A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet recovered the mans body

A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet recovered the man's body

A man has died after falling from a crag in the Lake District.

The walker was with two work colleagues when he fell 200m (650ft) from Great End in Borrowdale. Rescuers were quickly at the scene but were unable to save the man.

The man, believed to be in his 30s and from the Greater Manchester area, failed to arrest a slide down a snow slope and fell over a crag on the mountain, overlooking Sprinkling Tarn. The accident happened about 12.30pm yesterday, Sunday.

A spokesman for Cumbria Constabulary said: “Police and Keswick Mountain Rescue Team attended within minutes but the man who had fallen was pronounced dead at the scene.”

A spokesperson for the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team said: “Others in the area tried to resuscitate him but nothing could be done. A Royal Navy Sea King assisted the team in the recovery of his body, as did 12 members of RAF Leeming MRT who were training in the area.”

Great End, which forms the eastern end of the Scafell range, is a favourite for winter climbers, but also a regular site for Keswick MRT callouts.  Earlier this month, Everest summiteer Alan Hinkes escaped an avalanche while climbing Window Gully on the mountain’s north-east face. The incident prompted a callout of three mountain rescue teams, two helicopters and members of the Search and Rescue Dogs Association.

Yesterday’s incident was Keswick MRT’s 31st of the year.

The walker has not yet been named by police.

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