The woman fell three metres
A CLIMBER fractured her ankle after falling from a wall near Settle.
The 37-year-old fell three metres from Giggleswick Scar yesterday (April 29).
The Cave Rescue Organisation were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 4.24pm and found that the woman had sustained a displaced fracture of her right ankle.
Team members provided casualty care, including splintage and pain relief.
Due to extremely difficult access, further team members were requested to attend to assist with a belayed stretcher lower over difficult terrain from the Scar to the road some 60 metres below.
The casualty was lowered to the road and carried to a road ambulance for transfer to hospital.
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