The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a camper (f,28) who had walked up towards Gaping Gill, with the intention of sleeping out overnight before attending the winch meet in the morning, but had lost her way in the poor weather and was unable to get herself off the hill or find anywhere suitable to camp for the night. A small team drove CRO 1 up to Trow…
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Incident 51/2026 Sunday 9th August 00:30hrs. Gaping Gill, nr Clapham, North Yorkshire
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a camper (f,66) who was staying at the Gaping Gill winch meet and has slipped whilst walking to her tent. A small team headed up to the winch meet in CRO 4, our Honda Pioneer ATV, whilst another team headed up to the bottom of Trow Gill in CRO 1 in case more equipment was required. After an assessment by a…
Incident 50/2026 Saturday 8th August 14:33hrs. Long Lane, Clapham, North Yorkshire
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a walker (f,67) who had passed out whilst out walking on Long Lane, near to Clapham. Team members were able to drive our off road vehicles up the track to meet the party and after an initial assessment by team RRMTs and a team nurse she was transported back to our depot in Clapham, in the back of a Land Rover,…
Incident 47/2026. Wednesday 15th July 13:50hrs. Open pot-hole, near to Fern Pot, Newby Moss, Ingleborough, North Yorkshire – Animal Incident
The duty controller was contacted by a member of the public who had heard a sheep in distress whilst walking on Newby Moss. Upon investigating he found it to be stuck 10ft down a pothole about 30ft south of Fern Pot and so contacted the team to see if we could help. A small group of team members was assembled to head up on to the fell, who successfully recovered…



