MOUNTAIN rescue teams came to the aid of a man who was stuck on a crag. 

Patterdale and Keswick MRT were called out to the incident which occurred on June 23. 

The man had strayed from his usual route and become cragfast. 

In a post on social media, Patterdale Mountain Rescue wrote: "The team was alerted by Keswick MRT to a man who was stuck on Eagle Crag in Grisedale.

"He had been scrambling on the crag but had strayed from his route and become cragfast. Due to a poor mobile phone signal, his emergency call to the Police had initially been misallocated to Keswick MRT.

"The team responded to the callout and made their way up Grisedale.

"Team members climbed around and above the crag, set up a twin rope rescue system, and lowered a rescuer down to the party.

"It transpired that, following the man’s emergency call, his shouts for help had been heard by two climbers who had ascended to his location.

"The team hoisted the rescuer and the scrambler to the top of the crag, whilst the climbers were happy to abseil down the crag unaided.

"Having established that the scrambler was unhurt he was walked off the crag and allowed to complete his walk.

"The incident took 3.5 hours and involved nine team members."