Incident
131 in 2017
Type
Location
Eskdale

The team was called out this afternoon to assist an elderly gentleman above Christcliff, Eskdale whilst descending from Eel tarn he’d slipped and fallen a couple of times and tried to make his way down but called for help when the ground became difficult.
Once on scene he was assessed by a couple of Casualty Carers (our medical qualification) then with assistance he was walked down to the team vehicle and along with his wife given a back to his accommodation.

Incident started at 16:04 and ended at 18:43 making 2.7 hrs in total. There were 15 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY186013 (altitude 109 m). Total rescuer hours: 41

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