Lost hikers on mushrooms rescued by mountain rescue team

Two hikers bit off more than they could chew, so to speak, after getting lost while tripping over mushrooms during a hike in the mountains, forcing a rescue team to save the day.

The Lake District is a national park in Cumbria in north-west England in the United Kingdom and a popular destination for walkers and outdoor enthusiasts. It is also the largest national park in England with stunning natural views. But the powerful effects of mushrooms and the elements of nature don’t always go together when logic and judgment are compromised.

The Guardian reports that on April 8 a mountain rescue team was called to the Stoneycroft, Newlands and Seathwaite area of ​​the national park after reports that a group of young men tripped over mushrooms and appeared to be in trouble.

Mountain Rescue England and Wales team members say they are receiving calls every day, with just four days in 2022 that they have not been called to rescue hikers. But mushroom-related calls are much rarer and worth discussing (and laughing about).

The Keswick Mountain Rescue Team, the local branch responsible for helping hikers in need, responded to the calls. “Several calls were received from passers-by who had come across a group of young adult men taking magic mushrooms,” the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team report said. “Two in the group felt unwell including the rider in the group. The injured were picked up and advised by the team paramedic as to the timing of their onward journey.”

Eleven volunteers from the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team were dispatched to meet the two psychonauts and escort them down the mountain as they obviously couldn’t do it themselves. As they went downstairs, a paramedic from the team gave them sound advice “regarding when to proceed,” alluding to the time it takes for fungi to subside.

In most cases, the only thing you can do while tripping too hard is wait it out until the effects wear off. However, you can also eat foods and nutrients like curcumin, resveratrol, grape seed extract, milk thistle, hawthorn, omega-3 fatty acids, magnesium, apples, and kale to help metabolize mushrooms faster and shorten the trip, Zamnesia explains.

The team were also called in to help four hikers descending the Styhead Tarn path towards Seathwaite, one with an ankle injury and another with a panic attack, which are typical reasons they receive calls.

The Keswick Mountain Rescue Team posted updates to Facebook, complete with pictures showing the rescue lasted until it got dark outside.

NewQuay Voice reports that several hikers who passed were concerned about what they saw.

A European drug discussion forum, Blue Pill, posted a thread about the mushroom walkers in the Keswick area. “It’s not good when you can smell your own brain,” commented one user. “Maybe they never left their living room and just believed they were in the lakes!” wrote another user.

Wild magic mushrooms can now be found in many regions of the world. In the October 1986 issue of High Times writer Jerome Creek, he wrote a psychedelic-inspired travelogue of searching for magic mushrooms in California. Magic mushrooms grow in the wild and can be eaten or made into tea, but set and setting are very important and cause major distortions in the mind. That’s not always a good thing when you’re miles from the start of the trail.

The events that unfolded only testify to the quality of the mushrooms the hikers took, wrote one Twitter user. It’s a cautionary tale for those who enjoy mushrooming outdoors in nature.

The entire salvage took about two hours.