Helvellyn Accident

BBC radio are reporting a fatal accident on Striding Edge on Helvellyn. A man became separated from his brother in the mist. Rescue teams were called out and they have found a body.

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9 Mar, 2004
True, but on the whole, I'd rather be (alive) in Wakefield.. Obviously don't know the full story, but just goes to show that something that's walked by probably thousands of people each month can still prove fatal. Just needs that one little slip.
10 Mar, 2004
I can only agree about your general observations, finding the top of swirrel can be tricky and descending striding risky if ill prepared,and some fools should not be up there. However we don't know just what happened in accident. Was the walker equiped properly? Even a well equiped climber or climber could slip by mischance, and unless conditions were atrocious I would not think of using walkers confidence rope on what is after all only a grade 1 scramble, except just perhaps helping inexperienced walkers at the 'step'
10 Mar, 2004
This on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3537637.stm Sounds like a horribly easy accident.
10 Mar, 2004
A fool who recognises he is a fool, is still a fool.
10 Mar, 2004
Surely all of us hold the possibility for change for the better, even know alls. Climbing holds many remarkably good wake up calls for the overly certain.
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