Fifteen team members provided rescue cover for the annual Three Peaks Race, clocking up over 120 volunteer hours, over the day . They based themselves mainly in Horton in Ribblesdale, but with one on Pen y ghent summit and two each on Whernside and Ingleborough summits, co-operating with race marshals and RAYNET radio operators to ensure the safety of the runners. One (anonymous) runner was reported to be injured, but…
General News
Rescue ’22 out now!
Rescue 22, our look back at the incidents from last year has now been published. You can view the electronic copy here. Alternatively, If you’re passing the depot in Clapham you can pick up a copy now, and it’s available in the Co-op in the centre of Settle. We’ll be getting it out to lots of outlets in the area over the coming weeks, so make sure to get a…
Goodbye 2021!
Better a couple of days late than not at all, here is an instant summary of 2021. A full and illustrated account of CRO’s year will appear in Rescue 2022, to be published in March. We shall also be running a new safety campaign in the Spring, so ‘Watch this space!’. With 89 incidents (4 fatal) and 11 ‘alerts’ (Call received, but resolved without outdoor action.), 2021 was a reasonably ‘normal’…
INCIDENT 79 (continued) – OCTOBER 23rd SAT. – GT. & LT. WHERNSIDE (COVERDALE / UPPER NIDDERDALE)
Seven team members returned to the Great and Little Whernside area, this time into Coverdale. They joined a concerted effort to find the missing walker by MRTs from across North and West Yorkshire and search dogs from across northern England from the Lake District to the Peak District. Despite this massive effort over wet and rough terrain, the walker has still not been found. Volunteer hours: 60 (CRO members only)…