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injured walker Southern Uplands
Auchope Cairn, Pennine Way
A woman sustained a lower leg injury while descending from Auchope Cairn on the Pennine Way and was unable to bear weight. Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team, Border Search and Rescue Unit, and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team worked together to assess, treat and stabilise her before evacuating her by stretcher to a vehicle on the Scottish side of the border.
Outcome: casualty evacuated by stretcher
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