A walker (f, 54) slipped and sustained a suspected broken ankle on the path from Water Sinks, just before it joins the path down into ‘the Dry Valley’, leading to Malham Cove. A small team of CRO members walked down from Langscar Gate, administered pain relief, splinted the leg, lifted
A lone trail-riding motorcyclist (m, 61) called the ambulance service, ‘complaining of shoulder, rib and collar-bone injuries’ after he came off his motorcycle on the Turbary Road, near Kail Pot, in Kingsdale. YAS called CRO, but possibly because the caller’s mobile phone had to roam to a different network to
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) asked for CRO’s assistance in reaching a local resident (m, 94) who had fallen, at home, sustaining a painful hip injury. The house is 450m up a track, mostly too narrow for a road ambulance, so the ambulance crew walked up. A team Land Rover
NYF&RS asked for assistance in rescuing a large lamb which had fallen perhaps 9 or 10 metres from the top of Catrigg Foss and was stranded on a ledge between the upper and lower waterfalls. A team member abseiled down, caught the lamb and persuaded it into the animal bag.
As the casualty from incident 51 was being brought down from Ingleborough, a call was received from YAS, reporting a visitor (f, 35) with a suspected ankle fracture on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail at Raven Ray Bridge (above Thornton Force). Those team members who could be released from Ingleborough were
A walker (m) tripped on the riverside path near Horton Wastewater Treatment Works, sustaining a suspected hip injury. A passer-by called for an ambulance and his companions made him as comfortable as possible, while waiting. YAS called CRO for assistance and after the YAS paramedic had immobilised the casualty and
As team members were preparing for a social gathering where many would receive the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal and/or a certificate commemorating their length of service, a call was received to an accident at Malham. A visitor (m, 88) was being taken to the foot of the Cove in a
A climber (f, 54) fell from above her highest anchor, catching one foot on a ledge and sustaining a suspected ankle fracture on Ivy Buttress, Giggleswick North. Arriving on scene, YAS paramedics asked that CRO be called. Following their assessment, a vacuum splint was applied and team members lifted the
A local volunteer (m, 68) slipped while removing ivy from a tree on the river bank near Wennington Bridge, tumbling/sliding 5 or 6m down the steep bank and landing at the river’s edge. When team members arrived, Lancashire F&RS water rescue technicians were supporting the casualty and he was being
A walker (f, 48) slipped on the path from Sulber to Ingleborough, twisting one ankle and landing badly on the other foot. As she could not stand and was in significant pain with any movement, her companions insulated her and called North Yorkshire Police. Meanwhile, she took her own analgesics.

