Barf (50)

Callout Date: 25/05/2025
Callout Time: 8:21 am
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT

A father and son somehow missed the warning sign pointing to the normal path on the other side of the stream at the bottom of Barf. Instead they continued up the Barf side of Beckstones Gill and climbed the ever steepening and increasingly loose and tricky ground above to below Slape Crag. Not wanting to risk the awkward climb up this with their two dogs and certainly not wanting to descend the way they had come up they called 999 and asked for Mountain Rescue help. The team gave the men helmets and harnesses in case they needed roped security then walked/bum slid the very grateful pair off down past the Bishop.

10 team members – 2 hours 4 minutes