A man who was climbing in the Lake District had to be airlifted after he collapsed.
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called to Walla Crag yesterday, Saturday September 13 at around 1.50pm.
A father and daughter had scrambled up Cat Gill, the gully to the south of Walla Crag, and were en route towards Bleaberry Fell when the man collapsed and fell unconscious.
The Great North Air Ambulance was called due to the urgent nature of the incident, while the Keswick volunteers made their way up to the back of Walla Crag.
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team said: “On arrival the air ambulance paramedic found the man had fortunately recovered and was conscious and talking.
“The man was given a medical assessment before being put on a stretcher for a carry up to the helicopter from where he was flown to Crow Park in Keswick to meet an ambulance for onward transfer to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.”
