A caller was concerned that a group of nine friends and family — youngest four years old — had set off from near Ribblehead for Pen y ghent at 15.30 and had not returned. She had been unable to contact them by phone and described them as not dressed for the environment and having no food or drink. The CRO Duty Controller put the team on stand-by and sent two…
A walker ( stated as f, 14) believed she had ‘a fractured foot’, soon after leaving Pen y ghent summit on the descent towards Hull Pot. A few minutes later, as team members were being called out, a second call was received to a male walker of the same age, also on Pen y ghent, but with a ‘fractured/broken ankle’ and with the nearest location of Brackenbottom. A phone call…
Cumbria Police requested CRO’s assistance for two young hillwalkers, in separate parties at different locations but part of the same large group, who were going in and out of consciousness. Initial information was limited but placed both parties on the Deepdale side of Whernside. Team members located the casualties, assessed them, and brought them down off the hill for further assessment by our colleagues at NWAS and YAS. While this…
A climber (m, 30) slipped and fell near the top of a climb, sustaining a serious injury to his right lower leg. His belayer lowered him back to the ground and called for assistance. Team members attended, assessed the casualty, splinted his leg, and then strapped him onto a Bell stretcher (a heavy-duty stretcher with skids underneath). The casualty was then lowered down the high-angle slope to the road below…
