A walker was stretchered from a Lake District fell after she became exhausted and unable to continue.
Rescuers said the woman, in her 70s, who was with friends on Watermillock Common above Swineside Knott, had fallen numerous times.
Police alerted Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team at 2.20pm on Saturday.
A team spokesperson said: “The team responded and made their way to the scene from Dowthwaite Head where they left the vehicles to make their way on foot to the casualty site.
“The female was assessed by the team doctor and then packaged into the stretcher and carried off the hill back to the team Land Rovers. She was conveyed to the rescue base in Patterdale where she was joined by her friends, who drove her back to their holiday cottage.”
Nine team members were involved in the four-hour incident.
Based in Doncaster, Lilly Anderson is a reporter for The Camping Fire. She has previously worked for the numerous outdoor publications on a freelance basis. As a contributor to The Camping Fire, Lilly covers news and trending technology related stories. If she isnt writing for us she can often be found out on the hills.
