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Injured Groin, Slabs on Scafell Pike

21st June 2005

5/20:21/6/05 (9.57 p.m.) - Tuesday

One of the WMRT members who lives at Wasdale Head  rang from the Hotel at about 10.15pm  Someone was reporting that one of their party (male, in his 40's) was unable to walk but was near the summit of Scafell Pike.  Initial information was sparse but we knew that it involved a groin injury that had got worse as the man was attempting to
walk up Scafell (doing a three peaks challenge).

As other walkers arrived back off the hill, the message became clearer and it was apparent that he was going to need MR assistance and indeed carrying off the hill.  Conditions on the mountain were poor, with low cloud, rain and a fresh wind at that level.  With little equipment on scene he was already very cold.

Contact was established on scene when one of the team's supporters came across the incident himself.  He was able to ring the Team Leader's mobile direct and provided initial support and shelter at the scene.

19 WMRT members attended and he was stretchered off the fell by 02.40am. Mill Forge base was closed at 03.30a.m.

Casualty safely secured on the Bell stretcher for the long carry down back to the valley bottom

Weather conditions were particularly adverse - very warm and humid coming up (slogging up), very cold wet and windy coming down with visibility down to 50 foot making navigation particularly challenging.

Maneuvering the stretcher across the style on the Lingmel nose descent path.

The tired and wet team are now only 30 minutes from the vehicles at the Brakenclose road head

The casualty is assisted to his feet and carried across to the waiting minibus - Snowdon beckons for the rest of the three Peakers whilst rest and recovery is all that will be on the mind of our two peaker.

Just a breather before the descent down the steep grassy slopes below Black Crag and Green How

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