Do You Use The Co-op? Raise money for CRO Now!

Our friends at the Co-operative Society stores in both Settle and Ingleton have chosen CRO as one of their 3 community causes, where 1% of everything you spend on Co-op branded products or services is donated to a local charity. If you use these stores, please take out Co-op membership (if you haven’t already!) and from the Co-operative Society membership website you will be able to specify CRO as your…

Sep. 3rd Sat. 19.21 – Ingleborough, North Yorkshire – Alert only.

A Three Peaks walker was reported to be struggling and in pain, descending from Sulber Nick. While a companion called for help, a CRO controller, who was supporting another walking group in his professional capacity, walked up to meet him. CRO members were held back, awaiting further information. The ‘casualty’ struggled on and was met by one of his companions with a car, near Beecroft Hall. CRO stood down. Volunteer…

Incident 66/2016 – Aug. 20th Sat. 15.06 – Whernside, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue.

A call was received from Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (m, 35) involved in a fall on Whernside, about 1.5 miles from the Hill Inn. Unable to re-contact the caller to clarify the exact location and nature of the injuries, the team responded to Bruntscar, and from there made their way up the east flank of Whernside. Weather conditions were very poor, with high winds, heavy rain and a…

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Thanks to Lyon Equipment and Heightec for equipment donations

The Cave Rescue Organisation would like to express its thanks for the generous donation of replacement equipment, from both Lyon Equipment and Heightec,  to replace the stolen items from the KMC traverse line. This has saved us a considerable expense and helped to put us quickly into a position where we can re-tackle the route for the Eurospeleo event, should it be needed on a rescue. A spokesperson for Lyon…