A man has died while climbing in the Lake District.
Coniston Mountain Rescue Team was called by Cumbria police to Dow Crag at around 4.20pm on Saturday to help a walker with a head injury.
The team said: “We initially despatched two Land Rovers, going as far as is drivable, and then walking. HM Coastguard helicopter Rescue 936 was already overhead Dow Crag and winched the casualty on board.
“Tragically, he had not survived his fall, and we send our sincere condolences to his family and friends.”
A Helimed was also in attendance.
There was still a person cragfast, who was helped to Easy Terrace by climbers already there, and the team met him at the top of the climbers’ descent and escorted him down.
At around 5.05pm, the team was called again to Dow Crag after a group had called police after they had became separated and two teenage boys had not returned.
The team said: “One member of the team redeployed to Goat’s Hause, to look for them, and we put Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team on standby to help. However, it transpired that the two missing boys were the two on Dow Crag. We reunited the boy with his group.
“We would like to thank the climbers who helped the cragfast boy, the crew of Rescue 936 and our colleagues at Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team who came to help.
“For the two related incidents, 19 members of our team attended for up to seven hours.
The team was also called out to two other incidents on Saturday.
At 2.20pm, the team was called by North West Ambulance Service to help a walker with a pre-existing medical condition who could not walk any further on the Tarn Hows track.
The team’s Land Rovers drove to her location and she was assessed, and deemed well enough to be driven back to her husband’s car where she began to feel better.
During this incident, police called the team again about two lost walkers on the Old Man of Coniston.
The team said: “A mother walking with her young son were lost on the top of the Old Man of Coniston. They were located using the SARLOC system, and given directions on how to get down as it was a very clear day. The team leader followed the advised route as she was already on the way up the Old Man. The two were contacted later and were already back at their car safe and well.”
