The team provided rescue cover for the annual Three Peaks Mountain race. Almost 1000 runners took part in the open race and team relay events. Team members were placed at strategic locations throughout the course. Fortunately, despite the warm conditio…
The team provided rescue cover for the annual Three Peaks Mountain race. Almost 1000 runners took part in the open race and team relay events. Team members were placed at strategic locations throughout the course. Fortunately, despite the warm conditio…
North Yorkshire Police called the team regarding a father and young son close to the summit of Whernside who were struggling on steep ground and extremely wet and cold. After speaking to the father, a small CRO team were asked to RV on the Kingsdale t…
The team was contacted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service regarding a male walker (72) who had collapsed while out walking with a party of friends. Team members and vehicles attended at the incident site, as did Yorkshire Air Ambulance, YAS, and North York…
A member of the public reported a sheep stuck on a ledge in a disused quarry near Ingleton. The team gave the sheep an opportunity to self-rescue. When it did not do so, team members attended and, having discussed the situation with the farmer, set u…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team for assistance with a search for a potentially vulnerable person. While the Duty Controller was still waiting for tasking instructions, North Yorkshire Police advised that the team’s assistance was no longer…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team for assistance with a search for a potentially vulnerable person. While the Duty Controller was still waiting for tasking instructions, North Yorkshire Police advised that the team’s assistance was no longer…
NYP contacted the team regarding a collapsed walker (m, 51) with central chest and arm pain on the ascent of Whernside. A full team callout was made and CRO2 and 3 were mobilised to Ribblehead. Team members were collected there and transferred to the …
A walker (f, 72) slipped on the field path below Oxenber Wood, near Wood House, Austwick, sustaining a very painful ankle injury. After assessment, pain relief and splinting of her leg, she was lifted onto the back seats of CRO 4 (Honda Pioneer) and dr…
A walker (m, 70) was unwell on the limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove. A Community Safety Officer and a team member were first on scene and the casualty appeared to be recovering. However, after initial assessment, they handed over to the YAS…
A climber (m, 39) fell a reported 8 metres from a climb at the southern end of Giggleswick Scar (South). He landed awkwardly on a ledge, was unable to move and was complaining of mid-back and severe ankle pain. The first team members to arrive found th…
A climber (m, 39) fell a reported 8 metres from a climb at the southern end of Giggleswick Scar (South). He landed awkwardly on a ledge, was unable to move and was complaining of mid-back and severe ankle pain. The first team members to arrive found th…
Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked the team to assist with a walker (m,61) who had experienced a medical episode. With YAS paramedics first on scene and providing care, the team transported the casualty by stretcher to the road ambulance on Stainforth …
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a caver (m, 43) who was struggling to exit the Gaping Gill system via Bar Pot. A small hasty party of three cavers set off in CRO 4, our Honda Pioneer ATV, to make an initial assessment of the situatio…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist a walker (m, 60) who had fallen while descending Ingleborough toward Clapham and injured his knee. A small party of team members set off toward Trow Gill in a team Land Rover, meeting the casualty who wa…
The team assisted North Yorkshire Police with an incident in the Malham Cove area. Volunteer hours: 95
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police for a party of cavers at the bottom of the 90m shaft of Alum Pot due to concerns over a damaged rope. As the team were assembling at the RV point, they received a further call confirming that the party wer…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a lone walker (f,24) who was lost and benighted. Her location was quickly established and two team members in CRO 3 were able to drive to the location and return her to the nature trail car …
Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked the team to assist with a walker (f,61) who had taken a tumbling fall coming off the summit of Ingleborough and sustained arm and facial injuries. As team members headed up toward the casualty’s location from the…
A walker (f, 24) slipped and injured an ankle not far from Janet’s Foss on the path towards Malham village. When she had been assessed by the YAS paramedic, team members helped her to the road ambulance which took her to Settle Railway Station fo…
