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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 Credit: Mike Blakey/PA 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 Mo...

Chris Lewis, 60, fell 500ft down a steep slope on Saturday's rescue call-out  Mr Lewis suffered facial fractures and damaged his spinal cord in the steep fall A fundraising campaign has been set up to help his recovery and rehabilitation The Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was helping two Lake District campers  The two men from Leicester and Liverpool were fined for breaching lockdown 

A mountain rescue volunteer suffered permanent injuries after plunging nearly 500ft when he was called out to help campers defying lockdown.

A fundraiser to help a mountain rescue worker who suffered life-changing injuries while out on a mission has received a massive surge of responses from the public. The volunteer lifesaver injured on a rescue mission above Kirkstone Pass has now been named as Chris Lewis. Patterdale Mountain Rescue lifesaver Chris, 60, fell 150 metres from Red Screes above Kirkstone Pass on February 6. Chris and colleagues were aiding one of two wild campers who had fallen ill. The Cumbrian mountain rescue volunteer suffered severe spinal injuries and it is feared he will never walk again. While the ...

READERS have sent their good wishes to the mountain rescue team volunteer who fell 150m on a call-out at the weekend. The member of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team suffered 'significant' injuries during the incident in the early hours of Saturday morning. The team had been called out to an individual with chest pains, who was camping on Red Screes, above the Kirkstone Pass. A statement Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association said: "Whilst the team were making their way to the casualty, an experienced team member fell roughly 150m down steep ground, sustaining signific...