- Incident
- 59 in 2015
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Scafell Pike
- Other Agencies
- Great North Air Ambulance
- Diagnosis
- Leg Injury
We were called by NWAS about a walker located on the main Scafell Pike path just above Lingmell Col who had aggravated a previous knee injury and could no long walk. GNAA also attended and the injured man was helped to hobble around 200m down to the waiting aircraft then flown down to Wasdale.
Incident started at 15:50 and ended at 19:00 making 3.2 hrs in total. There were 17 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 211 075 (altitude 856 m). Total rescuer hours: 54
