Incidents and News

Incident 66/2016 – Aug. 20th Sat. 15.06 – Whernside, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue.

A call was received from Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (m, 35) involved in a fall on Whernside, about 1.5 miles from the Hill Inn. Unable to re-contact the caller to clarify the exact

Incident 65/2016 – Aug. 18th Thu. 15.06 – Bank Bottom, Ingleton, North Yorkshire – Local Support Incident

A man (56) was reported to be immobile (possible medical emergency) on the river-bank, below Ingleton viaduct. Ambulance Service paramedics and a small group of CRO members were able to assist him to a road

Incident 64/2016 – Aug. 18th Thu. 10.02 – Clapdale, Clapham, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue.

A caver (f, 54), walking up to Gaping Gill, sustained an ankle injury on the path just beyond Clapdale. Her leg was splinted and she was carried to a CRO Land Rover, then driven down

Incident 63/2016 – Aug. 17th Wed. 16.12 – Ingleborough, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue.

A walker (f, 59) was reported to be 'collapsed, dizzy, vertigo' on Ingleborough and both road and air ambulances were en route. CRO's SARLoc was used to confirm the location (below the Swine Tail) and

Aug. 16th Tue. 13.52 – Waterfalls Trail, Ingleton, North Yorkshire – Alert only.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service requested assistance, following a report that a boy (10) had collapsed with a medical condition. Location was very vague and by the time it was confirmed the patient had been moved to