A MAN has died after falling more than 200ft from Helvellyn on Saturday (March 17).
Keswick and Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called at 3.36pm to Brown Cove Crags.
The man hit rocks while falling and a winching helicopter from Prestwick was called.
Team members and a passing doctor were quickly on the scene but the injuries the man sustained were so serious that he did not survive.
A spokesperson for Keswick Mountain Rescue said: "Conditions in the valley give no clue to how difficult conditions will be at 800 metres. The Team cannot emphasise enough the serious challenge that the mountain poses in these winter conditions; snow patches have frozen to bullet hard ice, making crampons, and an ice axe to arrest any slip/fall absolutely essential."
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