The woman broke her leg on the path leading down Brown Tongue towards Wasdale
A walker was stretchered from England’s highest mountain after breaking her leg.
Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 3.50pm yesterday after the woman slipped while coming down the Brown Tongue path from Scafell Pike.
The team’s doctor treated the walker at the scene and she was then stretchered down to Brackenclose in Wasdale.
The three-hour rescue involved 15 volunteer members of Wasdale MRT.
