Miner's Bridge, the start of the gill-scrambling section of Coniston's Church Beck
A mountain rescue team was called to a gill-scrambling site for the second time in five days after a man injured himself.
The Coniston team went to the aid of the man yesterday afternoon about 1 o’clock after he suffered ankle injuries in a fall in Church Beck near the Coppermines valley.
Members of the mountain rescue tem treated his injures before extricating him from the ravine. He was then taken to hospital by ambulance.
Last Thursday, a woman also suffered ankle injuries while gill-scrambling in Church Beck, close to the Old Man of Coniston. She too was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.
Church Beck, between the Miner’s Bridge and the village of Coniston, is a recognised gill-scrambling venue, with a series of challenges including waterfalls, chockstones and plunge pools.
Lindsay Gibson
21 September 2010The Injuries all appear to have occurred taking on the second waterfall on the Church Beck descent, (the one where you can abseil off the tree on the river left side. There is a little lip there which must be cleared with the jump. For more info on the jumps call Lindsay at the Lakes Adventure Partnership.
www.lakesap.co.uk and mention Church Beck Gorge Scramble.
01539 736006.