North Yorkshire Police called the team to assist a walker (m,17) who had slipped and injured his ankle and knee descending Whernside toward Bruntscar. Team members ascended to the casualty’s location just off the summit ridge, where they assesse…
North Yorkshire Police requested the assistance of CRO to search for a missing person in the Ingleton area. Once located the team were stood down. Volunteer hours: 93
North Yorkshire Police requested CRO’s support for a local search of a missing person (m,82). As the team were assembling at the RV the Police helicopter located the missing person safe and well and the team was stood down. Volunteer hours: 8
North Yorkshire Police requested CRO’s support with an incident at Malham. A small team attended but the situation was resolved, eventually, without CRO’s direct involvement. Volunteer hours: 13
North Yorkshire Police requested CRO’s support with an incident at Malham. A small team attended but the situation was resolved, eventually, without CRO’s direct involvement. Volunteer hours: 13
A Three Peaks walker (f, ) collapsed near ‘the fingerpost’ at the corner leading on to ‘the miners’ track’ to the summit of Pen y ghent (Taking the clockwise route.). Team members, most of whom had just returned from the …
A Three Peaks walker (f, ) collapsed near ‘the fingerpost’ at the corner leading on to ‘the miners’ track’ to the summit of Pen y ghent (Taking the clockwise route.). Team members, most of whom had just returned from the …
An expeditioner (f, 15) slipped on the seriously slippery limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove, twisting a knee and dislocating the kneecap. After assessment and pain relief, a team paramedic reduced the dislocation, thus easing the pain, befor…
The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (f, 38) who had slipped on the path whilst walking round the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, sustaining an injury to her ankle and lower leg. Upon arrival on scene the team found that the YAS P…
Team members assisted our colleagues in Kendal Mountain Rescue Team with a Cumbria Police request for a search for a missing person near the boundary of our respective operational areas. Following a period of bankside and woodland searching, the team …
Team members assisted our colleagues in Kendal Mountain Rescue Team with a Cumbria Police request for a search for a missing person near the boundary of our respective operational areas. Following a period of bankside and woodland searching, the team …
A report was received, describing one or possibly two green lights flashing on Whernside and expressing concern that someone might be in distress. After a check that a Flight Radar application showed no aircraft in the immediate Three Peaks area, a tea…
A visitor (f, 37) slipped on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail near Beezley Falls, sustaining a serious ankle injury. The team was put on stand-by, but when the Duty Controller telephoned the reporting person, he was told that several other visitors were h…
A Three Peaks walker (f, 55) experienced pain in one knee on the descent from Whernside. This had worsened by the time she reached Ingleborough so she was unable to put any weight on it as she left the summit plateau. In the really dry conditions, team…
A visitor (f, 46) fell near the top of the steps up the side of Malham Cove, sustaining a head injury. YAS requested assistance in moving the patient from the accident site to the air ambulance helicopter. This was already on scene before CRO was alert…
A visitor (f, 46) fell near the top of the steps up the side of Malham Cove, sustaining a head injury. YAS requested assistance in moving the patient from the accident site to the air ambulance helicopter. This was already on scene before CRO was alert…
Undeterred by her experience on Whernside the previous day and underestimating the challenge, particularly of the descent, a walker reached the summit of Ingleborough but felt unable to begin the rocky descent. A passer-by called for help and a small t…
Undeterred by her experience on Whernside the previous day and underestimating the challenge, particularly of the descent, a walker reached the summit of Ingleborough but felt unable to begin the rocky descent. A passer-by called for help and a small t…
A distressed walker with medical problems was encountered by other people as they reached the summit of Whernside. Thanks to the support of several walkers, she reached the top of the steep descent path. CRO members then took over the support for the s…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a Three Peaks walker (m,27) who had sustained a left ankle injury whilst descending Ingleborough and unable to walk. A small team were able to drive close to the incident in CRO 4 (the teams…
