A walker (f) slipped and fell whilst walking along the bridleway over Scales Moor, to the south of Whernside. She had tried to brace against her fall by stretching out her arm, causing a suspected fracture and dislocation. CRO members assisted Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics with transport to the scene and helped with the treatment of the casualty and then her transfer to an air ambulance. Volunteer Hours: 35 ...
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15th September 2016: with Jake, Tav, Duncan P and Pete Hall. While Duncan and Pete headed off to look at '19' before joining up with the rest of us later. Jake, Tav and Vince carried on to the dig at the end of '20'. A mixed bag of bucketing out ...
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A walker (m 71) tripped and fell on a rocky path near the top of Trow Gill on Ingleborough. He injured his right leg and reported to us being unable to bear weight on his leg. He was assessed by a CRO team doctor and treated by CRO members for a possible fracture / muscle injury to his leg. The casualty was carried in a stretcher to a CRO Landrover ambulance ...
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Solo. Mark, the farmer, walked up to the woods with me before going on his way to continue walking the dogs. At the end drilled some holes in the large detached flake of conglomerate, a few more to widen the way lower down, and another in an obstru ...
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Considered 'biodiversity reservoirs,' most underwater caves are yet to be explored. Furthermore, species diversity and distributional data is currently scattered enough to seriously hinder conservation status assessments. Thereby, a large international ...
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Stalagmites rising from the floor of a cave in southern Indiana may contain traces of past earthquakes in the region, according to a new report. ...
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A group of four 3 peaks walkers (3f,1m) reported themselves lost on the descent from Ingleborough to Horton in Ribblesdale, with no map or compass, and only one headtorch between them. Whilst trying to establish their location, a small party of team members set off from Horton to check the area leading back to Sulber Nick. Eventually contact with the group was established, and a gps location on The Allotment… ...
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With Jake, Tav and Nick. Vince digging, Nick clearing and loading the skip, Jake hauling and shuttling to the entrance, Tav on the surface, in the rain apparently. It was lovely and dry at the end. Tuesday evening's blast had worked a treat and the ...
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As the team were packing up from incident 74, a call was received to another 3 peaks walker (f,41) with a confirmed lower leg fracture. On arrival at the scene, team casualty carers took over casualty handling from event first aid staff, and requested the attendance of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance due to the severe nature of the injury. The casualty was treated and packaged for transport, and carried by… ...
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The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a 3 peaks walker who had apparently suffered a seizure and unconsciousness whilst ascending Pen-y-ghent. The team responded, and assisted Yorkshire Air Ambulance staff to get the casualty into Helimed 99. The patient was then transferred to a road ambulance at Dale Head. Just as team members were packing up, a further call was received… Volunteer hours: 26 ...
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With Jake and Nick. More of the same at the end of Chamber 20. Drill hole, place cap and whack, result big boulder reduced to manageable pieces, repeat several times. Shifted a lot of rock and some sediment. Looks better but not deep enough yet. Wor ...
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The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (m,62) with an ankle injury. When the first team member arrived on scene, it was discovered that the walker had been found by a local farmer, and given a lift back to his own car in Horton, from where he was going to make his own way to hospital for treatment. Team members were therefore stood down whilst still… ...
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The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist officers with a vulnerable person. A CRO vehicle with team members on board attended, and provided assistance to the officers on scene. Volunteer hours: 14 ...
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So, the end of the road as we know it, I'm now back in sunny Yorkshire (and it is sunny!) Here are a few pictures from my last day in Phong Nha. The day started off sunny but then clouds began to gather before half an hour o ...
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Solo. A gentle evening trip to drill some holes and apply some rock engineering techniques to widen the rift at the present end of Merlin's. 6no. holes drilled, charged and well tamped and task completed in the usual satisfactory manner. Should be ...
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I leave tomorrow, so I thought I'd get in one final quick bike ride around the village, checking on the state of the rice fields and countryside in general. The first thing I pass is the dual carriageway ...
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Jake, Tav, Nick and Matt. Tav and Jake took turns at the dig face, Tav taking the first stint; I did the hauling; Nick on the shuttle with Matt on the surface. Nick hauling back a skip loaded with rocks and a bag. I don't think Matt realised ...
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I had a quick tour of Phong Nha yesterday, just taking pictures of various shops and hotels to remind myself what the place looks like in 2016, here they are below;Hotels and Homestay's aplentyWhy Not, an old favourite?Menu, Vietnamese styleNice enough ...
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