Incident Report #49 1982

Fellwalking

Wednesday

22/12/82, 14:41

Patterdale, Helvellyn

The Team was called to assist Patterdale M.R.T. when two men from Skipton, Yorkshire slipped and fell either side of Swirrel Edge — a distance of 500 feet — a helicopter from R.A.F. Boulmer airlifted both men to hospital at West Cumberland with serious injuries.

Duration: unknown hours

Team Members: unknown