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 62/2026. September 9th Wed 21:14 hrs, Ingleborough
The team were contacted by North Yorkshire Police after a walker who had just completed the three peaks raised concerns about a party of 2 walkers she had passed some time earlier as appearing to be making slow progress from the summit of Ingleborough ...
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The International Day of Caves and Karst 2026
The International Day of Caves and Karst is a chance for people around the world to celebrate caves, karst and the people who explore, study and protect them. On 13 September 2026, the world will celebrate the first UNESCO International Day of Caves an ...
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The International Day of Caves and Karst 2026
The International Day of Caves and Karst is a chance for people around the world to celebrate caves, karst and the people who explore, study and protect them. On 13 September 2026, the world will celebrate the first UNESCO International Day of Caves an ...
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Incident 61/2026. September 8th Tue 14:42 hrs, Victoria cave, Attermire, Settle, North Yorkshire.
The team was alerted by YAS to a female walker (46 yo) who had slipped on rocks on the footpath near Victoria cave. Team members along with two team vehicles were mobilised to the incident. On arrival team members carried out an assessment of the injur ...
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Incident 60/2026. September 7th Mon 12:25 hrs, Thornton force, Ingleton waterfalls trail, North Yorkshire.
As the team were mobilising to incident 59 (Malham) they were alerted by YAS to a report of a female (66 yo) who had fallen and sustained a wrist injury whilst walking near Thornton Force. This second callout required a split attendance of team vehicle ...
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Incident 59/2026. September 7th Mon 12:10 hrs, Malham cove, Malham, North Yorkshire.
The team were alerted by NYP to a report of a male (78 yo) who had fainted whilst walking at the top of Malham Cove possibly due to low blood pressure. As the team was preparing to mobilise to this incident a second call was received to Thornton Force, ...
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5th September
Vince, Sam, Jake, Brockers, Jon, Nick, Tav, and Mike Before the team arrived, I nipped underground to Can of Worms to take another sediment sample from the ‘blasted’ rift (some interesting findings in the sample collected previously) before returning to the surface. Back at the entrance met Sam who was tossing packs of empty bags … Continue reading "5th September" ...
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Incident 58/2026. Sunday 30th August, 21:50hrs. Ingleborough, Ingleton, North Yorkshire
The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to three well equipped, uninjured walkers ( f 48, 51, 52) doing the Three Peaks walk who were lost near the summit of Ingleborough in the dark and low cloud with fading head torch batteries. After a discu ...
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Incident 57/2026. Saturday 29th August, 11:37hrs. Whernside, Nr Ingleton, North Yorkshire
The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to a runner (F 55) on Whernside who had hurt her foot and could not weight bear. CRO 1 and CRO 3 headed to the Aqueduct just below Force Gill, where team members then carried on on foot to the casualty si ...
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29th August
With Jake, Jon, Nick, Mike, and Harley Time to see what the ‘bang’ had done! Underground, it was obvious there had been recent rain the entrance was wet, water had flowed along the passage and down into the pot. Luckily, I avoided most of it (still wearing cotton overalls). Reeled in the wire as I … Continue reading "29th August" ...
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INCIDENT 56/2026. INGLEBOROUGH, CHAPEL LE DALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to a walker (M, 42) who was close to the summit of Ingleborough, and who had injured his leg. He was unable to walk. His exact location was established, and the team were deployed to assist. Once with the ...
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Otter Hole Trip Report (22/08/2026)
Jonny, Oliver and Phoebe all had their
first adventure into Otter Hole; this trip was led by Joel. The 30-minute walk
from the car park took us south off the hillside and into the Wye floodplain,
which we followed for a short while until we reached the ...
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Otter Hole Trip Report (22/08/2026)
Jonny, Oliver and Phoebe all had their
first adventure into Otter Hole; this trip was led by Joel. The 30-minute walk
from the car park took us south off the hillside and into the Wye floodplain,
which we followed for a short while until we reached the ...
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INCIDENT 55/2026. SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST 1522hrs. MALHAM RAKES, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The team were called by our colleagues at Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a walker (M,20) who had injured his ankle whilst walking near to Malham Cove and was unable to continue. Having established his exact location as close to the Dales Hi ...
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22nd August
Vince, Jake, Nick, Jon, Sam, Tav, and Mike A bit more ‘gardening’ – clearing brambles and nettles – while waiting for the team to arrive. Sam was first to show up followed, soon after by most of the others. A brief chat about this and that then underground. Tav and Jon headed off towards CoW, … Continue reading "22nd August" ...
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Incident 54/2026. Wednesday 19th August 23:59hrs. Brunt Riggs Moss, Nr Clapham, North Yorkshire
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a camper (f,28) who had walked up towards Gaping Gill, with the intention of sleeping out overnight before attending the winch meet in the morning, but had lost her way in the poor weather and was unabl ...
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