Fat Man's Agony on Side Pike, Great Langdale. Photo: Smabs Sputzer ![[CC-2.0]](/lib/img/layout/cc-attr.gif)
A walker suffered serious injuries when she fell from a Lake District scrambling route.
The woman stepped aside to try to make room for a group to pass in a confined space on Side Pike and fell from a ledge.
The incident happened on Sunday at Fat Man’s Agony on the 362m (1,188ft) peak in Great Langdale. The path at that point passes through a narrow rock gap before continuing above crags.
Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 11.40am and an air ambulance also flew to the scene. She was treated by the crew for multiple injuries and then stretchered to the helicopter, which flew the injured walker to hospital in Preston.
The 2½-hour rescue involved 17 members of the Langdale Ambleside team.
Ruth Parkes
16 May 2018This was me: I have just been released from hospital recovering from broken humerus, several breaks to radius and ulna, and 3 broken vertebrae. Thanks to mountain rescue, air ambulance and Preston Royal Hospital major trauma unit I should make a good recovery. All walkers should take note, especially groups: when another walker tells you to wait for safety reasons as there is insuffient room to pass, you should always do so. Members of the group being afraid of heights is not a good reason to rush. Just don’t go up on a high pass if that is the case, as you put others at risk.