TWO climbers were injured in separate incidents on the Helvellyn range today.

Mountain rescuers were first called to help a 21-year-old student from Lancaster who suffered a head injury when he fell from a route on Eagle Crag.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted shortly before 11am today. The 999 call was received via the emergency roaming system, which does not allow rescuers to return the call. 

Eight rescuers set off to the scene and met the climber and his friends descending down into the Grisedale valley.

The climber had fallen about 40m and suffered several cuts and bruises.

The spokesperson added: “He was assessed by the team and taken back to the team’s base before he was transferred to hospital by ambulance.”

The rescue involved 14 volunteers from Patterdale MRT.

Whilst this rescue was taking place Cumbria Police notified the team of a second fallen climber who had sustained an open fracture to his leg and was suspended from a climbing rope.

Patterdale MRT quickly passed this call to Keswick MRT as the incident was on the West side of Helvellyn.

Eight members of Kirkby Stephen MRT, who were training in the Red Tarn area, went to the climber's aid along with Keswick MRT, a SeaKing helicopter and an air ambulance.

Last Saturday, David Barrow, from Widnes, fell 300m to his death when trying to help a friend who had fallen a short distance into Brown Cove.