- Incident
- 29 in 2008
- Type
- Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Kern Knotts, Great Gable
- Other Agencies
- HMS Gannet
- Diagnosis
- Back Injury, Leg Injury
Police paged the team to attend a fallen male climber on Great Gable. The local man was climbing on Kern Knotts with two friends when he fell 6m onto the rocky ground below. He sustained a suspected back injury and lacerations. 16 team members attended and following a request for helicopter evacuation, a Royal Navy Sea King Helicopter from RN Gannet, Prestwick arrived and winched the casualty on board and flew him to Carlisle Infirmary. Incident was closed at 5.00 p.m.
Incident started at 12:33 and ended at 17:00 making 4.5 hrs in total. There were 16 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY2147 0965 (altitude 529 m). Total rescuer hours: 72
