Rescuers stretcher the climber from the site. Photo: Northumberland NPMRT
A climber was rescued after injuring herself in a fall from a Northumberland crag.
The woman fell 3m (10ft) while on a route on Back Bowden Doors, west of Belford.
She injured her lower leg in the fall on Saturday.
Ambulance staff requested the help of the area’s two volunteer rescue teams at 3.25pm.
Members of Northumberland National Park and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Teams responded to the call. A Northumberland National Park team spokesperson said: “As the volunteers travelled to the site, a community paramedic administered medical care to the casualty.
“With temperatures dropping and darkness setting in, the mountain rescue volunteers were on site within an hour and stabilised the casualty, placing her into a vacuum mattress and then into a warm sleeping bag before transferring her to a stretcher.
“She was then carried out to a waiting ambulance.”
The incident, the teams’ second within a week, lasted 2¼ hours and involved 17 team volunteers.
A Northumberland National Park MRT spokesperson said: “The team would like to wish the climber a speedy recovery.”
jamesalex12
28 January 2020very very risky .....
OldManOfTheHills
28 January 2020Assuming she wasn't bouldering, then its the same as all roped climbs in that until you get your first piece of gear in at say 10 of 15ft, any fall will land you on the ground.
Having slipped at Burbage and fallen back and landed on my back astride a rocky lump, I can confirm that all falls can cause injury and even life changing disability. I just needed painkillers and beer, other have been less lucky.
No need to sneer at the poor woman
David Guy-Johnson
29 January 2020What is "very very risky?"