An aspiring Three Peaks walker (m, 39) called North Yorkshire Police, who called CRO, reporting that he was on the descent from Ingleborough towards Horton in Ribblesdale, ‘4 miles from the bottom’ and that he had ‘fallen over and broken finger, going into shock. Cannot continue with journey and requires help.’ As the location system used by the statutory emergency services had not produced a result, the CRO duty controller…
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INCIDENT 03/2023 JAN 22nd SUN. 14.05 DESCENT PATH FROM WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
A walker (f, 37) tripped and fell, head first, on the rocky first section of the path from the summit ridge of Whernside towards Bruntscar. YAS sent their rapid response vehicle and an air ambulance, then called CRO. They were joined, later, by a road ambulance. The air ambulance being first on scene, the pilot flew up towards the cloud base and deposited his paramedics about 100m from the casualty.…
INCIDENT 02/2023 JAN 22nd SUN. 10.24 FIELD PATH BETWEEN HOFFMANN KILN LANE AND VILLAGE, LANGCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
A walker (m, 38) slipped on the thawing ice surface of the field path between Hoffmann Kiln Lane and Langcliffe village, sustaining a lower leg fracture. On receiving the 999 call, YAS sent a road ambulance, whose crew ventured to within 100m of the casualty, then asked for CRO’s assistance in evacuating him. When the paramedics had treated the injured person, team members lifted him on to a Titan stretcher…
INCIDENT 01/2023 JAN 8th SUN. 16.48 PATH NEAR STAINFORTH SCAR WOOD, LANGCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
A farmer’s son (23) slipped down a muddy slope while looking for a missing sheep at dusk, near the path into Stainforth Scar Wood from Winskill. He thought he had dislocated a shoulder and was unable to scramble back up the bank. He phoned for an ambulance, then rang a parent, who was able to help him to their car and take him to hospital. As soon as they were…