INCIDENT 70/2022  AUG. 29th MON. 18.14 WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

An aspirant Three Peaks walker (f, 23) was reported to be uninjured but ‘fatigued, unable to make it back down’, three quarters of a mile from the summit of Whernside on the North side. The reporting person, having been advised of the party’s options by the duty controller, agreed to set off to walk the casualty down, even if in short stages, to the Blea Moor aqueduct. Two local team…

INCIDENT 69/2022  AUG. 27th SAT. 16.41 HORTON MOOR, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (m, 32) was reported to have sustained an ankle injury at a location believed to be almost at the top of Horton Scar Lane (a.k.a. ‘The Vicarage Track’ or ‘The Hull Pot Track’) from Horton in Ribblesdale. It seemed that this incident would be a simple pickup by a small team in a Land Rover but, as a precaution, the vehicle from Clapham was backed up by another,…

INCIDENT 68/2022 AUG. 25th THU. 14.11 GISBURN FOREST, LANCASHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A mountain biker (m, 58), descending a track at speed, was thrown over the bike’s handlebars into a wooded area and hit a tree before coming to earth. Bowland Pennine MRT and the North West Air Ambulance set off to deal with the incident but with many members on holiday BPMRT found themselves short-handed and asked CRO to assist. The first BPMRT member to arrive began assessing the patient, but…

INCIDENT 67/2022 AUG. 23rd TUE. 17.41  WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A Three Peaks walker (m, 55) suffered a knee injury – possibly caused by the repeated pounding of his feet on the hardened path surfaces (?) – a little way down the steep descent from the top of Whernside, so that he was unable to continue walking.  He called North Yorkshire Police and the request for help was passed on to the CRO duty controller. Having splinted the injured leg,…