INCIDENT 07/2023 FEB 16TH THU. 19.46 FOUNTAINS FELL, MALHAM MOOR, NORTH YORKSHIRE – ASSIST UWFRA

UWFRA called CRO when a man reported three of his family (wife, son and a friend) overdue on a walk over Fountains Fell in the dark and poor visibility because of low cloud and drizzle. The Pennine Way over Fountains is the boundary between the teams. The CRO duty controller asked a local member to drive up the Silverdale road to meet the reporting person, but he met the whole…

INCIDENT 05/2023 JAN 28TH SAT. 14.10 GREY SCARS Nr LONG KIN WEST, INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Two walkers (f, 51; m, 47) called for help when they and their dog lost the path off Ingleborough in thick mist and having lost the mapping app on their phone. The mobile phone company provided the Police with a grid reference, showing them to be near Long Kin West pot-hole. This was confirmed to within a few metres by the CRO duty controller, using the PhoneFind app.. The pair…

INCIDENT 04/2023 JAN 23RD MON. 09.09 INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

An aspiring Three Peaks walker (m, 39) called North Yorkshire Police, who called CRO, reporting that he was on the descent from Ingleborough towards Horton in Ribblesdale, ‘4 miles from the bottom’ and that he had ‘fallen over and broken finger, going into shock. Cannot continue with journey and requires help.’ As the location system used by the statutory emergency services had not produced a result, the CRO duty controller…

INCIDENT 03/2023 JAN 22nd  SUN. 14.05 DESCENT PATH FROM WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE –  MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (f, 37) tripped and fell, head first, on the rocky first section of the path from the summit ridge of Whernside towards Bruntscar. YAS sent their rapid response vehicle and an air ambulance, then called CRO. They were joined, later, by a road ambulance. The air ambulance being first on scene, the pilot flew up towards the cloud base and deposited his paramedics about 100m from the casualty.…