BGR Incident in Gategill?

[Mike T]

Sorry Mike, I was just matching Yiannis’ flippancy..

It wasn’t a brilliant accident at all actually, it was quite serious. I fell c.100ft in three or four bounces from the infamous slippery slab on the upper section of Sharp Edge in September 1999 and suffered multiple injuries: broken ribs, punctured lung, internal bleeding (haemo-thorax), broken cheekbone and other facial injuries, R kneecap broken into 4 pieces, severed patella tendon, big chunk of flesh gouged from R buttock etc.

I was close to death due to blood in the chest cavity when I got to Carlisle infirmary but have made an almost complete recovery thanks to the Mountain Rescue team, other people on the scene, and the medical care I received. Strangely though, I have never quite regained my previous level of fitness

Strangely Bill, I never noticed the view on my way down but I'm sure it was spectacular....

Yikes Fellhound that was nasty. Was it wet? I have done it 3 times, once down - horrible - as I chickened out of staying on the ridge and found myself on even worse ground to the north - twice up in dry conditions - fine. I can see that even when dry you are only a foot or two - or a brief distraction - from disaster.