- Incident
- 92 in 2009
- Type
- Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Corridor Route, Scafell Pike
- Other Agencies
- RAF Leconfield
- Diagnosis
- Head Injury
Police paged the team to go to the help of a female walker who had fallen 6m into a gulley by Greta Gill off the Corridor route. She had received a head and facial injuries and was with a party of 10. While the team were making their way to the casualty site a sea king rescue helicopter from RAF Leconfield was already in the area on a job for Keswick MRT managed to lift the casualty and take her to Carlisle hospital. 5 team members were already on the mountain in the close vicinity and a further 14 made their way from the Rescue Base. Total of 17 involved – the incident was stood down at 3.20 p.m.
Incident started at 14:19 and ended at 15:20 making 1 hrs in total. There were 17 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 21902 08464 (altitude 602 m). Total rescuer hours: 17
