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.