Cave & Mountain Rescue

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…
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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…
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Incident 60/2026. September 7th Mon 12:25 hrs, Thornton force, Ingleton waterfalls trail, North Yorkshire.

As the team were mobilising to incident 59 (Malham) they were alerted by YAS to a report of a female (66 yo) who had fallen and sustained a wrist injury whilst walking near Thornton Force. This second callout required a split attendance of team vehicles…
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Incident 59/2026. September 7th Mon 12:10 hrs, Malham cove, Malham, North Yorkshire.

The team were alerted by NYP to a report of a male (78 yo) who had fainted whilst walking at the top of Malham Cove possibly due to low blood pressure. As the team was preparing to mobilise to this incident a second call was…
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Incident 58/2026. Sunday 30th August, 21:50hrs. Ingleborough, Ingleton, North Yorkshire

The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to three well equipped, uninjured walkers ( f 48, 51, 52) doing the Three Peaks walk who were lost near the summit of Ingleborough in the dark and low cloud with fading head torch batteries. After a…
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Incident 57/2026. Saturday 29th August, 11:37hrs. Whernside, Nr Ingleton, North Yorkshire

The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to a runner (F 55) on Whernside who had hurt her foot and could not weight bear. CRO 1 and CRO 3 headed to the Aqueduct just below Force Gill, where team members then carried on on…
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