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  • Incident 37/2026. Saturday 6th June 22:45hrs. Cow Pot, Leck Fell, Casterton, Cumbria

    All Rescues / Cave Rescue

    Our Duty Controller was alerted by one of our members to a potential overdue caver in Cow Pot on Leck Fell. A number of cavers from nearby Bull Pot Farm (Red Rose caving club HQ) had gone out to try and locate the missing caver. We were then alerted by

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  • INCIDENT 29/2026 SATURDAY MAY 9TH 21.05 LOST JOHNS’ CAVE

    Cave Rescue

    The team were called out by Lancashire Police to a report of two overdue cavers (50 Y.O. & 19 Y.O.) in the Lost Johns’ cave system. CRO placed a full team call out for both underground members and surcace members to assist with logistics on the fell. A CRO Duty

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  • INCIDENT 20/2026. APRIL 6th MONDAY 17.01hrs. ALUM POT, SELSIDE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

    All Rescues / Cave Rescue

    The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to a possible overdue caving party in Alum Pot. Following initial enquiries by our group of Duty Controllers it was ascertained that the party had actually got back to the surface, safe and well and had just been a little over their

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  • INCIDENT 95/2025. DECEMBER 13th SAT. 22.25hrs. BAR POT, NR GAPING GILL, INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE

    All Rescues / Cave Rescue

    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 situation and

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  • INCIDENT 91/2025. NOVEMBER 8th THU. 14.12 hrs ALUM POT, SELSIDE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

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    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 were safe

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  • INCIDENT 85/2025. (same day) 21.19 hrs PROVIDENCE POT, KETTLEWELL WITH STARBOTTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

    All Rescues / Cave Rescue

    Our colleagues at Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) asked the team to assist with investigating a report of three cavers overdue in Dowbergill Passage, a demanding through trip between Providence Pot and Dow Cave in upper Wharfedale.  An all-night search by cavers from the two teams and Swaledale Mountain

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  • INCIDENT 57/2025. JUNE 28th SAT (same day) 22:50hrs LONG CHURNS and ALUM POT, SELSIDE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

    All Rescues / Cave Rescue

    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 down to the

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  • INCIDENT 55/2025. JUNE 28th SAT (same day) 21:02hrs COW POT TO TOP SINK, EASEGILL, LECK, CUMBRIA

    All Rescues / Cave Rescue

    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 overdue from a traverse trip

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  • ALERT ONLY, MAY 17th SAT 20.24hrs STILE POT, GAPING GILL AREA, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 3 OF 2025

    All Rescues / Cave Rescue

    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 the missing cavers were out of the cave and

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  • INCIDENT 21/2025. MAR 22nd SAT 2300hrs. WRETCHED RABBIT SYSTEM, EASEGILL, LECK, CUMBRIA

    All Rescues / Cave Rescue

    The Team received a call from one of our members at the Red Rose CPC hostel, at Bull Pot Farm, that a party of 8 cavers (2m and 6f, 20-29) on the ‘Easegill Traverse’ caving trip between Lancaster Hole and Wretched Rabbit were overdue. We were subsequently called by the

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