Hollowstones, Scafell Pike – Wed 13th Oct 2010

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Incident
96 in 2010
Type
—
Location
Hollowstones, Scafell Pike
Other Agencies

Casualty care being given on scene

Casualty care being given on scene

Call from the police to go to he assistance of a male walker with a knee injury on the Scafell Pike descent route above Hollow stones. He was with two colleagues. Around 15 team members attended and casualty care was given pending the arrival of a helicopter. A Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer assisted the team to evacuate the casualty by stretcher to Carlisle Infirmary. Incident closed at 7.30 p.m.

Incident started at 15:15 and ended at 19:30 making 4.3 hrs in total. There were 15 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 21080 07659 (altitude 776 m). Total rescuer hours: 65

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