Pavey Ark, scene of the second fatal fall in less than a week
A second person has died after falling from a Lake District scrambling route, five days after a similar incident.
The 37-year-old woman fell to her death from Jack’s Rake on Pavey Ark yesterday, Wednesday.
Police have named her as Susannah Cox of Lancaster.
A Cumbria Constabulary spokesman said they were alerted about 1.45pm.
“The air ambulance, Langdale Ambleside and Kendal Mountain Rescue Teams were deployed to the scene and first aid was administered but tragically she was later pronounced dead.
“There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and the case will be passed to the coroner.”
On Friday, Howard Gladwyn, 48, of Menston, West Yorkshire, fell between 700ft and 800ft (213m and 244m) from the grade-one scrambling route on the 700m (2,297ft) fell in Great Langdale.
PhilW
22 June 2012Dreadful news - is it the weather? Are parts getting too worn or just bad luck?
OutdoorsAndy
22 June 2012Very sorry to hear this.
My sympathy is with their families at this most difficult time.
leninsky
24 June 2012So sad to hear yet another of our lakeland hill lovers have lost their life doing what they and we love.
chris p
06 July 2012The surge in popularity of scrammbling is sadly going to lead to more of these incidents.
mike
16 July 2012Tragic.!
By the sound of this he fell from 1/3 up the rake. There is a point where the rake goes into a narrowing gully and the easiest way up is to go up on the left (the side of the drop) which is quite exposed (and is the top of some of the rock routes below) - whilst the move out of the gully would barely count on a scale of rock climb difficulty for a cimber, to a walker or inexperienced scrambler it would seem like a hard climbing move. At that point it would be possible to fall 10-20 feet and land flat on your back. Maybe that was it.
In objective terms the "hardest moves" are further up close to the top, one or two moves up slabs on polished holds - which do not seem much to a climber, but they are exposed, and the penalty for a mistake there would be harsh.
lets hope the safety campaigners don't get it closed, or a scaffold put up: you know what the nanny state is like.