The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a walker (m,27) who was struggling to complete his Three Peaks walk due to a bad knee. When the Duty Controller spoke to the party he was moving again with the assistance of some other members of the group who had made their way back up from Horton. The team remained on standby, monitoring their progress remotely until they were…
The team were made aware of a person (m 80’s) who had collapsed on the nature trail. As the team were preparing a response they received a further call to say the person had been brought down to Clapham by the nature trail staff and no further assistance was required.
The team recieved a call that a group of Three Peaks walkers had become concerned about the welfare of one of the group whilst descending Ingleborough in darkness. The Duty Controller was able to speak with the group and confirmed their location and was able to give assurances that they were close to the finish and on the correct path. The group were able to complete the walk safely and…
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…
