An ice axe helped to save a man who slipped on Sharp Edge, Blencathra while out walking.
Keswick Mountain Rescue Team were called out on Wednesday at 2.55pm after the man slipped on the extremely greasy rock just at the start of the Sharp Edge traverse.
He fell about 10ft hurting his shoulder and twisting his ankle but was thankful that he was carrying two ice axes, one of which halted his fall.
The man managed to call 999 and the mountain rescue team set off, making their way up Mousethwaite Comb, up past Scales Tarn and along Sharp Edge.
They found the casualty in good spirits but getting cold after his wait. The man was harnessed up and given a helmet before being rope-lowered down to awaiting team members on what is known as the Chicken Path from where he could be safely walked off.
The incident took nearly four hours in total with 12 team members involved.
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