A CLIMBER suffered a fractured spine after he fell 10 metres on Helm Crag in Grasmere.
Team leader for Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Nick Owen said the 21-year-old Ambleside man fell on to a broad ledge when his belay failed at around 1:47pm on Wednesday (March 21).
For more on this story, see the Westmorland Gazette tomorrow.
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