A Three Peaks walker (f,18) stumbled / slipped while ascending the hill, sustaining a suspected ankle fracture. When she had been given pain relief and the leg had been splinted, she was carried down the steep path, then to a CRO vehicle for transport to a road ambulance, waiting in Chapel le dale. Volunteer hours: 57
Author: CRO3
Incident 33/2016 – May 14th Sat. 15.18 – Pikedaw Hill, Malham, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue
A runner (f,41) competing in a fell-race, tripped and fell, descending from Pikedaw Hill, sustaining shoulder and knee injuries. After ‘packaging’ by CRO members, she was lifted off by air ambulance, then transferred to a road ambulance for transport to hospital. Volunteer hours: 10.5
Incident 32/2016 – May 14th Sat. 13.00 – Malham (fell race), North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue
A fell-runner (f,15) was ill, after completing a fell-race, possibly as a result of a vaccination four days earlier. Treated by a CRO member and recovered in about half an hour. Volunteer hours: 1.5
Incident 31/2016 – May 10th Tue. 15.21 – Ingleborough, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue
While descending the bridleway from Ingleborough to Ingleton, a walker (f,68) tripped on a rock, just a few hundred meters above Crina Bottom. She sustained facial, wrist and suspected rib injuries and was treated by paramedics from the air- and land ambulances. She was then carried by stretcher to a CRO vehicle, which transported her down to an ambulance waiting on Storrs Common. Volunteer hours: 16