As team members were preparing for a social gathering where many would receive the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal and/or a certificate commemorating their length of service, a call was received to an accident at Malham. A visitor (m, 88) was being taken to the foot of the Cove in a wheelchair, but stood for a photograph on the stone clapper bridge across Malham Beck then fell, hit his head and…
A Three Peaks walker (f, 20) suffered crippling abdominal pain, causing her to faint momentarily on the summit of Whernside – her final peak of the three. The team responded, also requesting an air ambulance, but the YAS clinical hub decided that the casualty had rallied sufficiently to be classed as ‘walking wounded’. However, she was very cold so was helped into an insulated casualty bag and onto a stretcher.…
A walker (f, 48) slipped on the path from Sulber to Ingleborough, twisting one ankle and landing badly on the other foot. As she could not stand and was in significant pain with any movement, her companions insulated her and called North Yorkshire Police. Meanwhile, she took her own analgesics. Two team members drove CRO 4 (the Honda Pioneer) up on to Simon Fell Breast and jogged the 200m to…
A walker (f, 59) slipped on wet rock alongside Fell Beck, a few metres before it falls into Gaping Gill. There was initial confusion when she was reported to be ‘inside Gaping Gill caves’ and to have broken(?) her wrist, but once her location on the surface was confirmed, team members were able to respond appropriately. One, who was out for a walk, ran down from the top of Ingleborough…
