A walker (m, 34) stumbled on the return leg of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, sustaining a very painful ankle injury. After the team doctor had assessed the injury and given mild pain relief, team members splinted the ankle and stretchered the casualty to Beezleys. A team vehicle returned him to his partner’s car in the Falls car park for her to drive him to hospital for a full assessment. Volunteer…
We’re pleased to publish our latest annual report, detailing the incidents we attended in 2023, together with other fascinating details about the team’s progress. You can view it online here, and we shall be circulating the printed version from the end of this week, going to all our usual local suppliers. Our thanks go to all the advertisers who help subsidise the cost of this publication. If you make use…
Three Three Peaks walkers (m, m, f) reported themselves lost and benighted on the summit of Ingleborough. PhoneFind confirmed their position and they were asked to remain at the summit shelter. One team, in the Honda Pioneer, drove up onto Little Ingleborough and a second team went to Crina Bottom by Land Rover. Walking up, the teams met the mispers on the summit and escorted them down to Crina Bottom…
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) asked for assistance when a walker (m, 54) experienced chest pains on Horton Scar Lane — a popular walking route to and from Pen y ghent. After assessment by YAS paramedics from the Air Ambulance the patient was carried the short distance to the helicopter, which flew him directly to hospital. CRO 4 then transported the road ambulance paramedics back to the road-head and other team…
