INCIDENT 35/2019 – May 12th. Sun. 20.23hrs – Simpson’s Pot, Kingsdale, North Yorkshire – Cave Incident

Four cavers were reported to be overdue from a trip through a pothole called Simpson’s Pot. This trip involves the descent the cave by abseiling down drops (pitches), pulling the rope down after each pitch and exiting the cave a lower level – Valley Entrance. Investigation by the CRO Duty Controller found that the missing cavers had been underground for over eight hours and were some three hours beyond their…

INCIDENT 34/2019 – May 12th. Sun. 09.00hrs – Deepdale, Dent, Cumbria – Animal Incident

Two terrier dogs had disappeared into a narrow cave fissure and only one had come back out.The dog’s owner and others had already done much work in an attempt to locate the dog and requested the help of CRO. Several CRO team members spent a full day breaking boulders and removing rock from a very narrow cave passage in an attempt to get further in. By the end of the…

INCIDENT 33/2019 – May 11th. Sat. 10.16hrs – Brackenbottom, Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

A walker (m 29), training for an attempt of the 3 peaks walk, announced to his colleagues “I think my heart has stopped” and promptly collapsed. He was on the path above Brackenbottom Farm and his colleagues started CPR and kept this going until the arrival of Yorkshire Ambulance Service Paramedics, who were successful in restarting the casualties heart. CRO assisted by carrying the casualty to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance…