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Second walker death reported in Lake District

GEOGRAPH / TREVOR HARRIS Looking back down on Sty Head while ascending Great Gable by the Breast Route. The path to Sprinkling Tarn is ahead centre. There is a rocky path leading up to a crag which is covered in green grass.GEOGRAPH / TREVOR HARRIS
The lone walker was found unresponsive by other hikers near Sty Head

A second death of a walker has been reported by rescuers in the Lake District.

The lone man was found unresponsive by other hikers near Sty Head, a mountain pass near Great Gable, at about 16:18 BST last Sunday, Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team (WMRT) has revealed.

A helicopter from Blackpool was deployed along with Mountain Rescue volunteers, but the man was declared dead at the scene.

On Thursday a man died after collapsing while walking in a group at the side of Lodore Falls in Gowder Crag.

WMRT said Sunday had been a "sad callout" and "our sincere thoughts and condolences go to the walker's family and friends and all those on the hill that were involved".

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