Browncove Crags, Helvellyn (38)

Callout Date: 04/05/2025
Callout Time: 4:25 pm
Agencies Involved: Keswick MRT, NWAS

The team were notified by Cumbria Police that walkers on the path from Thirlmere to Helvellyn summit had come across a woman laying across the path near the top of Browncove Crags who had become suddenly unwell. The team responded with two vehicles initially and ascended to the casualties position. After an assessment by team medics the casualty was stretchered down the steep Helvellyn Screes side of the mountain to an awaiting ambulance. A third vehicle of team members, fresh from a rescue on Raven Crag on the opposite side of Thirlmere (incident 39), joined to assist with the tricky evacuation.

24 Keswick team members – 4 hours 20 minutes