Climber 'saved' by helmet after falling 26ft in Borrowdale
A man was saved from serious injury by his helmet when he fell 26ft (8m) while rock climbing in the Lake District.
Keswick Mountain Rescue and the North West Ambulance Service responded to reports of a 19-year-old who had fallen at Shepherd's Crag, in Borrowdale, on Saturday.
The casualty was in and out of consciousness after plummeting 8-metres down a cliff-face and banging his head.
Due to the nature of the injury, air and road ambulance teams attended and treated the man.
Mountain rescue transferred him in a vacuum mattress and stretchered him to a road ambulance, which then took him to the Cumberland Infirmary, in Carlisle.
A spokesperson from the rescue team said: "24-hours later we received news that he had been discharged from hospital with 'just' bruises to his shoulder and a cut to the head. He was remarkably lucky.
"The climber gave us permission to share the photo of his helmet and this may have saved his life or prevented a life changing injury."
Sixteen volunteers were involved in rescuing the man and the operation took nearly two hours to complete.
Team members are required to wear full PPE during rescues to protect them, and those they help, from catching or spreading coronavirus.
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