The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to a walker (F, 26) who was having difficulty descending from Whernside summit due to a painful knee injury. Contact with the walker indicated she was descending the path towards Bruntscar slowly, assisted by a companion. As it was cold and
A caller, living over 200 miles away, where there had been heavy rain and flooding, was unable to phone his son (35) who had intended exploring Bull Pot of the Witches. He therefore contacted Cumbria Police, concerned about his son’s safety, some three hours earlier than their agreed ‘call-out time’.
A visitor (m, 77) tripped and fell, sustaining a serious ankle injury. In the broken telephone call he made to YAS, he described being ‘in a field’ and said he could ‘see Gordale Farm to his left’, but gave no further information. Team members were alerted at the same time
An expeditioner (f,15) sustained an ankle injury while walking on a footpath over Dean Moor to the North East of Langscar Gate. Fortunately, two of the supervisory staff were members of other mountain rescue teams, so they splinted the injury, gave pain relief and sheltered the casualty in an expedition
Three Three Peaks walkers (all m) took the wrong route off the Ingleborough summit plateau and descended to Gaping Gill in thick cloud and ‘horizontal rain’, rather than the path to Horton in Ribblesdale. They were wet, cold and unable to complete their walk, having been walking for almost twelve
North Yorkshire Police tasked the team to assist a walker (m, 46) descending from Pen y ghent who was unable to continue due to the combined effects of a pre-existing medical condition and exhaustion. With the walker’s location known and accessible by off-road vehicle, two members in a team Land
The team was alerted by North Yorkshire Police for two missing female walkers believed to be on Penyghent. With darkness falling they had become disorientated after changing their descent route. Once their location was established, team members were able to reach their location in CRO vehicles and drive them safely
The team was alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to assist a walker (F 67) who had slipped on the footpath above Trow Gill and sustained a head injury. Team members were able to drive close to the location in CRO 4, the teams ATV whilst other team members were
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) alerted the team to assist with a walker (F, 65) who had slipped on the path descending to Janet’s Foss and suffered a head injury. After an assessment by a team member she was able to walk the short distance back to the road and taken
A visitor (f, 27) slipped and fell a short distance at the foot of the lowest cascade of Scaleber Force, experiencing serious back pain. After assessing the site, the YAS paramedics requested CRO’s assistance with the rescue. Having given pain relief and put her into an insulated casualty bag, team

