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As this image from Scafell Pike looking towards Scafell suggests, getting between the two isn't easy | Credit: Alex Foxfield A tricky rock climb, Broad Stand, breaches these defences, but is a ...
RESCUERS were called out to a Lake District crag after a walker reported himself 'stuck' to emergency services. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out to Broad Stand, Sca Fell just after 11am on ...
The man was on a rock face known as Broad Stand, between Scafell and Scafell Pike. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team, a Great North Air Ambulance and the Caernarfon Coastguard helicopter were all ...
The man, in his 20s, was climbing on Broad Stand, between Scafell and Scafell Pike, on Wednesday afternoon when he fell, mountain rescuers said. Volunteers from the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team ...
The man fell while climbing on Broad Stand near Scafell Pike yesterday afternoon.He was taken to hospital in Preston by air ambulance. Members of the Wasdale Mountain Rescue team and some members ...
A Wasdale MRT spokesperson said: "Three people were reported to be stuck on the steep and icy ground on Scafell. "The coordinates from the police call confirmed that they were on Broad Stand ...
Scafell at 964m (3162 feet) and Scafell Pike at 977m (3210 feet) are two of Englands five highest peaks towering above the landscape of the Lake District National Park. The Cumbrian Mountains ...
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