Incident
74 in 2024
Type
Location
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike
Weather
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Other Agencies
Diagnosis
The team was called by Cumbria Police regarding a walker who had repeatedly stumbled over on his ankle and sustained an injury which prevented him from continuing.
A full callout was made and team members assessed the injury. The walker attempted to continue with additional support from the team but after a while he was transferred to the stretcher to complete the descent to the valley floor. We wish him well in his recovery.

Incident started at 14:13 and ended at 18:15 making 4 hrs in total. There were 17 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 19835 07340. Total rescuer hours: 68

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