Cave Rescue News

ALERT ONLY. AUGUST 9th SAT. 15:49hrs GAPING GILL, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 9 OF 2025.

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of an overdue caver in the Gaping Gill system. Whilst the Duty Controller was making initial enquiries the reporting person got back in touch ...

INCIDENT 66/2025. AUGUST 8th, FRI. 11.34hrs KIRKBY FELL, nr MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of a walker (m) who was found having a medical episode by a passing cyclist on the path across Kirkby Fell. Team members were ...

INCIDENT 65/2025. AUGUST 6th, WED. 11.57hrs INGLEBOROUGH, AT THE BASE OF THE SWINE TAIL, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A walker (m, ) slipped at the beginning of the ascent up the Swine Tail, sustaining a deformed leg fracture. CRO 4 (Honda Pioneer) was driven up onto Little Ingleborough carrying three team members. They ...

INCIDENT 64/2025. AUGUST 4th, MON. 15.33hrs RIVER GRETA from INGLETON to BURTON in LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE and continued on 5th, TUE. from INGLETON to GRETA BRIDGE (TUNSTALL, LANCASHIRE).

North Yorkshire Police (NYP) received a report of a body, floating down the River Greta at Ingleton Bottoms. NYP and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (NYFRS) responded, then called CRO to join the search ...

ALERT ONLY. AUGUST 3rd SUN. 10.08hrs UN-NAMED(?) POT Nr MARBLE STEPS, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 8 OF 2025.

A caver reported that a sheep was stranded about 20m down a shaft into an un-named (?) pot-hole near Marble Steps Pot. He offered to attempt to rescue it and report back. Meanwhile, team members ...

ALERT ONLY. AUGUST 2nd SAT. 18.41hrs OUTCROP BELOW NEW CLOSE KNOTTS, GORDALE SCAR, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 7 OF 2025

A ‘lamb’ was reported to be in distress on one of the limestone scars to the SW of Gordale Scar. The duty controller asked a colleague to assess the site, then alerted team members for attendance ...

ALERT ONLY. JULY 18th FRI 21.41hrs THREE PEAKS WALK, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 6 OF 2025

A Three Peaks ‘charity walker’, last seen at 07.30 and heard from while ‘descending Whernside’ at 17.20, was reported missing by someone waiting with transport at Horton car park. A telephone call and a PhoneFind ...

INCIDENT 61/2025. JULY 13th SUN. 15.33 hrs. SNOW FALLS, WATERFALLS TRAIL, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE

North Yorkshire Police called the team out to assist a walker (f,35) who had slipped and injured her ankle.  Team members attended and assessed the casualty, administered pain relief, and splinted the ankle.  They then ...

INCIDENT 60/2025. JULY 12th SAT. 15.22 hrs. WHERNSIDE, CHAPEL LE DALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist with a Three Peaks walker (m,63) suffering from exhaustion on the descent of Whernside.  Team members attended and located the walker on the summit ridge, considerably higher ...

INCIDENT 60/2025. JULY 12th SAT. 15.22 hrs. WHERNSIDE, CHAPEL LE DALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist with a Three Peaks walker (m,63) suffering from exhaustion on the descent of Whernside.  Team members attended and located the walker on the summit ridge, considerably higher ...

INCIDENT 59/2025. JULY 3rd THU. 00:14hrs, HORNBY, LANCASHIRE

The team were called by Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team (BPMRT) to assist them with an ongoing search for a missing person (f,68) in the Hornby area.  CRO Swiftwater technicians were tasked with searching the ...

INCIDENT 59/2025. JULY 3rd THU. 00:14hrs, HORNBY, LANCASHIRE

The team were called by Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team (BPMRT) to assist them with an ongoing search for a missing person (f,68) in the Hornby area.  CRO Swiftwater technicians were tasked with searching the ...