Incident
34 in 2017
Type
Location
Scafell
Other Agencies
Diagnosis

We were called by Police about a walker who had taken a tumble fall down scree whilst descending from Scafell towards Green How and suffered a scalp wound and other cuts & bruises as a result. He was treated on the scene by team members then after a brief walk taken by stretcher down to Wasdale. Our colleagues from the Duddon and Furness Team also attended to help us with the carry down.

Incident started at 13:23 and ended at 18:30 making 5.1 hrs in total. There were 14 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 20375 06609 (altitude 819 m). Total rescuer hours: 71

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