The team were called out by the police to attend a man who had collapsed in Uldale, behind Dent Fell. The casualty was air-lifted to hospital by a Sea King from RAF Boulmer.
Incident started at 11:15 and ended at 12:30 making 1.3 hrs in total. There were 12 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY056129 (altitude 135 m). Total rescuer hours: 16
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