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Incident Report #27 1972

Husband and wife, from Manchester, were walking down from the top of Bowfell, when husband slipped and started to fall down very slippery snow on Left Hand Gully. He fell a considerable distance, sustaining slight injuries. Wife also fell about 500 feet, sustaining fatal injuries. Husband brought down by team that evening, and conveyed to County Hospital, Kendal, and detained. Due to very extreme weather conditions the body of the wife was recovered the following morning.

Incident Type

Incident Report #13 2010

A man slipped and sustained a suspected fractured wrist. The team was called and eventually located the group, despite them having moved from their original position and having got a little lost near the top of Rest Ghyll and

Man Hours
19 team members for 5 1/2 hours, plus 9 Kendal MRT and 1 Duddon & Furness MRT
Incident Type
OS Grid Reference
NY245055