Members were called to a D of E expeditioner (f, 17) who had collapsed while climbing Ingleborough. A phone call to the group’s supervisor established that the person involved had collapsed a second time. PhoneFind showed the exact location, at about the 550m contour, and the team approached via Crina Bottom. The casualty was brought down to a team Land Rover at Crina Bottom, using a wheeled stretcher, then driven…
INCIDENT 50/2022 JUL 3rd SUN. 16.44 Nr BEEZLEY FALLS, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
YAS called CRO to a visitor (f, 25) with an ankle injury, passing on the co-ordinates provided by the caller. The YAS road ambulance and the CRO duty controller went to the site indicated, near Twisleton Dale House, but could find no-one and the caller’s phone was out of contact. As they searched, YAS control received a call from a different mobile phone, saying that the injured person was near…
Photo from camera found at the Ingleton Waterfalls
Do you recognise her? We don’t usually post photographs which would identify people, but this is from a camera found when members did the Extreme Litter Pick at the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, a few weeks ago. The camera was ruined (filled with grit, mud and water) but we recovered the SD card and would like to return it. The photos were all taken on 5th June 2021. If you recognise…
INCIDENT 49/2022 JUN 30th THU. 12.09 PATH TO GORDALE SCAR, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – AMBULANCE ASSIST
YAS asked for CRO’s assistance when a visitor (m, 64) was suspected of having a stroke, then fell over the low wall by the path approaching Gordale Scar. Team members had just set off when they were stood down, with YAS believing there was vehicular access. The decision was soon reversed, but as the first member arrived on scene she discovered that members of the public were helping paramedics to…