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ALERT ONLY. (same day). 20.26 hrs INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 14 OF 2025

While incident number 80 was still in progress, North Yorkshire Police forwarded a report that two Three Peaks walkers had not returned to Horton in Ribblesdale, having last been heard from on the summit of Whernside at about 13.00. Neither walkers’ mobile phone were answered, nor was there any response to Phonefind messages. Soon, however, a phone call was received from the original reporting person, saying that the two missing walkers…

INCIDENT 80/2025. (same day) 18.17 hrs PEN Y GHENT, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A Three Peaks walker (f,  41) collapsed  near ‘the fingerpost’ at the corner leading on to ‘the miners’ track’ to the summit of Pen y ghent (Taking the clockwise route.). Team members, most of whom had just returned from the previous incident, were taken to the top of Horton Scar Lane by Land Rover, then walked up the hill. The team’s casualty carers were sufficiently concerned at the condition of…

INCIDENT 79/2025. SEPTEMBER 20th SAT. 13.38 hrs WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A Three Peaks walker (m, 31), with a pre-existing medical condition, had a series of dizzy spells before apparently fainting, then going in and out of consciousness, ‘three quarters of the way up Whernside’ (although the initial grid reference suggested Gayle Moor, near Newby Head).  Another walker provided a shelter and called for help. Most team members met at Ribblehead and were transferred to the Blea Moor aqueduct in team…