- Incident
- 58 in 2011
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Rakes Progress, Scafell
- Other Agencies
- Great North Air Ambulance, RAF Boulmer
- Diagnosis
- Multiple Injuries
Winching the casualty into the Sea King
Whilst the team were dealing with the broad stand incident, another incident came in from the Police. A 22 year old male climber had fallen on Scafell Crags. He was in a group of three who were heading for a rock climb on Scafell Crags. They were on the approach scamble when he took a 7m tumble fall seriously fracturing he wrist and injuring his back. He was treated as a potential spinal injury and the Sea King Helicopter employed on the first rescue, following refueling, returned to assist with this second incident. The injured climber was flown to Whitehaven Hospital. 20 team members involved and incident closed at 4.30 p.m.
Rescue 131 under Pike's Crag
Incident started at 12:30 and ended at 16:30 making 4 hrs in total. There were 20 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 20860 06882 (altitude 792 m). Total rescuer hours: 80
