A golden retriever was reported to have fallen down a 20′ pot-hole by the path between Bar Pot and Gaping Gill. Two members drove up in the Honda Pioneer, scrambled down the 3m rift and recovered the dog, unharmed. Other members who had been driving up to Trow Gill in a team Land Rover were stood down. Volunteer hours: 21
A visitor (m, 77) with a known heart condition experienced chest pain on reaching the top of the stairs into the Battlefield Chamber, the most remote part of the show cave. Use of the medication he carried with him had no effect so the cave manager asked North Yorkshire Police to call CRO. Team members administered oxygen, which relieved the patient’s pain almost totally, but his pulse was very irregular…
A walker (f, 62) slipped and fell on Whernside, sustaining a nasty gash to the forehead. The call dropped out before NYP could establish an accurate location, so that, when there was no response to the CRO duty controller’s PhoneFind text, he was left with the dilemma of which route (or routes) team members should take to reach the casualty. Fortunately, the caller’s phone came back into signal so she…
A caver (m, 53) was reported to be suffering from exhaustion and unable to continue in Stream Passage Pot. His party of seven or eight (?) left one member with him, exited the pot and called for CRO. As team members were organising to go assist, the two cavers emerged, unaided and the team stood down. Volunteer hours: 33
