INCIDENT 79/2022  SEP. 25th SUN. 16.20 WHITE SCAR CAVE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – CAVE INCIDENT

A visitor (m, 77) with a known heart condition experienced chest pain on reaching the top of the stairs into the Battlefield Chamber, the most remote part of the show cave. Use of the medication he carried with him had no effect so the cave manager asked North Yorkshire Police to call CRO. Team members administered oxygen, which relieved the patient’s pain almost totally, but his pulse was very irregular…

INCIDENT 77/2022  SEP. 17th SAT. 21.44 STREAM PASSAGE POT (GAPING GILL SYSTEM), CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – CAVE INCIDENT

A caver (m, 53) was reported to be suffering from exhaustion and unable to continue in Stream Passage Pot. His party of seven or eight (?) left one member with him, exited the pot and called for CRO. As team members were organising to go assist, the two cavers emerged, unaided and the team stood down. Volunteer hours: 33

INCIDENT 58/2022 JUL. 30th SAT. 21.28 COUNTY POT, CASTERTON, CUMBRIA – CAVE INCIDENT

A caver (f, 73) was reported to be ‘low on energy and unable to move on her own’ on a through trip from Lancaster Hole to County Pot. While four members of her party stayed with her in Brown and Smelly Chamber, another came out to Bull Pot Farm to call for help. As he and one other returned with food and drink the first CRO members arrived at Bull…

INCIDENT 56/2022 22nd JUL. FRI. 19.12 SHUTTLEWORTH POT, LECK FELL, LANCASHIRE – CAVE INCIDENT

A caver at a pot-hole club hostel reported that eight overseas cavers were three hours overdue on a trip into Shuttleworth Pot, beneath Leck Fell. As a precaution, the parking areas on Leck Fell Lane and at Bull Pot Farm were checked, with no unexplained cars discovered. The entrance to the Pot was also checked, without result, so team members who had been asked to stand by, at home, were…