INCIDENT 21/2023 APR. 22nd SAT. 18.30 NR PENNINE WAY, ROUGH HILL, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE, MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A group of three Three Peaks walkers reported themselves exhausted, saying that one (m, 23) ‘can not move’. Although apparently placed near the junction of the Three Peaks permissive path with the Pennine Way, near Rough Hill (They were reversing the ‘usual’ route.), their position could not be confirmed by text or voice call, so had to be assumed to be correct – or almost so. While one member drove…

INCIDENT 19/2023 APR. 15th SAT. 17.55 SIMON FELL BREAST, INGLEBOROUGH, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE, MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A Three Peaks walker (m, 41) sustained a particularly painful lower leg injury when he slipped or tripped at the beginning of the path across Simon Fell Breast — the path from Ingleborough to Sulber Nick and thence to Horton in Ribblesdale. He was assessed by the team doctor, splinted and put into an insulated casualty bag. All was then lifted onto a wheeled Titan stretcher and taken gently to…

INCIDENT 12/2023 MAR. 5th SUN. 14.11. LITTLE INGLEBOROUGH, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (m, 58) beginning the descent from Little Ingleborough to Gaping Gill tripped on a protruding rock. In falling forward with arms outstretched, he suffered a suspected shoulder dislocation. The walking group leader rang 999, asked for ‘police’, then ‘mountain rescue’ and gave an accurate ten-figure grid reference. He offered mild pain relief and fastened the injured arm in the least painful position before the group continued gently towards…

INCIDENT 11/2023 FEB. 24th FRI. 12.37 FEIZOR, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (m85) heading towards Austwick on the track from Feizor collapsed due to a suspected cardiac arrest. Despite the best efforts of the walker’s companion, Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and CRO, all attempts to revive the walker were sadly unsuccessful.                       FATAL Volunteer hours: 20