A walker (f,65) was reported to have slipped and broken an ankle ‘three-quarters of the way up Ingleborough, from Chapel le dale’ (She had actually just descended the steep path, down to Humphrey Bottom.) She was soon located, given pain-relief, splintage and a heated waistcoat, before being evacuated by stretcher
A group of cavers was reported overdue on a Pippikin – Mistral through trip. Other cavers wished to go look for them before there was a full call-out. Almost three hours later, they reported that contact had been made, that the party had been delayed when one of their number
Just as the team arrived on scene at the previous incident, another call was received to a casualty (f, 19) with a lower leg injury. One of the responding vehicles was diverted to this second casualty, and further personnel were mobilised from the teams base at Clapham. The team were
A walker (f, 69), sustained a suspected fractured ankle whilst walking with a group in fields near the River Aire. CRO responded to the casualty’s location, and after carrying out first aid and splinting the injury, the casualty was stretchered to an ambulance at Town End Farm shop, Airton for
A big thank you to Britows Helicopters for making a significant donation to the team. As a thank you to CRO for helping recover one of their search and rescue helicopter which suffered mechanical problems, Bristows have made a significant donation to the team.
We are lucky to be supported by a donation from ‘Open Wheel’ and in return we help them with some of their logistics. What is Open Wheel? see their website here>> 30th April 2016 “Great route, great food, great vibe” The West Riding Classic is a 33, 60 and 75
A walker (m, 40) was reported overdue, five hours after setting off to walk the 7 miles along roads from Clapham Station to Settle, in light snow conditions. His family had done one sweep of the roads and CRO members had begun a second, when he turned up at his
An HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter, operated by Bristow’s, arrived at Ribblehead today as part of a practice with CRO. Bristow’s last attended an incident with CRO on 15th November, when their aircraft developed a fault and had to be rescued itself (see recent incident report) By way of
A walker (m, 47) slipped on the track between Kingsdale and Twisleton Hall, sustaining a painful knee / upper leg injury. He was very cold and, after the leg was splinted and he was given pain relief, he was taken by CRO Land Rover to be handed over to YAS
G-MCGJ finally got airborne about lunchtime today, and has now returned to her base in Caernarfon. Good work by the technicians and aircrew, Lawson’s Crane services and ourselves providing manpower and lower tech support as needed. Total volunteer hours: 246
