Lake District climbers feast on magic mushrooms rescued by mountain rescuers

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Mountain rescuers help escort a group of climbers to safety in the Lake District after they fell ill from eating magic mushrooms.

The Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) have told how a group of young men were alerted by a worried onlooker who reported they had taken medicine on Easter Saturday.

A party of 11 raced to Stonycroft and Newlands in the Lake District and found the group with two of their party “feeling unwell”.

Mountain lifeguards walked down the revelers and then waited with them and gave advice because the group’s driver was one of those who felt nauseous from the effects of illegal drugs like LSD.

KMRT explained: “A number of calls were received via bystanders who came across a group of young males who had eaten magic mushrooms.

“Two in the group were feeling unwell including the driver in the party. The injured were walked and given advice by the team medic as to the timing of their subsequent journey.”

Later in the day, in a separate incident, KMRT was called to the aid of four pedestrians who were coming down the Styhead Tarn track towards Seathwaite. One was reportedly shot in the ankle and another had a panic attack.

The party fanned out but a short distance from Seathwaite Farm the infantry were found after making good progress down the hill. They are returned to their car at Seathwaite.

Responding to details of the magic mushroom incident on the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team’s Facebook page, members of the public praised the team for their professionalism.

Psilocybin mushrooms, better known as magic mushrooms, are fungi that are currently illegal under Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Act of 1971 — although some experts claim it can help as a treatment for PTSD.

Furthermore, psilocybin – the active psychoactive in magic mushrooms – is currently a Class A substance, which means that possession is punishable by a maximum of 7 years in prison and an unlimited fine.

Mushrooms, which have a narcotic effect similar to LSD, can be ingested or often “brewed” into a tea and taken with effects starting after about 30 minutes.

Psilocybin mushrooms have been used in indigenous New World cultures in addition to being used as recreational drugs.

In 2021, the then prime minister, Boris Johnson, pledged to examine relaxing the law on psilocybin – after Tore Riggat MP Crispin Blunt urged him to allow more research into the drug’s therapeutic qualities.

It has “exciting potential” for treating mental health conditions such as depression, trauma and addiction, Blunt said at the time.

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