While incident number 80 was still in progress, North Yorkshire Police forwarded a report that two Three Peaks walkers had not returned to Horton in Ribblesdale, having last been heard from on the summit of Whernside at about 13.00. Neither walkers’ mobile phone were answered, nor was there any response
A Three Peaks walker (f, 41) collapsed near ‘the fingerpost’ at the corner leading on to ‘the miners’ track’ to the summit of Pen y ghent (Taking the clockwise route.). Team members, most of whom had just returned from the previous incident, were taken to the top of Horton Scar
A Three Peaks walker (m, 31), with a pre-existing medical condition, had a series of dizzy spells before apparently fainting, then going in and out of consciousness, ‘three quarters of the way up Whernside’ (although the initial grid reference suggested Gayle Moor, near Newby Head). Another walker provided a shelter
An expeditioner (f, 15) slipped on the seriously slippery limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove, twisting a knee and dislocating the kneecap. After assessment and pain relief, a team paramedic reduced the dislocation, thus easing the pain, before the casualty was helped into an insulated bag and lifted
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