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  • INCIDENT 44/2023 (same day) 15:43 ABOVE THORNTON FORCE, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    A visitor to the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail (f, 54) twisted her ankle on the climb up the steps above Thornton Force, leaving her unable to walk.  After assessment by a team doctor, she was splinted and assisted into a stretcher with wheel attached.  Team members carefully eased the stretcher back

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  • INCIDENT 43/2023 JUN. 10th SAT. 09.46 HULL POT, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ANIMAL INCIDENT

    Animal Rescue

    North Yorkshire Police called for assistance in rescuing a sheep which had fallen into Hull Pot.  A small team was dispatched.  While one team member abseiled approximately 18m down to the sheep and persuaded it into a flight bag, four other team members set up a hauling system.  The sheep

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  • INCIDENT 42/2023 JUN. 3rd SAT. 11.39 PATH FROM GORDALE BRIDGE TO MALHAM RAKES, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – LOCAL INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Ambulance Assist / Local Support Rescue

    YAS called CRO after a walker (f, 53) fell and sustained a shoulder injury on the path from Gordale Bridge to the Malham Rakes road. However, it was then decided that she was close enough to the road for an ambulance crew to deal with, so the team was stood

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  • INCIDENT 41/2023 JUN. 2nd FRI 16.53 LITTLE STAINFORTH, NORTH YORKSHIRE. LOCAL INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Local Support Rescue / Police Assist

    NYP called for assistance following the disappearance of a visitor (f, 44) believed to be at risk. As members waited at the RV point, the NPAS (Police) helicopter crew reported sighting the misper, sitting on a hill-side and apparently unharmed, about a kilometre from the point where she had last

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  • INCIDENT 40/2023 MAY 31st WED 11.14 PEN Y GHENT, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    A walker (m) was reported to have fallen and banged his head, on the summit of Pen y ghent. He had passed out, but was now conscious and breathing, although feeling dizzy and unable to walk back down. Team members met at the car park in Horton in Ribblesdale and

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  • INCIDENT 39/2023 MAY 30th TUE 12:00 UN-NAMED DIG NEAR WHITMORE POT, WHITEWELL, LANCASHIRE. ANIMAL INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Animal Rescue

    Bowland Pennine MRT passed on a request to rescue a lamb which had fallen 20m down an un-named abandoned dig southwest of Whitmore Pot near Whitewell, Bowland Forest. A small team attended and two cavers descended, locating the lamb down a narrow rift beyond a constriction. The lamb was extricated

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  • INCIDENT 38/2023 (same day) 13.17 WHITE SCAR CAVE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. CAVE INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Cave Rescue

    A visitor (m, 60), with known medical conditions, was suspected of having a possible heart attack after climbing the steps into the Battlefield Chamber at the extremity of White Scar Cave. Team members, the two fire officers and a police officer attended and the patient was found to be conscious

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  • INCIDENT 37/2023 MAY 29th MON. 12.40 Nr PECCA FALLS, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    Mountain Rescue

    A CRO duty controller and two NYFRS officers were working on the risk assessment elements of an emergency plan for the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail when a visitor asked for help. His partner (f, 32) had sustained an ankle injury and was unable to put weight on it. They assisted her

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  • INCIDENT 36/2023 MAY 27th SAT. 11.30 NEWBY MOSS, CLAPHAM-CUM-NEWBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ANIMAL INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Animal Rescue

    a) CAVE HOLE (BOGGARTS ROARING HOLES area) Two team members, walking from Ingleton to Gaping Gill, found that a sheep was stranded about 10m down in Cave Hole. Re-inforcements were called. A team member abseiled in and wrestled the sheep into a flight bag before it was hauled to the

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  • INCIDENT 35/2023 MAY21ST 16.38 GORDALE SCAR, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

    All Rescues / Mountain Rescue / Walking Rescues

    Just as the Team were clearing up and leaving the scene of the previous rescue, members were alerted to another injured walker on the Gordale Scar path, at the foot of the gorge. A walker (F, 23yrs) had slipped on rocks near the path and had injured her ankle. Unable

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