The team was called out to assist a walker who had broken her wrist on Scafell Pike, above Broad Crag Col. The team splinted the arm and helped her walk down to Wasdale Head.
Incident started at 12:09 and ended at 17:21 making 5.2 hrs in total. There were 11 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 2171 0740. Total rescuer hours: 57
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