A 59-year-old man plunged to his death after he fell over 100 metres (328 feet) from Striding Edge, on Helvellyn, on Sunday afternoon (September 5).

Merseyside man Robert Cain was walking with a group of ten friends when he fell from the sharp ridge near Red Tarn and was fatally injured.

Police spokesman Greg Stephenson said there was little chance of survival from such a height.

Ten members of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue team were called to assist the walker and some of them were diverted from a charity event on the peak running simultaneously.

An RAF helicopter was on routine exercise in the area and was also called in to help.

RAF search and rescue spokesman Michael Mulford said the bright yellow Sea King helicopter quickly swung into action after a call for help just after 1pm, warning the weather was poor with low cloud.

He said they collected a civilian doctor from the fellside en route: "The doctor seems to have been a member of another party nearby who spotted what was going on. We agreed to pick him up and winch him down.

"The doctor declared him (Mr Cain) beyond human aid."

Cumbria Police said there were no suspicious circumstances.