Cave Rescue News

INCIDENT 85/2024. DECEMBER 11th WED. 09:24 hrs. MALHAM COVE, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

NYP requested CRO’s assistance after a member of the public found a person at the base of the cove believed to be deceased. Following confirmation from the Police that this was a fatality, team members ...

INCIDENT 84/2024. NOVEMBER 22nd FRI. 10.05 hrs. HUMPHREY BOTTOM, INGLEBOROUGH, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A walker (m, 48) slipped on ice on the path up Humphrey Bottom to Ingleborough, sustaining a suspected hip injury. The first team members to arrive at the casualty site found that he was just ...

INCIDENT 83/2024. NOVEMBER 21st THU. 12.31 hrs. Nr RUNSCAR CAVE, RIBBLEHEAD, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A caving instructor (m, 43) slipped on frozen turf after exiting Runscar Cave and sustained a lower leg injury. Having ensured the safety of the client group, the other instructors set up a group shelter ...

INCIDENT 83/2024. NOVEMBER 21st THU. 12.31 hrs. Nr RUNSCAR CAVE, RIBBLEHEAD, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A caving instructor (m, 43) slipped on frozen turf after exiting Runscar Cave and sustained a lower leg injury. Having ensured the safety of the client group, the other instructors set up a group shelter ...

INCIDENT 82/2024. NOVEMBER 9th SAT. 16.45 hrs. INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

The Team was alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to a 3 Peaks walker (M, 44) who was having breathing difficulties and felt like he was going to lose consciousness whilst ascending the final peak ...

INCIDENT 81/2024. NOVEMBER 7th THU. 14.07 hrs. MALHAM COVE, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A walker (f, 65) slipped whilst descending the footpath on the west side of Malham Cove suffering a suspected fracture to the right ankle. Team members assessed her, provided pain relief and splinted the lower ...

INCIDENT 80/2024. OCTOBER 28th MON. 17.44 hrs. GUNNERFLEET AREA, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

North Yorkshire Police (NYP) received an incomplete call from someone (or some people?) who had walked off Whernside, was uninjured but lost and benighted, so couldn’t find their car. From some of the words given, ...

INCIDENT 79/2024. OCTOBER 27th SUN. 15.44 hrs. TOP OF MALHAM COVE, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A walker (f, 78) was ill near the middle of the limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove. Team members, assessed her before helping her on to a stretcher. She was wheeled/carried to a ...

INCIDENT 78/2024. OCTOBER 13th SUN. 17.13 hrs. INGLETON WATERFALLS TRAIL, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A visitor (m) took a fall on the return leg of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail and was seen to be struggling. One passing walker loaned him a walking pole and another tried to phone for ...

INCIDENT 00/1934. OCTOBER 13th SAT 19.15 hrs. GINGLING HOLE, FOUNTAINS FELL, MALHAM MOOR, WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.

A potholer (m) was reported to have displaced a loose boulder which trapped his leg and broke it in two places on the slope into what was then the final chamber of Gingling Hole. His ...

SEE HOW WE EARNED OUR BLUE PETER BADGE!

Back in June we had the pleasure of taking BBC Blue Peter presenter Joel caving, introducing him to what CRO members do and showing him what it takes to rescue someone from underground. The link ...

SEE HOW WE EARNED OUR BLUE PETER BADGE!

Back in June we had the pleasure of taking BBC Blue Peter presenter Joel caving, introducing him to what CRO members do and showing him what it takes to rescue someone from underground. The link ...