WASDALE Mountain Rescue were called out to a man who knocked unconscious after falling 100ft in the Upper Eskdale area.
The male walker had to be evacuated after receiving a serious head injury after he'd fallen in the Cam Sprout Waterfalls area.
The man's walking partner raised the alarm at a farm a few miles away.
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A spokesperson from Wasdale Mountain Rescue said: "Due to the nature of the injuries, the time elapsed, and the potentially difficult extraction, multiple air assets were requested, and both Helimed 58 and Rescue 199 were deployed quickly.
"The team also responded quickly to Eskdale but were unsurprisingly beaten to the scene by Helimed 58.
"They had searched the reported location at Cam Spout with nothing seen, but then noticed a walker waving on the path out of the valley about a mile away.
"Remarkably the injured casualty had self rescued to the valley floor. This allowed Helimed 58 to land on scene and treat the casualty quickly.
"Members of the team arrived just before Helimed 58 departed, and in the end no direct action was required by us."
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