INCIDENT 13/2024. MARCH 22nd FRI 19.30. NR INGLEBOROUGH SUMMIT, CHAPEL-LE-DALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police with information that two walkers (F, 35 and 37) were stuck on the summit of Ingleborough in bad weather conditions. Having established that the two were close to the Swine Tail path near the summit plateau, they were advised to remain where they were whilst team members were mobilised to them. Hasty teams were sent on foot from both Crina Bottom and…

INCIDENT 80/2023 SEP. 15th FRI. 13.16 GRAIN INGS, WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (m, 60) was reported to be experiencing such pain in the area of his kidneys that he could not continue up the path up Whernside. While team members were en route to Blea Moor, the air ambulance flew in and its paramedics treated the patient before he was flown to Ribblehead for transfer to a road ambulance. The team returned to the road-head then stood down. Volunteer hours:…

INCIDENT 69/2023 AUG 16th WEDS 12.35 GAPING GILL, INGLEBOROUGH, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Back to Gaping Gill for the Team again today! We received a call from members of the Craven Pothole Club at Gaping Gill that a walker (M, 24) had returned to the site (having left earlier to go for a walk up Ingleborough) complaining of pain in his leg which had become so painful he could not weight bear on it. A small team was despatched in the Team’s Honda…

INCIDENT 68/2023 AUG 14TH MONDAY 12.36. GAPING GILL, INGLEBOROUGH, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

The Duty Controller was contacted directly by a colleague from Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) who was at the Craven Pothole Club ‘winch meet’ at Gaping Gill. A walker (M, 60) had arrived at the site cold and wet, and had subsequently felt faint. Personnel at the site had given him shelter in a tent, and treated him for mild hypothermia with rewarming and food. The Team arranged for…