Mountain Rescue Teams help ill camper at Great Lingy Hill
On Thursday, July 3, at 6:38am, Keswick Mountain Rescue Team received a call from the North West Ambulance Service.
Two young men had been hiking the Cumbria Way and made it to the Lingy Hut to set up camp for the night.
At around midnight, one of the men had become unwell and was vomiting regularly throughout the morning.
(Image: Keswick MRT) Keswick MRT said: 'After requesting advice and assistance through NHS 111, the incident was transferred to the ambulance service who requested our help in getting the casualty off the mountain.
'Keswick team were low on numbers on this early morning callout and could only deploy one vehicle. For the second time this week, we made use of RAF MRT Lossiemouth, who were training locally.'
Both teams ascended to the Lingy Hut from Carrock Mines to assess the casualty. They carried him down on a stretcher to an ambulance that was waiting.
The rescue involved eight Keswick team members and seven RAF MRT Lossiemouth team members. It took three hours and 22 minutes.
(Image: Keswick MRT)
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