- Incident
- 42 in 2026
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Pillar
- Weather
- Clear
- Other Agencies
- Coastguard, Cumbria Police, Great North Air Ambulance, Helimed 58, Rescue 897 from Carlisle
- Diagnosis
- Arm Injury
Cumbria Police contacted Wasdale MRT regarding a male who had taken a fall of approximately 20 feet onto rocks, sustaining a suspected arm injury and a possible head injury. Due to the seriousness of the report and the remote location on Pillar, both Helimed 58 (Great North Air Ambulance) and Coastguard Rescue 897 (Carlisle) were deployed.
Given the terrain, the air assets reached the casualty before ground teams. The injured male was assessed, stabilised, and winched into the aircraft, then, with both helicopters landed in a safe location the casualty was transferred from the coastguard aircraft to air ambulance for onward journey to hospital.
Many thanks to Great North Air Ambulance Service & Maritime and Coastguard Agency, also full & swift recovery to the casualty.
Incident started at 15:58 and ended at 18:15 making 2.3 hrs in total. There were 17 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 17625 11978. Total rescuer hours: 39
