Mike Meredith, 79, an enthusiastic caver and former Controller with the Cave Rescue Organisation was found dead at his house in Kuching, Sarawak, on the morning of Wednesday 11th January 2023. Ben Lyon, CRO President, writes about Mike’s remarkable life. Mike was born on the 19th. July 1943 in Hereford.

Three Three Peaks walkers (all m, 23) said they were lost in the dark, with one of their party struggling to walk, coming off Ingleborough. They said they thought they were about a mile from Horton. The team’s PhoneFind app put them in exactly the same location as in incident

Two people with two dogs reported themselves stranded on the path down over the crags at the southern end (‘the sharp end’) of Pen y ghent in very strong wind. They asked the Police for Mountain Rescue, but as members were preparing to set out, the duty controller received a

Two Three Peaks walkers (f, 26; f, 22) told NYP that they were lost in the dark and low cloud, coming from Ingleborough down to Horton. The description suggested that, in the poor visibility, they had lost the path where it crosses an area of surface limestone between Sulber Nick

UWFRA called CRO when a man reported three of his family (wife, son and a friend) overdue on a walk over Fountains Fell in the dark and poor visibility because of low cloud and drizzle. The Pennine Way over Fountains is the boundary between the teams. The CRO duty controller

A heavily pregnant ewe was stranded on a ledge at the Western end of Warrendale Knotts, above Settle. The farmer left it, hoping it would self-rescue when it became hungry, but there seemed to be enough grazing to keep it going. After three days, he called CRO via North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire Police put the team on stand-by when they were advised of a vulnerable man in difficulty, and possibly  at serious risk, near Malham. Fortunately they resolved the situation satisfactorily without CRO’s involvement. Volunteer hours:  2 

Two walkers (f, 51; m, 47) called for help when they and their dog lost the path off Ingleborough in thick mist and having lost the mapping app on their phone. The mobile phone company provided the Police with a grid reference, showing them to be near Long Kin West

An aspiring Three Peaks walker (m, 39) called North Yorkshire Police, who called CRO, reporting that he was on the descent from Ingleborough towards Horton in Ribblesdale, ‘4 miles from the bottom’ and that he had ‘fallen over and broken finger, going into shock. Cannot continue with journey and requires

A walker (f, 37) tripped and fell, head first, on the rocky first section of the path from the summit ridge of Whernside towards Bruntscar. YAS sent their rapid response vehicle and an air ambulance, then called CRO. They were joined, later, by a road ambulance. The air ambulance being