Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team - Tumble Fall Yewbarrow

6/29: 30/7/06 ( 1.46 p.m. ) - Sunday

Workington Police paged the team to rescue a lady in her early 50's who had taken a tumble fall on Door Head and sustained an injury to her head. The lady along with her husband and dog were from Yorkshire, they were located high up on Stirrup Crag, about 200 feet below the summit cairn of Yewbarrow at the northern end where it falls steeply over crags down to the top of Dore Head Scree. The lady had sustained a cut top the eye and she could not see out of the badly swollen eye plus a swollen lower face due to cuts. She had remained conscious throughout the accident.

17 team members arrived on scene and once safely secured in the Bell stretcher was lowered over the crags with barrow boy to guide her through the awkward steps. The Great North Air Ambulance was called in to Door Head where it could safely land on and shut down. The injured lady was flown to Hospital.




17 team members arrived on scene and once safely secured in the Bell stretcher was lowered over the crags with barrow boy to guide her through the awkward steps. The Great North Air Ambulance was called in to Door Head where it could safely land on and shut down. The injured lady was flown to Hospital. - video footage of the rescue has been passed to the news agencies along with a press release - the incident was closed at 6.30 p.m.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Wasdale
• Mountain
• Rescue
• Lake
• District
• -
• Stirrup

[namdicaman]

Good job everyone involved.

[wasdalemrt]

Thanks for the comment namdicaman - Richard

[cariad1973]

Good for your mum - but you need to realise that it's not just poorly-equipped numpties or inexperienced walkers who need rescue, sometimes accidents can befall the most proficient people. Arrogant generalisations without knowing the facts don't go down well with MRT.

[rocinzoz]

My Mum went on this and she didnt fall,She is 44!!!!

[rocinzoz]

This is such a inspiering video.

[Oli212007]

Respect to anyone involved in Mountain Rescue!