The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a walker (F, 43) who had tripped whilst on a walk with friends on Pen Y Ghent and sustained a painful knee injury. She had managed to walk a short distance with her companions but was now in too much pain to continue. Team members drove up to the scene in team vehicles and, having assessed her injury, treated her…
The team were alerted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS), who were requesting assistance with a visitor (F 49) who had injured herself whilst at Scaleber Force waterfall, near Settle. Fortunately, whilst we were mobilising, the YAS crew had been able to assist the injured party to their nearby vehicle and did not need further assistance from us. The team were stood down. We wish the casualty well. Volunteer hours…
A walker (m, 19) called the ambulance service saying that he and a companion (f) were lost and cold. The call went to NWAS, via a mast in Lancashire, and information was passed to YAS, who called CRO because their system showed the mispers to be on the summit ridge of Whernside. Team members were alerted but after some communication difficulties it was established that the mispers had been met by…
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,…
