Incidents and News

Incidents and News

August 2022

INCIDENT 65/2022 AUG. 14th SUN. 15.28 HEAD OF WATLOWES (‘THE DRY VALLEY’), MALHAM MOOR, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

2022-08-14T21:27:04+00:00All Rescues, Mountain Rescue, Walking Rescues|

A walker (f, 54) slipped and sustained a suspected broken ankle on the path from Water Sinks, just before it joins the path down into 'the Dry Valley', leading to Malham Cove. A small team of CRO members walked down from Langscar Gate, administered pain relief, splinted the leg, lifted

INCIDENT 64/2022 AUG. 13th SAT. 13.45 TURBARY ROAD, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

2022-08-13T18:48:42+00:00All Rescues, Motorcyclist Rescue, Mountain Rescue|

A lone trail-riding motorcyclist (m, 61) called the ambulance service, 'complaining of shoulder, rib and collar-bone injuries' after he came off his motorcycle on the Turbary Road, near Kail Pot, in Kingsdale. YAS called CRO, but possibly because the caller's mobile phone had to roam to a different network to

INCIDENT 62/2022 AUG. 10th WED. 12.40 THORNTON FORCE, INGLETON WATERFALLS TRAIL, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

2022-08-10T19:49:44+00:00All Rescues, Mountain Rescue, Walking Rescues|

A visitor (f,77), whose medical history included low blood pressure, fainted on a very hot and sunny day as she approached Thornton Force on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. She regained consciousness but was unfit to walk further. A passer-by who is a nurse stayed with the patient, in the shade,

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