The Team were contacted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to assist with enquires and a possible search for two walkers (both M, late 60’s) who had been reported missing overnight having failed to return to their accommodation in Horton in Ribblesdale the previous evening. Initial enquires placed their last known
A Three Peaks walker who had become separated from his walking partner on Pen-y-ghent reported the person missing to North Yorkshire Police, who notified CRO. As the Duty Controller was making preliminary inquiries so that a search could be conducted, the missing walker turned up near Horton in Ribblesdale. Volunteer
The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) late in the evening in relation to two walkers (F, 22 and 27) who were overdue returning from a 3 Peaks walk. Unfortunately, their phones had run out of power after they had contacted the police, and we were unable to
The Team received an early morning alert from Lancashire Police to assist a walker (F, 56) who had injured her ankle whilst on a group walk. We had also received an earlier ‘heads up’ from one of our off-duty members who was passing the site whilst guiding his own group.
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist two walkers (m,20s) who were stuck on the steep and rocky south shoulder of Pen-y-ghent. Two other members of their party (m,f,20s) had gone up to assist them, but the group was unable to move due to high winds and poor visibility.
A long-distance caller reported that her partner — a 40-year old, competent, experienced and well-equipped fell-walker — having walked over Whernside, had phoned from Ingleborough to say that the weather was such that he was abandoning his Three Peaks walk and returning to his car at Ribblehead. She had heard
A walker (m, 60) was reported to be experiencing such pain in the area of his kidneys that he could not continue up the path up Whernside. While team members were en route to Blea Moor, the air ambulance flew in and its paramedics treated the patient before he was
The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to advise that the party of a walker (F, 27yrs) had become cragfast* on steep rocky ground, in blustery winds, on the path leading up to the summit of Pen-y-Ghent on the 3 Peaks Walk. Following contact with the party, a small
A group of Three Peaks walkers called North Yorkshire Police when one of the group (m, 33) went missing between Whernside summit and Philpin Lane after experiencing some difficulties. A team vehicle checked Philpin Lane up to the Hill Inn but failed to locate the missing walker. CRO team members,
A Three Peaks walker (f, 52) experienced severe pain in her left leg while descending the rocky path from Whernside summit, eventually becoming unable to continue. Her party called North Yorkshire Police, who asked CRO to attend. Team members ascended to the casualty’s location where a team doctor assessed her.
