INCIDENT 73/2025. AUGUST 28th THURS. 12.11 hrs BARBON BECK, BARBON, CUMBRIA.

Team members assisted our colleagues in Kendal Mountain Rescue Team with a Cumbria Police request for a search for a missing person near the boundary of our respective operational areas.  Following a period of bankside and woodland searching, the team was stood down. Volunteer hours: 70

INCIDENT 72/2025. AUGUST 25th  MON. 18.16 hrs INGLEBOROUGH, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A Three Peaks walker (f, 55) experienced pain in one knee on the descent from Whernside. This had worsened by the time she reached Ingleborough so she was unable to put any weight on it as she left the summit plateau. In the really dry conditions, team vehicles were taken quite a way up Little Ingleborough then members  continued on foot to the summit and just over the eastern ‘corner’…

INCIDENT 71/2025. AUGUST 24th  SUN. 16.33 hrs INGLEBOROUGH, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

Undeterred by her experience on Whernside the previous day and underestimating the challenge, particularly of the descent, a walker reached the summit of Ingleborough but felt unable to begin the rocky descent. A passer-by called for help and a small team drove up Fell Lane, Ingleton, to Crina Bottom. They continued on foot and were delighted to find that three other walkers had selflessly supported the lady down over the…

INCIDENT 70/2025. AUGUST 23rd  SAT. 14.45 hrs WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A distressed walker with medical problems was encountered by other people as they reached the summit of Whernside. Thanks to the support of several walkers, she reached the top of the steep descent path. CRO members then took over the support for the slow, safe walk down to a team Land Rover. This returned her to her weekend accommodation. Volunteer hours: 15