The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to a walker (F, 26) who was having difficulty descending from Whernside summit due to a painful knee injury. Contact with the walker indicated she was descending the path towards Bruntscar slowly, assisted by a companion. As it was cold and getting dark, team members attended and helped the walker safely make the descent. She was reunited with her party. …
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ALERT only. AUGUST 21st WED. 18.28 WHERNSIDE SUMMIT RIDGE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 4 OF 2024
A walker (m, 19) called the ambulance service saying that he and a companion (f) were lost and cold. The call went to NWAS, via a mast in Lancashire, and information was passed to YAS, who called CRO because their system showed the mispers to be on the summit ridge of Whernside. Team members were alerted but after some communication difficulties it was established that the mispers had been met by…
Women in Mountain Rescue featured on ITV, this evening.
Although Mountain Rescue is male-dominated, about 20% of CRO’s operational members are female, while across England and Wales the numbers vary between 5% and 30%. ITV featured ‘Women in Mountain Rescue’ on Calendar (YTV), this evening. To see the three-minute feature, go to Watch the latest Granada Reports from Monday 19th August – Latest From ITV News and it’s about 13 minutes in. CRO doesn’t feature in the YTV piece,…
Our Latest Annual Report Is Online
We’re pleased to publish our latest annual report, detailing the incidents we attended in 2023, together with other fascinating details about the team’s progress. You can view it online here, and we shall be circulating the printed version from the end of this week, going to all our usual local suppliers. Our thanks go to all the advertisers who help subsidise the cost of this publication. If you make use…