- Incident
- 59 in 2011
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Green How, Scafell
- Diagnosis
- Leg Injury
- Tagged
- Stretcher
Team called to the help of a male walker in his 40’s. The group of four plus dog had climbed Scafell that day from Boot where they were camping. One of the male walkers had sustained an injury to his knee and was unable to make any further progress down the hill. 19 team members attended and the casualty was stretchered down to the valley bottom. Two of his walking partners made their own way back to Boot to collect their car and pick him up from the Wasdale Head Inn. Incident closed at 11.00 p.m.
Incident started at 18:40 and ended at 23:00 making 4.3 hrs in total. There were 19 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 20088 06623 (altitude 691 m). Total rescuer hours: 82