INCIDENT 32/2022 MAY 14th SAT. 09.48 THE ALLOTMENT, INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (f, 48) slipped on the path from Sulber to Ingleborough, twisting one ankle and landing badly on the other foot. As she could not stand and was in significant pain with any movement, her companions insulated her and called North Yorkshire Police. Meanwhile, she took her own analgesics. Two team members drove CRO 4 (the Honda Pioneer) up on to Simon Fell Breast and jogged the 200m to…

INCIDENT 29/2022 MAY 1st SUN. 12.37 Near GAPING GILL, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (f, 59) slipped on wet rock alongside Fell Beck, a few metres before it falls into Gaping Gill. There was initial confusion when she was reported to be ‘inside Gaping Gill caves’ and to have broken(?) her wrist, but once her location on the surface was confirmed, team members were able to respond appropriately. One, who was out for a walk, ran down from the top of Ingleborough…

INCIDENT 27/2022 SAME DAY 13.30 WHERNSIDE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

As the members involved in incident no 26 were descending, they were asked to help two more walkers to assist a companion who had also aggravated existing knee and ankle injuries. They were assisted down to the Honda Pioneer, which returned them to the road head. In shuttling injured walkers along Philpin Lane, Chapel le dale, team members came across an incapacitated Three Peaks walker who was said to have…

INCIDENT 26/2022 SAME DAY 12.40 WHERNSIDE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

After the last runner had passed through the summit of Whernside, the CRO members who had been patrolling there began their descent towards Bruntscar, but soon came across an ascending party of four Three Peaks walkers, one of whom (m, 20) was struggling to walk. Earlier, he had sustained a leg injury on Ingleborough then aggravated it by continuing. The group having been persuaded to retire from their walk, the…