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media captionChris Lewis suffered life-changing injuries including multiple facial fractures
A mountain rescue volunteer has said saving a colleague who suffered life-changing injuries in a fall was the worst mission of his career.
He was part of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue team going to the aid of two campers from Liverpool and Leicester after one fell ill.
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image captionThe Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was helping two campers near Kirkstone Pass
Mr Lewis, who also suffered multiple facial fractures in the fall at Red Screes above Kirkstone Pass, is still in intensive care.
Mountain rescuer who fell 500ft trying to help lockdown flouters will be in a wheelchair for life
Chris Lewis, 60, has been identified as the injured rescuer by his colleagues at Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team
16 February 2021 • 12:08pm
Chris Lewis
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A mountain rescue volunteer who plunged 500ft while trying to rescue two wild campers flouting the Covid restrictions will spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
A £100,000 fund raising target has been set to help Chris Lewis, 60, who was on Tuesday identified as the injured rescuer by his colleagues at Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team.
His team mates say that being left in a wheelchair for the rest of his life would be a pretty good outcome .