Our colleagues at Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) asked the team to assist with investigating a report of three cavers overdue in Dowbergill Passage, a demanding through trip between Providence Pot and Dow Cave in upper Wharfedale. An all-night search by cavers from the two teams and Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team (SMRT) eventually located the missing cavers around 09.15 on Friday morning well into the system, tired but uninjured. …
North Yorkshire Police called the team to assist a walker (m,17) who had slipped and injured his ankle and knee descending Whernside toward Bruntscar. Team members ascended to the casualty’s location just off the summit ridge, where they assessed and packaged the casualty. The team then sledged the casualty down to the roadhead on a Bell stretcher and handed him over to Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics for further care. A…
North Yorkshire Police requested the assistance of CRO to search for a missing person in the Ingleton area. Once located the team were stood down. Volunteer hours: 93
North Yorkshire Police requested CRO’s support for a local search of a missing person (m,82). As the team were assembling at the RV the Police helicopter located the missing person safe and well and the team was stood down. Volunteer hours: 8
