Wasdale Mountain Rescue were part of an eight hour rescue after a man fell on Scafell.

A call was received from Cumbria Police on Saturday, February 10, about a walker who had slipped and taken a significant tumble fall in Foxes Tarn gully on the descent from Scafell.

He had sustained a head injury which was bleeding heavily, and felt like he could lose consciousness.

The Great North Air Ambulance and Coastguard were called but were unable to land due to the weather conditions with cloud unhelpfully hanging over the Scafell summits.

With the weather thwarting attempts to directly access the casualty, an offer to move team members up the hill as far as possible was gratefully received.

Two passing walkers, including a former team member, had also stopped to help the walker, providing food, drink and extra clothing.

Once on scene, a full medical assessment was made, before packaging the walker in a full body splint, casualty bag, heat blanket and stretcher.

Rope systems were set up to manage the stretcher safely down the snow-filled Mickeldore gully towards the agreed location for the helicopter transfer.

The Coastguard Helicopter returned to the scene, landed on and then flew the walker to hospital for further medical assessment and treatment.

In total the rescue took seven hours and forty-five minutes.