The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a possible high risk missing person. As the Duty Controller was making initial enquiries NYP confirmed that the person had been located safe and well.

NYP requested CRO’s assistance after a member of the public found a person at the base of the cove believed to be deceased. Following confirmation from the Police that this was a fatality, team members assisted with the evacuation of the deceased from the scene and passed onto the undertaker.

The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police after they had been contacted by a passing walker to a possible incident.  The man had seen, from a distance, a hound (which was part of a pack being trailed on Studrigg Scar) apparently tumbling down a steep bank. He had seen

A potholer (m) was reported to have displaced a loose boulder which trapped his leg and broke it in two places on the slope into what was then the final chamber of Gingling Hole. His companions made splints from a camera tripod and a wooden ladder rung before trying to

Back in June we had the pleasure of taking BBC Blue Peter presenter Joel caving, introducing him to what CRO members do and showing him what it takes to rescue someone from underground. The link below will take you to the show in which we appear. We had a great

A call was received from North Yorkshire Police that a party of 4 walkers (All M, 51,19,21 &22) on the 3 Peaks Walk had become disorientated and lost. They had descended from Ingleborough the wrong way in the dark, despite being experienced and reasonably well equipped. We were able to

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 walker (m, 19) called the ambulance service saying that he and a companion (f) were lost and cold. The call went to NWAS, via a mast in Lancashire, and information was passed to YAS, who called CRO because their system showed the mispers to be on the summit ridge of

Although Mountain Rescue is male-dominated, about 20% of CRO’s operational members are female, while across England and Wales the numbers vary between 5% and 30%.  ITV featured ‘Women in Mountain Rescue’ on Calendar (YTV), this evening. To see the three-minute feature, go to Watch the latest Granada Reports from Monday

We’re pleased to publish our latest annual report, detailing the incidents we attended in 2023, together with other fascinating details about the team’s progress. You can view it online here, and we shall be circulating the printed version from the end of this week, going to all our usual local