The team were contacted by North Yorkshire Police after a walker who had just completed the three peaks raised concerns about a party of 2 walkers she had passed some time earlier as appearing to be making slow progress from the summit of Ingleborough towards Horton in Ribblesdale as night was falling. After speaking to the reporting person, a CRO DC local to Horton checked the car parks for vehicles…
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Incident 49/2026 Wednesday 5th August 17:32 Ireby Fell cavern
CRO were called out by North Yorkshire Police after a member of a caving party (F 60 YO) had a medical episode just as she taking part in a caving trip in Ireby Fell cavern. Showing great fortitude, she was able to ascend the final pitches with the assistance/encouragement of the other members of her party and an emergency call was made as soon as they got to the surface. …
Incident 30/2026 Saturday May 10th 15:26 hrs – Ingleborough
The team were called out by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a casualty (F 15 YO) who had sustained a lower leg injury whilst descending from the summit of Ingleborough as part of her DofE expedition. The CRO duty controller (DC) spoke to the well equipped/prepared casualty party to ascertain the nature of the injury and gather enough information in order to come up with suitable rescue plan. Team…
INCIDENT 29/2026 SATURDAY MAY 9TH 21.05 LOST JOHNS’ CAVE
The team were called out by Lancashire Police to a report of two overdue cavers (50 Y.O. & 19 Y.O.) in the Lost Johns’ cave system. CRO placed a full team call out for both underground members and surcace members to assist with logistics on the fell. A CRO Duty Controller (DC) liased on site with Lancashire Police and the reporting person (RP) to ascertain what the trip plans of…



