- Incident
- 143 in 2026
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Great Hall Gill
- Weather
- Cloudy Summits, Mild, Windy
- Other Agencies
- Coastguard, Cumbria Police, Rescue 897 from Carlisle
- Diagnosis
- Unspecified
Cumbria Police received a call about a male who had taken a fall of around 5m into Great Hall Gill. He had managed to get out of the water, but was not able to walk out. After a short search to locate the casualty, team members got on scene to assess him while a rope rescue team assessed the options for extrication. Coastguard R897 was called to provide a direct winch option, with rope rescue held as a backup, as the rope system was particularly challenging given limited anchor points. The casualty and his partner were airlifted onward to hospital.
Incident started at 18:38 and ended at 23:30 making 4.9 hrs in total. There were 15 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 14284 03286. Total rescuer hours: 74
