A caver (m, 53) was reported to be suffering from exhaustion and unable to continue in Stream Passage Pot. His party of seven or eight (?) left one member with him, exited the pot and called for CRO. As team members were organising to go assist, the two cavers emerged,
A caver (f, 73) was reported to be ‘low on energy and unable to move on her own’ on a through trip from Lancaster Hole to County Pot. While four members of her party stayed with her in Brown and Smelly Chamber, another came out to Bull Pot Farm to
A group of two adults and six teenagers was reported overdue on a ‘pull-through’ trip from Simpson’s Pot to Valley Entrance in West Kingsdale. As team members were responding, news was received that they had just emerged, ‘safe and well’, so all stood down. Volunteer hours: 10
Three cavers (m,22; f,21; m,21) were reported overdue on a Peterson Pot to Pippikin Pot through trip (with Mistral Hole as an alternative early exit, if short of time). Having sent a PhoneFind text and confirmed that their car was at Bull Pot Farm, the Duty Controller organised a rapid surface
A caver (m, 38) fell about 8m, sustaining multiple injuries in the cave complex of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, near Penwyllt, at the head of the Swansea Valley, South Wales, at lunchtime on Saturday. South & Mid-Wales Cave Rescue Team, realising the potential scale of rescue required, immediately called in Gloucestershire
A visitor (f, 20) slipped at the far end of White Scar Cave, sustaining a lower leg injury. Show cave staff assessed and treated the casualty’s injured leg and moved her to within 300m of the cave entrance. However, the profile of the passage was such that they were unable
NYP asked CRO to investigate when two people (m, m) were reported overdue from a trip into Gaping Gill. Their vehicle was found in Clapham, they were not found to be on the walk down, but GG was found to be rigged. Voice contact was established and the full team
Three cavers were reported overdue in one (?) of the caves in the Great Douk / Sunset Hole area, having given a ‘call-out time’ of 15.00. As members were en route across the fell, it was discovered that they had emerged safely before 13.00, but failed to communicate that fact
A caver (m, 20) was reported by Craven Pothole Club (operating the GG winch) to be hung up on the rope in SE Pot. He had gone too low on a re-belay and had been unable to return. However, he was rescued by CPC members, escorted to the Main Chamber
Whilst incident 41 was ongoing, another call was received to a report of a caver (F,36) who had fallen down a 6m pitch whilst derigging it, and sustained a nasty injury to her right ankle. As a result of the manpower required at the other incident, CRO team members were
