At the CRO AGM in the Ingleborough Community Centre, Ingleton, on Friday, three members were elected to Life Membership having, collectively, given over a hundred years to helping the team save lives, above and below ground in the Yorkshire Dales. From left to right, the photo shows Pam Hickin, Ben
Apologies for the late post intended to celebrate International Women’s Day; locked out by WordPress (again) all day. Purely by chance, half of our female, full operational members were snapped together, attending a call to a climber who had fallen at Giggleswick North, last June. As well as all being
A party of three men contacted North Yorkshire Police to say that one of their team had become stuck fast in a bog on the Gragareth ridge, above Kingsdale. CRO despatched a small team to investigate. Prior to arrival of the team, one of the party contacted CRO to inform
While competing in the Three Peaks Race, a runner (m, 20) tripped on the approach to the summit of Pen y ghent, having run up via Horton Scar Lane. When he fell forwards, he put an arm out to arrest the fall and, in doing so, dislocated a shoulder. The
A strong team of CRO members attended the 68th Annual Three Peaks Race, based at Horton in Ribblesdale, to carry out ‘kit checks’ on as many as practical of the 699 runners before the start of this ‘marathon with mountains’, then to provide rescue cover. Fortunately, the day passed off
Our annual overview of the incidents we attended in 2022 is now live on our website at THIS LINK. Paper copies will be appearing from next week at our usual local hostelries and traders – many of whom have once again done us proud by helping to fund our annual
Mike Meredith, 79, an enthusiastic caver and former Controller with the Cave Rescue Organisation was found dead at his house in Kuching, Sarawak, on the morning of Wednesday 11th January 2023. Ben Lyon, CRO President, writes about Mike’s remarkable life. Mike was born on the 19th. July 1943 in Hereford.
Mountain Rescue England & Wales publishes a quarterly magazine and CRO’s recent Alum Pot rescue features in the January 2023 edition, out now. The account of the rigging employed is rather more technical than we have shown, ourselves, so have a look at the ‘shopping list’ of gear required! See
Team members have been ‘dot-watching’ over the weekend, following the progress of CRO colleagues entered in the Montane MRT Winter Spine Challenger event for members of mountain rescue teams. The event – along the southern part of the Pennine Way from Edale to Hawes – is 108 miles and would
From walkers exhausted in the heat to ‘white van man’ stranded in the snow and from pot-holing sheep to an injured caver needing hauling 80m to the surface, 2022 was a very varied year for members of the Cave Rescue Organisation. Of course, the 96 (ninety-six) incidents and eight alerts
