heat exhaustion Lake District

Buttermere

Sunday, 28 July 2024

Cockermouth Mountain Rescue attended to a man in his late 70s at Buttermere who was unable to continue walking due to heat exhaustion during exceptionally warm weather. The casualty was located near Buttermere Moss below Robinson and was evacuated by stretcher.

Outcome: evacuated by stretcher

Responding team

Cockermouth MRT — team website ↗

Source

Warm weather takes its toll as man in 70s as man rescued news · newsandstar.co.uk

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