- Incident
- 84 in 2010
- Type
- Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Lingmell
Walker on the descent path from Lingmel Nose stumbled and sustained a sustained a suspected fractured ankle. The call initially went to the Ambulance service and a road ambulance and air ambulance were dispatched. This later followed by a call for MRT assistance as the casualty location was some distance from the road head / helicopter. 13 team members attended and the walker was stretchered down to the waiting helicopter. Incident closed at 6.30 p.m. A big thank you to the lady involved who has kindly donated to the team.
Incident started at 16:52 and ended at 18:30 making 1.6 hrs in total. There were 13 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 18920 07840 (altitude 133 m). Total rescuer hours: 21