A climber has died in hospital after falling 200ft down a gully while fell walking in the Lake District. Gordon Waterworth, 63, of Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, slipped in Hall's Fell on Blencathra on Sunday.
Keswick Rescue Team was called out and a helicopter from RAF Boulmer was scrambled to airlift the man to hospital in Carlisle.
He had suffered serious injuries and later died. An inquest has been opened and adjourned.
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