- Incident
- 1 in 2009
- Type
- Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Great Gable
- Other Agencies
- RAF Boulmer
The team was paged by Cumbria Police to respond to a ‘999’ call for a 35 yr old female climber who had fallen on Great Gable by Westmorland Crags sustaining fatal injuries. The casualty was airlifted and flown to Whitehaven hospital by a Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer. 16 team members attended the incident which closed at around 8.30 p.m.
Incident started at 13:13 and ended at 20:30 making 7.3 hrs in total. There were 16 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 21025 10195 (altitude 810 m). Total rescuer hours: 117
