Four cavers were reported to be overdue from a trip through a pothole called Simpson’s Pot. This trip involves the descent the cave by abseiling down drops (pitches), pulling the rope down after each pitch and exiting the cave a lower level – Valley Entrance. Investigation by the CRO Duty Controller found that the missing cavers had been underground for over eight hours and were some three hours beyond their…
Two terrier dogs had disappeared into a narrow cave fissure and only one had come back out.The dog’s owner and others had already done much work in an attempt to locate the dog and requested the help of CRO. Several CRO team members spent a full day breaking boulders and removing rock from a very narrow cave passage in an attempt to get further in. By the end of the…
A walker (m 29), training for an attempt of the 3 peaks walk, announced to his colleagues “I think my heart has stopped” and promptly collapsed. He was on the path above Brackenbottom Farm and his colleagues started CPR and kept this going until the arrival of Yorkshire Ambulance Service Paramedics, who were successful in restarting the casualties heart. CRO assisted by carrying the casualty to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance…
A walker (F75) tripped and fell on the Ingleton Waterfalls path, not far downstream from Snow Falls. She was reported to have much bleeding from a head wound. The casualty had been well bandaged by another from her group and following an assessment by CRO team members, it was decided that she may be able to walk out with some assistance. She was able to walk to Storrs Common where…
