The climber from Bolton killed after plunging 1,000ft from a ridge on one of the Lake District's highest mountains has been named as Michael Hollinshead.
A spokesman for Cumbria Police has confirmed that Mr Hollinshead, aged 62, from Egerton, died after falling around 300 metres after he was blown off the ridge in high winds at Brown Cove on Helvellyn at about 2pm on Wednesday.
He said: "Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team attended the scene and moved the casuality by stretcher further down the valley where he was transported by RAF holicopter to Barrow's Furness General Hospital where he was pronounced dead as a result of injuries caused in the fall."
The file has now been passed onto the coroner Ian Smith.
A companion called emergency services and a rescue dog located the man who had sustained multiple injuries.
A mountain rescue spokesman said the rescue effort was made more difficult because the helicopter could not land due to high winds.
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