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injured walker Southern Uplands
Caerketton Hill, Pentlands, Edinburgh
A hillwalker sustained a broken ankle on Caerketton Hill in the Pentlands near Edinburgh on Saturday evening. Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue teams used a makeshift sled fashioned from a stretcher to evacuate her down the artificial ski slope at Hillend. The casualty was transferred to hospital for further treatment.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher and transferred to hospital
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