INCIDENT 74/2024. (SAME DAY) 17.31 hrs. Nr GORDALE HOUSE, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

A visitor (m, 77) tripped and fell, sustaining a serious ankle injury. In the broken telephone call he made to YAS, he described being ‘in a field’ and said he could ‘see Gordale Farm to his left’, but gave no further information. Team members were alerted at the same time as a road ambulance was allocated to the incident. The first members arriving at Gordale Bridge learned that the fall…

INCIDENT 73/2024. SEPTEMBER 26th THU. 10.37 hrs. DEAN MOOR, MALHAM MOOR, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

An expeditioner (f,15) sustained an ankle injury while walking on a footpath over Dean Moor to the North East of Langscar Gate. Fortunately, two of the supervisory staff were members of other mountain rescue teams, so they splinted the injury, gave pain relief and sheltered the casualty in an expedition tent while calling CRO through North Yorkshire Police. Team members carried and ‘sledged’ the casualty to Langscar Gate, where she…

INCIDENT 72/2024. SEPTEMBER 25th WED. 19.23 hrs. CLAPHAM BOTTOMS, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

Three Three Peaks walkers (all m) took the wrong route off the Ingleborough summit plateau and descended to Gaping Gill in thick cloud and ‘horizontal rain’, rather than the path to Horton in Ribblesdale. They were wet, cold and unable to complete their walk, having been walking for almost twelve hours. As CRO members responded, PhoneFind placed the walkers just North of Trow Gill, going on to Clapham Bottoms. They…

INCIDENT 71/2024. SEPTEMBER 21st SAT 23.52 hrs. HORTON SCAR LANE, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

North Yorkshire Police tasked the team to assist a walker (m, 46) descending from Pen y ghent who was unable to continue due to the combined effects of a pre-existing medical condition and exhaustion.  With the walker’s location known and accessible by off-road vehicle, two members in a team Land Rover attended and transported the walker back to Horton in Ribblesdale. Volunteer hours: 4