Ben Longton set out with his dogs to get to the top of Scafell Pike on March 1. However, at the summit the 18-year-old lost the path down and made the near-fatal mistake of trying to descend via a treacherous ravine known as Piers Gill. Thankfully, his father had reported him missing and he was winched to safety more than 19 hours later. Volunteers from Wasdale, Keswick and Cockermouth mountain rescue teams scoured the slopes around Scafell Pike for Mr Longton.
My two dogs were watching over me and I didn't want to die in front of them,' he recalled. In the last eight years four people have died in Piers Gill and about 40 rescued, with many walkers suffering serious injuries. The Wasdale team wants signs put up near the summit to show walkers the right path. The team said this would encourage people to go back down to Keswick on one side, or to Wasdale on the other.
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