CRO members have, for several decades, provided rescue cover for competitors in the annual Three Peaks Race. They collaborate with a huge number of other volunteers from the Three Peaks Race Association and RAYNET – The Radio Amateurs Emergency Network – to ensure the safe return of the competitors and others met along the route. Of the five requests for assistance at this year’s race, the first two were very…
Author: CRO3
INCIDENT 33/2025. APR 24th THU. 22.56hrs Nr NICK POT SHOOTING HUT, AUSTWICK, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Two Three Peaks walkers (f, 23; f, 22) reported themselves benighted near the ruinous Nick Pot shooting hut on the route from Ingleborough to Horton in Ribblesdale. The battery of one of their mobile phones was completely flat and the other was failing rapidly; they were using it as a torch, to find their way over a rough section of the path. Two team members drove up Crummackdale and to…
ALERT ONLY, APRIL 23rd WEDS. 22.23 hrs, MALHAM / MALHAM MOOR AREA, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 2 OF 2025
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to stand by for a possible incident in the Malham / Malham Moor area. Resolved without team members going out. Volunteer hours: 2
INCIDENT 22/2025. MAR 30th SUN. 10.10hrs. SOUTHWEST of SETTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Called by YAS to assist with an incident SW of Settle. Stood down on arrival. Volunteer hours 22