Although Mountain Rescue is male-dominated, about 20% of CRO’s operational members are female, while across England and Wales the numbers vary between 5% and 30%. ITV featured ‘Women in Mountain Rescue’ on Calendar (YTV), this evening. To see the three-minute feature, go to Watch the latest Granada Reports from Monday 19th August – Latest From ITV News and it’s about 13 minutes in. CRO doesn’t feature in the YTV piece,…
INCIDENT 60/2024. AUGUST 19th MON. 12.02 hrs. NORBER BOULDER-FIELD, AUSTWICK, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
A walker (m, 58) fell from one of the ‘Norber boulders’ (glacial erratics) and sustained a serious ankle injury. As team members arrived at the road-head, an air ambulance was circling overhead. Arriving at the casualty site with a team stretcher (etc) they used it to carry the already ‘packaged’ patient to the helicopter for the flight to hospital. Volunteer hours: 21 Thanks to the farmer for offering off-road parking…
INCIDENT 59/2024. AUGUST 18th SUN 09.56 hrs. PEN Y GHENT, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
A walker (f, 49) was reported to have fallen on the path known as ‘the miners’ track’, to the North West of Pen y ghent summit, sustaining a head injury. As team members and a YAS road ambulance were en route, the walker’s husband told YAS that she had suffered a suspected broken arm but was being walked down Horton Scar Lane, towards the village and could be taken to…
INCIDENT 58/2024. AUGUST 15th THURS 14.27 hrs. KINGSDALE MASTER CAVE, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
A caver reported that four companions (m, 59; f, 38; m, 26; m, 26) — two experienced and two less so — were unable to reach their ladder from the streamway up to the Roof Tunnel in Kingsdale Master Cave because of fast-flowing and rising water. As the first rescue team members began to move into the Roof Tunnel, they encountered the mispers making their way safely to the surface.…