Published On: November 7th, 2016Categories: All Rescues, Mountain Rescue

A walker (m, 65) slipped on a steep, wet, grassy slope, while descending towards Deepdale Head, sustaining a suspected ankle fracture. In the first sleet of the Autumn, he was given pain relief and his injury was immobilised, before he was carried, by stretcher, to a NWAS ambulance, waiting on the Deepdale road.

Volunteer hours: 36

Incident 89/2016 – Nov. 3rd Thu. 17.52 - Pen y ghent - Ribblehead area, North Yorkshire - Mountain Rescue.
Incident 91/2016 – Nov. 19th Sat. 08.34 - Pen-y-ghent, North Yorkshire - Mountain Rescue.
Published On: November 7th, 2016Categories: All Rescues, Mountain Rescue

A walker (m, 65) slipped on a steep, wet, grassy slope, while descending towards Deepdale Head, sustaining a suspected ankle fracture. In the first sleet of the Autumn, he was given pain relief and his injury was immobilised, before he was carried, by stretcher, to a NWAS ambulance, waiting on the Deepdale road.

Volunteer hours: 36

Incident 89/2016 – Nov. 3rd Thu. 17.52 - Pen y ghent - Ribblehead area, North Yorkshire - Mountain Rescue.
Incident 91/2016 – Nov. 19th Sat. 08.34 - Pen-y-ghent, North Yorkshire - Mountain Rescue.