- Incident
- 65 in 2025
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Cloudy Summits, Cool
- Other Agencies
- North West Ambulance Service
- Diagnosis
- Ankle Injury
The Team Leader was called by North West Ambulance Service about a walker who had fallen and suffered a painful injury to their ankle, rendering him unable to bear any weight.
The team was called out and made their way to the location, just above the stream crossing on Brown Tongue. After a medical assessment and some pain relief, the ankle was splinted, and the walker was transferred to the team stretcher.
After a routine descent, the walker was handed over to a waiting ambulance at Brackenclose for further assessment and treatment at the hospital.
We wish the casualty a speedy recovery!
Incident started at 17:41 and ended at 21:54 making 4.2 hrs in total. There were 18 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 196074. Total rescuer hours: 76
