My question, why didn't you just walk down?

Story followed by an 'expert' telling you what you should have in a rucksack.

(Real american style reporting here in the UK these days, please note I don't watch much TV and was at a friend's)

Oh, and guess what, you should have a map and compass in your rucksack. The expert didn't stress you should learn how to use them, go on course maybe?

Is this TV for dumb and dumber? Next they will be instructing people how to breathe!

In reply to The Ice Doctor:


I'm not holding my breath....

In reply to The Ice Doctor:

Had she not gone over/broken her ankle?

Agree though. A worthless piece of "news"

In reply to The Ice Doctor:


My question would be;
Where in the Lake District could you be a full 2 hours (downhill) walking from the nearest road given reasonable health.
I twisted my knee last year some distance from the road in the Lakes, and it still only took me an hour or so to effectively bum-slide almost a thousand feet down to the nearest level track and then hobble out.

In reply to The Ice Doctor:

A brief perusal of mountain rescue logs would indicate that dumb and dumber are indeed at large on the hills.

In reply to The Ice Doctor:

In days of olde, tourists wouldn't even be noticed as missing until they failed to appear for breakfast in their b&b etc.. they'd have a whole night to solve their own predicament. Not ideal in serious incidents, but the contemplation time would have done her the world of good.

In reply to fred99:


For an inexperienced person who is slow on descents, maybe Scafell / Esk Hause / Bow Fell area? Can't think of anywhere else though.

In reply to The Ice Doctor:

I tend not to keep my map and compass in my rucksack as it's difficult to read in there.