A walker (f) slipped while climbing a stile, fracturing her neck of femur. CRO members assisted the ambulance crew by carrying her to a CRO vehicle, for transfer to a road ambulance. Volunteer hours 23.
The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to a walker (F, 52) in difficulty on Whernside summit. She was suffering from an aggravated hip problem, which was preventing her from walking further. The Team deployed to upper Kingsdale from where we were able to make a rapid ascent up
Team members assisted our colleagues in Kendal Mountain Rescue Team with a Cumbria Police request for a search for a missing person near the boundary of our respective operational areas. Following a period of bankside and woodland searching, the team was stood down. Volunteer hours: 70
A report was received, describing one or possibly two green lights flashing on Whernside and expressing concern that someone might be in distress. After a check that a Flight Radar application showed no aircraft in the immediate Three Peaks area, a team member agreed to drive to Ribblehead and view
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A visitor (f, 37) slipped on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail near Beezley Falls, sustaining a serious ankle injury. The team was put on stand-by, but when the Duty Controller telephoned the reporting person, he was told that several other visitors were helping walk/carry the injured person back to the Falls
