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false alarm Lake District
Wrynose Pass
Cumbria Police received a distress beacon alert from a mobile device in the Wrynose Pass area and tasked the team to attend. The team was stood down shortly after deployment as the alert was not mountain rescue related.
Outcome: stood down by police
Responding team
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