The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of an overdue caver in the Gaping Gill system. Whilst the Duty Controller was making initial enquiries the reporting person got back in touch to confirm that the caver was now safely back on the surface. No action was needed by CRO.
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INCIDENT 66/2025. AUGUST 8th, FRI. 11.34hrs KIRKBY FELL, nr MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of a walker (m) who was found having a medical episode by a passing cyclist on the path across Kirkby Fell. Team members were able to drive CROs 2 and 3 along a track to within a few hundred metres of the casualty and, after an assessment by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance doctor, stretchered the casualty to CRO 3…
INCIDENT 58/2025. JUNE 29th SUN 13:00hrs GAPING GILL AREA, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (M 75) who had fallen and hit his head on some rocks in the vicinity of Gaping Gill. The first team members set off in CRO 4, our Honda Pioneer ATV, followed closely by more members in CROs 2 and 3. As the first team members arrived on scene they found that the Yorkshire Air Ambulance was already in…
INCIDENT 57/2025. JUNE 28th SAT (same day) 22:50hrs LONG CHURNS and ALUM POT, SELSIDE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
As the vehicles returned to base from Incident 55, with Incident 56 ongoing the team received our fourth call of the evening, from North Yorkshire Police, alerting us to a party of three cavers (F 39, F 29, M 26) overdue on a trip through Long Churns down to the window in Alum Pot. As the team was already deployed nearby a vehicle headed over to Alum Pot Lane to…