Ankle Injury at Mires Beck, Glenridding
A team vehicle above Ullswater. A general photograph — not taken at this callout.
Home / Incidents / Callout 2024_088 · 3 October 2024
Callout 2024_088
Injured walker
The Team was tasked by NWAS to assist a female who had slipped near Mires Beck while descending from Helvellyn. The casualty was given strong pain relief, her ankle splinted, then placed on a stretcher and carried down to a Team Land Rover and transported to her vehicle in Glenridding.
Her friend conveyed her to hospital for further treatment.
The callout in numbers
13
Team members
2
Hours on the hill
88
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