An 18 year old male taking part in a three peaks walk charity event was reported to have severe muscle cramps and heat exhaustion and was unable to walk further. CRO team members located the walker at Humphrey Bottom on the three peaks route up Ingleborough from Chapel-le-Dale. The poorly walker was in the company of an event marshal. As the ground was so dry, CRO team members were able…
North Yorkshire Police received a call from an obviously distressed Three Peaks walker (f, 32) who said she was lost on Ingleborough. The sound quality was very poor, then the call dropped out altogether. Force Control Room personnel recorded that there had been an earlier call from the group she had been walking with, reporting that she ‘got left behind’. On being alerted, CRO controllers were unable to contact the…
A visitor (m, 43) was reported to be fitting, on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail between Pecca Falls and Thornton Force. As team members neared the site, confirmation was received that he was at the ‘Tom’s Cabin’ refreshment hut. Members found that he was no longer fitting and was fully conscious, so after assessment he was helped the short distance to a team Land Rover and driven to meet a NWAS…
A visitor (f, 63) felt unwell, dizzy and possibly dehydrated, soon after passing Snow Falls on the return leg of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. Her husband phoned for an ambulance and YAS alerted the CRO Duty Controller. When he spoke to the husband, he was told that the patient had been able to stand and would set off again, to walk gently towards Ingleton. A small team went to investigate…
