- Incident
- 10 in 2017
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike
- Diagnosis
- Ankle Injury
Team called by Police about a walker who sustained a lower leg injury whilst descending Scafell Pike, in the region of the stream crossing on the brown tongue path. The walker’s injury was stabilised on scene then they were evacuated to an ambulance for the journey to hospital.
Incident started at 16:12 and ended at 19:30 making 3.3 hrs in total. There were 19 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 195 074 (altitude 306 m). Total rescuer hours: 63