A woman sustained a possible lower leg fracture in a freak accident while walking close to the summit of Causey Pike on Tuesday (January 31) morning.
A strong gust caused her to be blown sideways but her trekking pole got in the way of a stabilising leg movement and caused her to trip over it, resulting in a painful injury.
Twenty-one members of Keswick Mountain Rescue Team were deployed and shortly after the Great North Air Ambulance launched but could not land due to the strong wind.
On arrival at the summit, the team provided strong pain relief, splinted and packaged her on a stretcher. She was then sledged and carried down the side of Causey Pike to an ambulance at Uzzicar.
The rescue lasted almost four hours.
