Saving Lives Above & Below Ground in the Yorkshire Dales What we do Awards and Recognition The History of CRO Safety Going Out Scheme Historical Incident Reports Resources for Children The Cave Rescue Organisation is based in Clapham in North Yorkshire and provides the cave… Read More
The CRO is a charity and it’s volunteers respond to Cave and Mountain Rescue in the Three Peaks and Malham areas of the Yorkshire Dales The CRO is a charity and cannot run without the help of both it’s members and it’s supporters. There are… Read More
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has agreed a new Code of Conduct for walkers undertaking the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge, with advice for walkers and event organisers. As the team who respond to the many calls we receive from participants on the Y3P, we… Read More
A local walker (m, 79) was returning to Ingleton down the waterfalls trail when he felt weakness in his legs and was unable to continue. Team members from Ingleton, on their way to our regular montly training evening, were diverted to render assistance and were… Read More
The Team received a call from one of our members at the Red Rose CPC hostel, at Bull Pot Farm, that a party of 8 cavers (2m and 6f, 20-29) on the ‘Easegill Traverse’ caving trip between Lancaster Hole and Wretched Rabbit were overdue. We… Read More
A caver (f, 20) was unable to ascend the final pitch out of Gaping Gill (Dihedral Route) and became stranded on the ledge. The group leader and a CRO duty controller discussed the wisdom of initiating a rescue by the group itself but agreed to… Read More
