A man who slipped and lost his glasses in tussocky grass while out walking in misty conditions was unable to continue with his hike over the fells.
Without his glasses the man, who had been walking over Eagle Crag and Sergeant’s Crag above Langstrath towards Ullscarf, had difficulty reading his paper map or the mapping software on his phone.
Realising he was in trouble he called 999 and requested assistance with nine members of Keswick Mountain Rescue Team and volunteers from the Penrith team, and their search dogs, responding.
The man made his way uphill to the trig point on the summit of High Raise, an easy target for the search team once his position was eventually confirmed using SARLOC technology.
When the team arrived it was a straight forward walk off back to Stonethwaite.
