200ft Fall From Grasmoor!
A man who was out fell walking
had to be rescued after falling 200ft (61m) from Grasmoor in the Buttermere
valley.
The man fell from an area on Grasmoor Fell known as the High Face next to
Crummock Water.
Cockermouth Mountain Rescue were called out at lunchtime on Sunday 1st October.
The man from Manchester had
managed to call for help himself using his mobile phone even though he had
sustained serious head injuries. He was treated at the scene before being
brought down from the mountain by a stretcher and then airlifted to West Cumberland
Hospital.
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