A paraglider pilot (m, 57) was reported to have a bruised back and leg as well as being unable to walk off the hill, following a bad landing which included a fall from about 5 metres. Once having found him, team members assessed him, ‘packaged’ him in a vacuum mattress and brought him down to a team Land Rover on a stretcher. He was driven to the road-head and handed…
INCIDENT 76/2024. SAT 5th OCTOBER 2045hrs. INGLEBOROUGH, RIBBLEHEAD, NORTH YORKSHIRE
A call was received from North Yorkshire Police that a party of 4 walkers (All M, 51,19,21 &22) on the 3 Peaks Walk had become disorientated and lost. They had descended from Ingleborough the wrong way in the dark, despite being experienced and reasonably well equipped. We were able to locate them quickly using our Phone Find tools. A small party of team members soon found the walkers who were…
INCIDENT 75/2024. THURS 3rd OCTOBER 1812hrs. WHERNSIDE, CHAPEL LE DALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to a walker (F, 26) who was having difficulty descending from Whernside summit due to a painful knee injury. Contact with the walker indicated she was descending the path towards Bruntscar slowly, assisted by a companion. As it was cold and getting dark, team members attended and helped the walker safely make the descent. She was reunited with her party. …
ALERT ONLY. SEPTEMBER 29th SUN. 16.46hrs. BULL POT OF THE WITCHES, CASTERTON, CUMBRIA. ALERT No 6 of 2024
A caller, living over 200 miles away, where there had been heavy rain and flooding, was unable to phone his son (35) who had intended exploring Bull Pot of the Witches. He therefore contacted Cumbria Police, concerned about his son’s safety, some three hours earlier than their agreed ‘call-out time’. He was unaware that there had been little or no rain in the Casterton area that day and that only…