Other Sites and Blogs – Darkness Below

We can’t hope to bring you every story, but there are plenty of caving and mining blogs out there you can browse at your leisure – so have a read through some of the best! If you know of a blog you’d like us to add to this page please let us know.

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incident 52/2026 Wednesday 12th August 18:01hrs Ingleborough Swine Tail, Ingleborough, Ingleton, North Yorkshire

The team were alerted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to a lone 3 Peaks walker (M, 36) who was reported to be exhausted and unable to continue, close to the Swine Tail path near the summit of Ingleborough. Our controller was able to contact the wa ...
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incident 52/2026 Wednesday 12th August 18:01hrs Ingleborough Swine Tail, Ingleborough, Ingleton, North Yorkshire

Incident 51/2026 Sunday 9th August 00:30hrs. Gaping Gill, nr Clapham, North Yorkshire

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a camper (f,66) who was staying at the Gaping Gill winch meet and has slipped whilst walking to her tent. A small team headed up to the winch meet in CRO 4, our Honda Pioneer ATV, whilst another team he ...
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8th August

Vince, Sam, Jake, Tav, Nick, and Harley Always a sense of anticipation going back to see what effects a bang has had! Arrived early to check things out. At the bottom of the entrance sat down to start reeling in the wires. Dropped down into the pot, there was quite a bit of fly-rock into … Continue reading ...
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Incident 50/2026 Saturday 8th August 14:33hrs. Long Lane, Clapham, North Yorkshire

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a walker (f,67) who had passed out whilst out walking on Long Lane, near to Clapham. Team members were able to drive our off road vehicles up the track to meet the party and after an initial assessment ...
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Incident 49/2026 Wednesday 5th August 17:32 Ireby Fell cavern

CRO were called out by North Yorkshire Police after a member of a caving party (F 60 YO) had a medical episode just as she taking part in a caving trip in Ireby Fell cavern. Showing great fortitude, she was able to ascend the final pitches with the a ...
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5th August

Another trip into the cave to carry out some chemically-induced speleogenesis in Can of Worms and down in the pot. All good! Should be plenty of stuff to clear on the weekend. ...
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1st August

Vince, Sam, Nick, Tav, Jake, Jon, Mike, and this week’s guest, Ed Ford Arrived ahead of the team to check that Wednesday’s chemically-induced ‘rock bothering’ had achieved the desired effect. Into the cave, reeled in the wires and inspected the damage. As expected, the use of 40g had produced lots of gravel-, cobble- and small … Continue reading ...
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INCIDENT 48/2026. TUESDAY 28TH JULY 22:38HRS. MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE

North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist with a search for a missing person. Just as the first team members arrived on scene, police officers located the person safe and well. Volunteer hours: 10 ...
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25th July

Vince, Jake, Jon, Brockers, Nick, Tav, and Harley Got to the cave ahead of the others so that I could get some photos in Can of Worms now that the bang debris has been cleared. Looks interesting. Returned to the surface to await the arrival of the team. Once all were assembled, Jon and Brockers … Continue reading ...
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18th July

Report by Jon: “Harley, Jon and Jake arrived at the appointed hour. The team determined that all members should go underground. In Can of Worms, Harley and Jake dug. Jon stacked on the ledge. Vince banged boulders mid-week. Harley and Jake dug accordingly, mainly downwards. The space at the dig face is somewhat larger. Further … Continue reading ...
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Incident 47/2026. Wednesday 15th July 13:50hrs. Open pot-hole, near to Fern Pot, Newby Moss, Ingleborough, North Yorkshire – Animal Incident

The duty controller was contacted by a member of the public who had heard a sheep in distress whilst walking on Newby Moss. Upon investigating he found it to be stuck 10ft down a pothole about 30ft south of Fern Pot and so contacted the team to see if ...
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Incident 46/2026. Saturday 11th July (same day) 16:28hrs. Langscar Gate, Malham, North Yorkshire

Whilst the team were deploying to Incident 45 we received a second call from North Yorkshire Police to a walker (m,25) who had fallen whilst scrambling near to Langscar Gate, near Malham Cove. Some team members already on route to the previous incident ...
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Incident 45/2026. Saturday 11th July 15:39hrs. Whernside, Nr Ingleton, North Yorkshire

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a walker (f,64) attempting the Three Peaks walk who had gone over on her ankle and could not weight bare. After an assessment by team RRMTs we splinted her ankle and stretchered her down to Kings ...
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11th July

Vince, Brockers, Jon, Jake, Nick, and Tav Walked up to the cave with Brockers who had also arrived early at the farm. We occupied ourselves with bundling up the dry bays until the rest of the team arrived. It was good to get underground, much cooler. In CoW, Jon digging, I was clearing the filled … Continue reading ...
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Alert Only. Friday 10th July 16:30hrs. Alert 8 of 2026

The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a report of a Three Peaks walker (m,54) who was dehydrated and feeling faint on the path back to Horton from Ingleborough. The Duty Controller managed to speak to the walker, who was feeling a bit ...
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Incident 44/2026. Friday 10th Jul 2026 08:02hrs. Raven Scar, Malham, North Yorkshire

The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (f,96) who had slipped whilst walking near Raven Scar, above Malham Cove. The first team member arrived at the same time as the YAS ambulance crew, who assessed the casualty before the tea ...
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Incident 43/2026. Tuesday 7th July 14:44hrs. Ingleborough, Ingleton, North Yorkshire

The team were called by NYP to assist with a 17yr old male with an ankle injury close to the summit of Ingleborough. The team responded and evacuated the male down to Chapel Le Dale for onward transport by the rest of his party to hospital for further ...
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