Over 250 personnel from various M.R.T.s and an R.A.F. helicopter searched for a school group comprising 13 girls (aged 16-17) and 3 adults, after one of the girls was reported to have collapsed from exposure in the Calf Cove area. They were found at 8.00 p.m. near Styhead tarn. One girl was taken to hospital with exposure, the others were fit enough to walk down. The weather conditions were atrocious, blizzards, bitterly cold, strong winds, thick mist. The group was lucky, had they remained in the Calf Cove area the outcome could have been much more serious.
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Unique Incident ID
842
