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Almost £680,000 has been raised in just over 24 hours for the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team member injured in a callout earlier this month. Chris Lewis, 60, sustained life-changing injuries when he fell 150 metres on rough steep ground while responding to a call from wild campers at Red Screes,...
Chris Lewis fell 500ft (150m) while trying to reach two campers who broke lockdown rules.
More than £360,000 has been raised in just hours for the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team member injured in a callout earlier this month. Chris Lewis, 60, sustained life-changing injuries when he fell 150 metres on rough steep ground while responding to a call from wild campers at Red Screes,...
BBC News Published 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. image copyrightPatterdale Mountain Rescue Team 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 S...
The team had been called out to help a 47-year-old man from Leicester who was camping with another man from Liverpool.