A walker (f, 14) slipped, then tumbled five or six metres down the steep path, where it leaves the Whernside summit ridge towards Bruntscar, sustaining head and possible elbow injuries. After assessment and treatment by a team doctor, she was ‘packaged’ and put onto a stretcher to be sledged and carried down to a YAS road ambulance, waiting near Bruntscar. Our thanks to the Royal Marines who happened to be…
Walking Rescues
INCIDENT 78/2020 – Nov. 17th Tue. 16.24 – Southerscales Fell, Ingleborough, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident
A walker (f, ) slipped on the steep (temporary diversion) path on the Chapel-le-Dale side of Ingleborough, sometime after 15.00 hrs. As neither the injured person nor her father could get a signal on their mobile phones, a passer-by called 999 and asked the police for mountain rescue. Unknown to the CRO duty controller, the call went to a neighbouring police force and was passed to NYP, who interpreted the…
INCIDENT 77/2020 – Nov. 14th Sat. 21.46 – Newby / Ingleborough area? North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident
North Yorkshire Police passed on a message from a concerned party in Newby who had agreed to a walker parking by her property that morning, but he had not returned, twelve hours later. A rapid drive of roads around the Ingleborough block produced no struggling walker. NYP determined the car owner’s mobile phone number and both voicemail and PhoneFind / SARLoc messages were left, without result. With only a vague…
INCIDENT 76/2020 – Nov. 14th Sat. 14.03 – Nr Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident
Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked for CRO’s assistance after a walker (f, 32) was knocked over and trampled by cows near Malham Tarn. When team members arrived on scene, the YAS crew had helped the patient into their road ambulance, so the team was stood down. Note: The two walkers were walking with their dog and it was to this that several suckler cows had taken exception. The owner, who was…