Woman Dies In Sharp Edge Fall

A 38-year-old woman from Peterborough died after falling from Sharp Edge on Blencathra last Friday. Her husband and six-year-old daughter were also air-lifted to hospital in Carlisle and are being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The grade one scramble is an exposed and dramatic route up the mountain, but while it's striaghtforward but exposed in dry conditions, in the wet the polished, slanting, slabby crux section of the ridge can become extremely slippery making it a much harder undertaking.  That seems to have been the case last Friday.


The Keswick Mountain Rescue Team site reports the incident like this:

'A family of three (mother, father and 6-yr old daughter) simultaneously slipped while traversing the Edge and all fell over 100 feet down the 'usual gully'. Three helicopters assisted in the rescue, as did RAF Leuchars MRT. Despite the well-resourced rescue, the mother sadly died. The father received minor injuries and the daughter, head injuries.'

Very sad news. Our condolences to the victims, their friends and family.