A walker (m, 51) slipped at the beginning of the ascent up the Swine Tail, sustaining a deformed ankle fracture. CRO 4 (Honda Pioneer) was driven up onto Little Ingleborough carrying three team members. They continued on foot to the casualty site above the hand-gate leading to Humphrey Bottom, meeting the Air Ambulance crew who had already arrived and begun assessing and treating the injured walker. CROs 2 and 3…
All Rescues
INCIDENT 64/2025. AUGUST 4th, MON. 15.33hrs RIVER GRETA from INGLETON to BURTON in LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE and continued on 5th, TUE. from INGLETON to GRETA BRIDGE (TUNSTALL, LANCASHIRE).
North Yorkshire Police (NYP) received a report of a body, floating down the River Greta at Ingleton Bottoms. NYP and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (NYFRS) responded, then called CRO to join the search. A combined effort between CRO’s swift-water technicians and bank-safe searchers plus NYFRS swift-water technicians from Skipton, Richmond and Selby searched from Ingleton Bottoms to the A65, then down to Burton in Lonsdale, without result. Neighbouring…
INCIDENT 63/2025. JULY 26th SAT 16.35hrs. MALHAM COVE, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The team were alerted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a report of a walker (M, 61) having fallen and injured themselves near Malham Cove. Unable to contact the injured party directly, team members were despatched to the area to carry out a search of the Cove area. A number of passers-by indicated that they may have witnessed an incident, but the injured party appeared to have ‘self rescued’ and left…
INCIDENT 62 / 2025. JULY 24TH THURS 23.35hrs. INGLEBOROUGH, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The Team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist 3 walkers (all F, 67,68,70) who had become disorientated in poor visibility and darkness on the summit of Ingleborough. The walkers, who had fading torchlight and phone charge wisely decided to call us and stay put where they were. We were able to pinpoint their exact location using our PhoneFind tool, and a small party was despatched to find them.…