A woman who fell 30 feet from the top of Striding Edge on Helvellyn was airlifted to safety in one of the most daring and skilful rescues ever seen in the Lakes.
A woman who fell 30 feet from the top of Striding Edge on Helvellyn was airlifted to safety in one of the most daring and skilful rescues ever seen in the Lakes.
Eileen Garby was left bleeding from a head injury and just inches from a 300ft drop after she slipped from the danger ridge while walking.
But a crew from the Great North Air Ambulance was able to land a helicopter on Striding Edge so that paramedics could treat her.
Eye-witnesses described the rescue as ‘stunning’ as pilot Steve Graham landed on the ridge, lodging the back wheels of the craft on to a path just six feet wide – with the front wheel hanging off the edge as paramedics jumped out.
