NYF&RS asked for assistance in rescuing a large lamb which had fallen perhaps 9 or 10 metres from the top of Catrigg Foss and was stranded on a ledge between the upper and lower waterfalls. A team member abseiled down, caught the lamb and persuaded it into the animal bag.
As the casualty from incident 51 was being brought down from Ingleborough, a call was received from YAS, reporting a visitor (f, 35) with a suspected ankle fracture on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail at Raven Ray Bridge (above Thornton Force). Those team members who could be released from Ingleborough were
Members were called to a D of E expeditioner (f, 17) who had collapsed while climbing Ingleborough. A phone call to the group's supervisor established that the person involved had collapsed a second time. PhoneFind showed the exact location, at about the 550m contour, and the team approached via Crina
YAS called CRO to a visitor (f, 25) with an ankle injury, passing on the co-ordinates provided by the caller. The YAS road ambulance and the CRO duty controller went to the site indicated, near Twisleton Dale House, but could find no-one and the caller's phone was out of contact.
Do you recognise her? We don't usually post photographs which would identify people, but this is from a camera found when members did the Extreme Litter Pick at the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, a few weeks ago. The camera was ruined (filled with grit, mud and water) but we recovered the
YAS asked for CRO's assistance when a visitor (m, 64) was suspected of having a stroke, then fell over the low wall by the path approaching Gordale Scar. Team members had just set off when they were stood down, with YAS believing there was vehicular access. The decision was soon
Having experienced inclement weather on the summit of Ingleborough, a walker (m, 26) began to descend the stone-stepped path from Little Ingleborough towards Gaping Gill, but turned an ankle, not far below the ridge. He was in considerable pain and could not stand, when a party* of three other walkers
After a rain shower, a walker (f, 63) slipped on the limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove, sustaining an ankle injury. Having transported YAS paramedics to the casualty site so that they might attend to the injured visitor, team members evacuated her to a team Land Rover on
A walker (m) tripped on the riverside path near Horton Wastewater Treatment Works, sustaining a suspected hip injury. A passer-by called for an ambulance and his companions made him as comfortable as possible, while waiting. YAS called CRO for assistance and after the YAS paramedic had immobilised the casualty and
A member of the public reported having seen a lamb stuck down a pothole on Newby Moss and provided a grid reference for the location. A small team of CRO members undertook a quick search of the general area and located the lamb, marooned down Fluted Hole. We descended the
