Lake District death fall woman named
Last updated at 09:54, Wednesday, 07 January 2009
A 35-YEAR-OLD woman who died after falling from a Lake District fell has been named by police.
Great Gable viewed from Wastwater
Kirsty Densham, an experienced mountaineer from Oxford, was on holiday in the area with friends last Friday afternoon (January 2) when the tragedy occurred.
She was walking with two friends at Westmoreland Crag on Great Gable when she fell.
Wasdale Mountain Rescue were called to the scene and a helicopter from RAF Boulmer took her to West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven where she was pronounced dead.
Her relatives have been informed.
First published at 12:51, Sunday, 04 January 2009
Published by http://www.newsandstar.co.uk
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