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Three [[Rover Scouts]], aged 19, 21, and 24, from the Birmingham University Rover Crew, were killed in the [[1964]] event. Travelling lightly laden and without support, they were overtaken by deteriorating weather, including 30mph winds, heavy rain, and temperatures from 0 to 7^oC above the Snake Pass. The youngest of the group got into trouble in the upper reaches of the Alport Valley, and had been brought down to Alport Castles Farm by the Glossop Rover Crew. He was taken to hospital but died later. The other two scouts who died were in a separate group, but in the same area. A third member of that group was found in the Alport and taken to safety, but he was unable to give accurate information about where the rest of the group were. Because of the worsening weather, the search had to be called off during the night, but it was resumed on Sunday morning. However, it was not until Monday afternoon that the first body was recovered. By Tuesday, 370 people were involved with the search and the second body was recovered later that morning. <ref>[http://www.buxtonmrt.org.uk/team_peak.htm Website Unavailable<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>(In that year, when the event fell in mid-March, only 22 of the initial field of over 240 finished).