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6th July 2019

With Jon, Nick and Tav. The Cold Gnarly North was my destination today, the others decided to dig in the Soft South, which is the easier, more comfortable option. Drag line attached, bags attached, drill tube and wire reel in hand I set off al ...
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29th June 2019

I was at a BCRA Field Meeting - Hypogenic Caves of the North Pennines, UNESCO Global Geopark at Nenthead. The rest of the team had other commitments, no digging took place. ...
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Alert only – Jun 29th Sat. 22.27hrs – Three Peaks Walk, North Yorkshire – Alert only

North Yorkshire Police contacted CRO regarding a report of a Three Peaks walker who was ahead of someone else, but had not arrived at his car when the second walker arrived there. Seven  minutes later, a further message was received from NYP ‘Re ...
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INCIDENT 52/2019 – June 27th. Thu. 17.18hrs – Malham Cove, Malham, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

One of a group of three adults rang North Yorkshire Police for Mountain Rescue assistance at the top of Malham Cove and a small group of CRO members was turned out to help. Two members of the walking group were experiencing difficulty on the limestone ...
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INCIDENT 51/2019 – June 26th. Wed. 17.17hrs – Langcliffe Scar, near Settle, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

North Yorkshire Police (NYP) requested the help of CRO to search footpaths between Settle and Malham for a local missing person. As CRO team members were mobilising the missing person was found safe and well by NYP officers. Volunteer hours: 10 ...
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INCIDENT 50/2019 – June 25th. Tue. 10.46hrs – Meal Bank Quarry, Ingleton, North Yorkshire – Animal Incident

A local farmer reported that one of his sheep and her two lambs were stuck on a ledge at the former quarry at Meal Bank, near Ingleton. He had spotted them there on Saturday and hoped that they would be motivated to find their own way down when they ha ...
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INCIDENT 49/2019 – June 23rd. Sun. 12.49hrs – Ingleborough summit, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

A young person was attempting the 3 peaks walk with a school group when he developed pain in his right upper leg and found himself unable to continue walking beyond the summit shelter on Ingleborough. Two teachers waited with him while the rest of his ...
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INCIDENT 48/2019 – June 22nd. Sat. 17.01hrs – Little Ingleborough, Clapham, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

On the descent from Ingleborough towards Gaping Gill, a walker (f, 59) slipped and fell forward, sustaining a facial injury. Although originally reported to have lost consciousness, briefly, and possibly having a hip injury, neither may have been the c ...
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22nd June 2019

With Jon and Brockers A small team assembled for today’s activities and it was soon decided that the best and most effective use of manpower was to dig in the Soft South. While Jon packed bags, Brockers went ahead to start digging and I headed ...
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Alert only – Jun 22nd Sat. 03.11hrs – Malhamdale / Littondale, North Yorkshire – Alert only

CRO received a request to assist North Yorkshire Police in the search for a high risk missing person whose car was thought to have been found, empty, in Littondale. This is in the area covered by Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association, so the request ...
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15th June 2019

Another flint knapping workshop at Butser Ancient Farm for me. I didn’t dig but the rest of the team did. The following report was written by Jon: “Shambles /ˈʃamb(ə)lz/ noun 1. A state of confusion , bad organization , or untidines ...
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INCIDENT 47/2019 – June 18th. Tue. 14.33hrs – Southerscales, Ingleton, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

On the way from Ingleborough to Chapel le dale, a walker (f, 68) tripped on an undulation in the grassy path, hearing a snap and feeling serious pain in her left ankle. Fortunately, a passing caving instructor was a member of a neighbouring rescue team ...
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14th June 2019

Just after the breakthrough into An Expected Development in August 2018, we’d had a discussion regarding the possible origins of the cave system along with other geomorphological processes and events, i.e. Pleistocene frost and ice damage. At the t ...
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INCIDENT 46/2019 – June 8th. Sat. 12.58hrs – Malham Cove, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

Whilst awaiting more information from one of the Duty Controllers on scene at Malham regarding incident 45, we were called by North Yorkshire Police to a Male (80) with a twisted ankle at the top of the steps on the west side of the cove. The YAS param ...
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INCIDENT 45/2019 – June 8th. Sat. 12.02hrs – Malham Cove, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

Yorkshire Ambulance Service received a report of someone having been seen falling from the top of Malham Cove. Having dispatched a road ambulance, rapid response vehicle, HART team and air ambulance, they also called out CRO. Ambulance personnel determ ...
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8th June 2019

With Jon, Brockers and Nick We made a return to the Cold Gnarly North to finish off the job we had started last weekend. Jon was the first to cross the “sea of slurry” and go up to the nice dry bit to fill bags. Somehow, Brockers had talked himsel ...
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1st June 2019

With Jon, Nick and Tav The only plan for today was to clear the debris from last weekend’s application of IRS up in the Cold Gnarly North. While the others were packaging the dry bags ready for use later, I went ahead to reel in the wire. On ar ...
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25th May 2019

With Duncan, Brockers, Jon, Nick and Tav I had to collect some supplies at 09:00 and then met the team at the Hunter’s 10:00. From there we drove down to the farm. I stayed behind for a while at the farm to prep things, the others got changed and ...
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