The walker suffered a suspected broken leg when she tripped in Far Easedale
A walker was rescued from a Lake District fell after suffering a suspected broken leg when she tripped.
The woman was walking in Far Easedale yesterday afternoon when the accident happened.
Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 3pm and 13 members went to the aid of the woman.
She was treated at the scene and stretchered off the hillside to one of the team’s vehicles in the valley below, and then driven to the team’s Ambleside base.
An ambulance then took her to hospital for further treatment.
The rescue took three hours, during which time Langdale Ambleside MRT received another call for help from a walker who twisted her knee on Loughrigg Fell.
The woman twisted her knee and was unable to carry on walking. 16 rescuers went to her aid at the site overlooking Rydal Water.
She was treated at the scene then again taken to the team’s base from where she was taken to hospital for further treatment.
John
23 September 2012The footpath at Far Easdale is awful and I'm suprised there are not more incidents like this what with it being part of the C2C.
norrie
24 September 2012reaction after an accident is always emotive, but you cannot blame the paths. They are what they are. In the case of the walk up to Easdale wet rocky steps are dicey (particularly on the descent) and not for your casual stroll. Being a fell-runner, I find my own way down, especially where the falls are. If you ask me, the Easdale Round on anything but a dry day and on firm ground (as opposed to soggy) is one to avoid. The views may reward but Helm crag is a brute to come off when wet.
John
26 September 2012It wasn't so much the lack of grip but the ground was so sodden that large stones would giveway underfoot. Quite a large section of the footpath descending from Moor Moss was deceptively unstable.
idiotonthefells
27 December 2012Concrete over the unstable bits, drain all the land and culvert all the streams and make sure nanny has you on a tight rein. But you still might get wet if it rains.