The team were called upon by Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) to potentially assist with an ongoing rescue they had in Goyden Pot. A number of members were placed on stand-by but were ultimately not deployed as UWFRA were able to resolve the incident successfully themselves. A good outcome for our neighbours and partners at UWFRA.
All Rescues
INCIDENT 55/2023 JUL. 6th THU. 13.32 POT SCAR, FEIZOR, AUSTWICK, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
YAS called CRO when a climber (m, 54) fell a short distance (<2m?) onto rocks at Pot Scar, Feizor. Paramedics assessed him and gave pain relief for a shoulder injury. Team members gave him further pain relief, lifting him onto a vacuum mattress to immobilise him, as a precaution. A mountain rescue stretcher was then used to carry him down scree and sledge him across grass to a team Land…
INCIDENT 54/2023 JULY 1ST SATURDAY 13.20 PATH NEAR SUMMIT OF PEN-Y-GHENT, HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to advise that the party of a walker (F, 27yrs) had become cragfast* on steep rocky ground, in blustery winds, on the path leading up to the summit of Pen-y-Ghent on the 3 Peaks Walk. Following contact with the party, a small group of team members were diverted from a local school fete, where they were on fundraising duties, to assist the…
INCIDENT 53/2023 JUN. 25th SUN. 10.33 PATH BETWEEN PECCA BRIDGE AND THORNTON FORCE, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
A visitor (f, 62) was reported to be experiencing chest pains and difficulty in breathing on the outward (western) arm of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, between Pecca Bridge and Thornton Force. As a ‘normal’ callout was being arranged, two team members and two medical practitioners from other cave rescue teams* were diverted from Yordas Cave to the casualty site in CRO 4 (the Honda Pioneer ‘side-by-side quad’). YAS paramedics were…