A walker slipped, fell over and injured her ankle whilst on the path between the top of Malham Cove and the Malham Rakes road. A CRO team member was able to unlock the field gate adjacent the road and drive a vehicle to the injured walkers location. She was taken
A walker (f, 54) slipped and heard a loud crack from her ankle while walking the return path of the Waterfalls Trail through the Baxengill Gorge, Ingleton. Her husband reported the suspected ankle fracture to North Yorkshire Police, who called CRO. Having assessed the injury, team members gave pain relief,
NWAS called CRO when their ambulance could not reach a dog-walker (f, 48) who was found by a mountain biker and reported to be ‘disorientated after collapse’ on the bridleway near Brownthwaite Pike, Casterton..An update showed that the patient did not know where she was or what had happened to
A member of the public reported finding a visitor (m, 37) on the ground, with ‘chest pains, unable to move, poor speech and had been dizzy then fallen’ on the path near Thornton Force. A heart attack was suspected. NYP passed this message to CRO and to YAS. A local
Two walkers reported themselves ‘lost on Ingleborough after doing Three Peaks and believe both suffering from hypothermia’. They also said that Google maps showed them ‘0.3 miles from Low Sleights’. Their 999 call had gone to Lancashire Constabulary and was passed to NYP to call CRO. Unfortunately, the PhoneFind app
A small group of horses galloped past but very close to four walkers on the path from Malham to Pikedaw, beyond Butterlands Barn. One horse came so close that one of the walkers (f, 63) was ‘bowled over’ and sustained a wrist injury on landing. Her group began to walk
North Yorkshire Police received a call from a walker who, while walking on Whernside, had texted a family group who she knew were also on the hill, asking whether all was well. This was because a member of the family was known to have knee problems. The reporting person’s text
A visitor (m, 70) was reported to be ‘clammy, vomiting, short of breath’ on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail between Pecca Falls and Thornton Force. When the first team members arrived, he appeared to be recovering and, after assessment, he was assisted to CRO 4, the team’s Honda Pioneer. There being
INCIDENT 82/2022 OCT. 2nd SUN. 14.20 TOP OF MALHAM COVE, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
A walker (f, 58) slipped on the limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove, sustaining ankle and lower leg injuries. Her husband helped her to the grassy bank behind the limestone pavement, then called the Police. NYP called CRO, whose team members assessed the injuries, administered mild pain relief
Two Three Peaks walkers (f, 39 and 34) reported themselves lost, coming off Ingleborough, with one torch and only one of their mobile phones still working as darkness fell. The duty controller sent them a PhoneFind text message and their response placed them on Newby Moss on the route down

