A former Teesside scout visits rescuers who saved him from a Cumbrian mountain four decades ago.
A man who almost died in an avalanche 40 years ago has been reunited with some of the mountain rescuers who saved his life.He was one of a group of six from Wolviston Scout Unit in Teesside who took part in a weekend of snow and ice climbing at Nethermost Cove.
The team took it in turns to lead but, just 100ft from the top, disaster struck as they were swept away in an avalanche.'Horrendous' weatherThey gave first aid before heading down to Patterdale to raise the alarm. Mr Freeborn said: "There was no mobile phones then of course, so they had to come down over the snowy fields to get to the nearest farm."There was time that was lost then that wouldn’t be now because of mobile phones."The Patterdale team was joined by rescuers from Langdale and Ambleside, Penrith, Kirkby Stephen, Kendal and RAF Leconfield but, with Kirkstone Pass blocked by snow, the teams from the south had to come up the motorway.
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