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Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26076

1,700 people unaccounted for in the Lake District

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An RAF helicopter has been called out to help search for hundreds of athletes left stranded after high winds and flooding in the Lake District.
About 2,500 runners were taking part in the two-day mountain marathon near Keswick in Cumbria.
Many sheltered in farms and mines and some camped out overnight but police say 1,700 are unaccounted for, with 44 thought to be stranded on a fell peak.

devilman · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:47

I'm guessing this won't help their finish times.

GazChap · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:51

I can see how it'd be hard to find 1 person stuck on a mountain, but 1,700?!

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

They're in different places Gaz

TheVision · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:19

devilman wrote:

I'm guessing this won't help their finish times.

1700 bananas.. If you can find them!

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

It's actually the national hide and seek championship.

Hugh · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2008 13:16

There are 44 unaccounted for now, according to that story.

Man, this is why I never get involved in these sorts of things. I love my warm bed.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26076

Sir Hugh wrote:

There are 44 unaccounted for, according to that story.

The news story has developed and the page been updated. The quote in the first post is directly from that linked-to page, which at the time I posted a few hours read that 1,700 people were unaccounted for, 44 people thought to be stuck on a fell peak somewhere.

Hugh · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2008 13:40

Look up.

If nothing else it's a great anecdote. "I had to shelter in a mine."

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26076

But you've edited it, the unedited version is in the quote of yours I posted

Hugh · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2008 14:20

Yes. I edited it when I read it back as I thought it might have come across as me saying you were incorrectly stating the facts, rather than the BBC updating their story. But you quoted me before I posted the edit.

This is the point in the film where I clasp you by the ears, look into your eyes and say, "It's okay Mimi, it's me. It's me!" then you shake your head, and say, "Okay, okay..."

Then we shoot our way out of the haunted castle.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26076

Ah, I thought you were denying a sneaky edit!

Anyway, good news:

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Thousands of runners who took part in a Lake District endurance race disrupted by treacherous weather are now accounted for, police have said.

About 2,500 people were taking part in the two-day Original Mountain Marathon near Keswick in Cumbria.

Police said race organisers have now indicated that the final six missing runners were safe.

About 743 sheltered in farms, former mines and a school overnight. Twelve people received hospital treatment.

More than 1,700 people had been unaccounted for overnight, although many had found shelter and all were equipped with tents and food, race organisers said.

On Sunday morning, Cumbria police called in a helicopter to search for those runners still missing.

OMM organisers had appealed for participants who had already left the area to get in touch and let them know they were safe.

As the hunt progressed, the number of OMM competitors who were unaccounted for fell rapidly to 42, and then 14.

By 1300 GMT an RAF rescue helicopter was searching for the final six missing racers, comprising of three teams.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2008 17:12

Good oh.

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3304

So glad I didn't get tempted - I was offered a place last minute last year and turned it down in the interest of not being fantastically tired for a weekend. This time I'd have been one of the lost ones, I suspect, or one of the 7 people on an "island the size of a pocket handkerchief" (as opposed to a voluminous bag handkerchief, I suppose) as I just heard on the radio.

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2008 20:12

I'm not sure big holes in the ground make good hiding places when there's a massive flood, but I guess it worked out ok.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

AceAceBaby wrote:

I'm not sure big holes in the ground make good hiding places when there's a massive flood, but I guess it worked out ok.

As long as the hole is deeper than the amount of water coming down, I suppose you're golden.

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2008 23:35

Except when it pours in past you like a crushing waterfall and sends you hurtling downward til you dash your brains out on the rocky bits below.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

AceAceBaby wrote:

Except when it pours in past you like a crushing waterfall and sends you hurtling downward til you dash your brains out on the rocky bits below.

Good point, that'd suck.

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