The team were called by NYP to assist with a 17yr old male with an ankle injury close to the summit of Ingleborough. The team responded and evacuated the male down to Chapel Le Dale for onward transport by the rest of his party to hospital for further examination. We
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a group of Three Peaks walkers (m 20, 42 & 47) who had lost their way whilst descending Ingleborough in the dark and misty evening. Using our PhoneFind tool, the Duty Controller was able to locate the missing group on
North Yorkshire Police called the team regarding a father and young son close to the summit of Whernside who were struggling on steep ground and extremely wet and cold. After speaking to the father, a small CRO team were asked to RV on the Kingsdale to Dent road to head
Four Three Peaks walkers reported themselves lost on the descent from Ingleborough to Horton in Ribblesdale. Initial attempts to pinpoint their location with W3W and phone find were unsuccessful due to limited phone coverage, however they were able to provide a grid reference which enabled their location to be established.
Two Three Peaks walkers (f, 23; f, 22) reported themselves benighted near the ruinous Nick Pot shooting hut on the route from Ingleborough to Horton in Ribblesdale. The battery of one of their mobile phones was completely flat and the other was failing rapidly; they were using it as a
A caller from Poland reported her son and a friend ‘scared and lost’ on Pen y ghent. After some confusion, the members who had been at Malham drove up Horton Scar Lane (a.k.a. the vicarage track) in two team Land Rovers while other team members reported their availability from home
Two walkers (m, 25; f, 25) reported themselves lost and benighted on the summit plateau of Ingleborough. Having confirmed that they were at the summit shelter, the Duty Controller asked them to stay where they were and to keep as warm as possible. Team members drove from Storrs Common to
Three Three Peaks walkers (all m) took the wrong route off the Ingleborough summit plateau and descended to Gaping Gill in thick cloud and ‘horizontal rain’, rather than the path to Horton in Ribblesdale. They were wet, cold and unable to complete their walk, having been walking for almost twelve
With team members still assembled at the Depot from Incident 64, North Yorkshire Police notified the team of a second group of seven walkers (f) missing on Whernside. Inquiries suggested that a group of three had descended into Kingsdale, while the other group of four was on the summit ridge.
A walker (m, 19) called the ambulance service saying that he and a companion (f) were lost and cold. The call went to NWAS, via a mast in Lancashire, and information was passed to YAS, who called CRO because their system showed the mispers to be on the summit ridge of