Following a report of a sheep down a fluted shaft on Newby Moss, a small team were mobilised. to recover the stricken animal. They accessed the site in CRO 1 and CRO 4. One team member descended the shaft and was able to capture the sheep and encourag…
A walker (m, ) slipped at the beginning of the ascent up the Swine Tail, sustaining a deformed leg fracture. CRO 4 (Honda Pioneer) was driven up onto Little Ingleborough carrying three team members. They continued on foot to the casualty site above the…
North Yorkshire Police (NYP) received a report of a body, floating down the River Greta at Ingleton Bottoms. NYP and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (NYFRS) responded, then called CRO to join the search. A combined effort between CRO’s …
A caver reported that a sheep was stranded about 20m down a shaft into an un-named (?) pot-hole near Marble Steps Pot. He offered to attempt to rescue it and report back. Meanwhile, team members were put on stand-by and one was tasked with checking the…
A ‘lamb’ was reported to be in distress on one of the limestone scars to the SW of Gordale Scar. The duty controller asked a colleague to assess the site, then alerted team members for attendance the following morning. In the meantime a nei…
A Three Peaks ‘charity walker’, last seen at 07.30 and heard from while ‘descending Whernside’ at 17.20, was reported missing by someone waiting with transport at Horton car park. A telephone call and a PhoneFind text were not a…
North Yorkshire Police called the team out to assist a walker (f,35) who had slipped and injured her ankle. Team members attended and assessed the casualty, administered pain relief, and splinted the ankle. They then stretchered the casualty to a tea…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist with a Three Peaks walker (m,63) suffering from exhaustion on the descent of Whernside. Team members attended and located the walker on the summit ridge, considerably higher up the fell than the initial …
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist with a Three Peaks walker (m,63) suffering from exhaustion on the descent of Whernside. Team members attended and located the walker on the summit ridge, considerably higher up the fell than the initial …
As the vehicles returned to base from Incident 55, with Incident 56 ongoing the team received our fourth call of the evening, from North Yorkshire Police, alerting us to a party of three cavers (F 39, F 29, M 26) overdue on a trip through Long Churns d…
As the team were returning to base from the previous incident one of the Assistant Controllers (Underground) who was staying at the Red Rose CPC hostel, at Bull Pot Farm, alerted the Duty Controller that a party of four cavers (all M in 50s) were overd…
The Team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a visitor (F, 24) who had slipped whilst on the Waterfalls Trail and hurt her ankle. She was unable to put weight on the ankle or continue her walk. After an assessment by team RRMTs (Casual…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of a walker that had fallen and injured themselves on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. As the Duty Controller was making initial enquiries with staff at the Waterfalls Trail they confirmed that t…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of a walker that had fallen and injured themselves on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. As the Duty Controller was making initial enquiries with staff at the Waterfalls Trail they confirmed that t…
A walker (m, 72) became unwell after climbing almost to the top of the steps up the side of Malham Cove. After assessment by YAS paramedics, he was walked very gently back down with support from team members. Accompanied by the paramedics, the walker w…
A walker (m, 72) became unwell after climbing almost to the top of the steps up the side of Malham Cove. After assessment by YAS paramedics, he was walked very gently back down with support from team members. Accompanied by the paramedics, the walker w…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to help with a call reporting concerns for the welfare of a person in the vicinity of the Gaping Gill winch meet. Whilst initial enquiries were being made by the Duty Controller the person in question was assisted …
The team was called by North Yorkshire Police to a missing three peaks walker who had got seperated from his friends on the descent from Ingleborough. Whilst the controllers were making initial enquiries and meeting with the reporting party to get more…
A member of the public alerted North Yorkshire Police to a lamb that had fallen to the bottom of Hull Pot, on the side of Pen-y-Ghent, who then requested the team’s assistance to rescue it. As the lamb was in no immediate danger it was decided to…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist with a report of two cavers significantly overdue on a trip into Stile Pot. As the Duty Controllers placed underground members on standby and gathered further information, NYP called back to advise that …
