A Three Peaks walker called 999 after his girlfriend (19) fainted, repeatedly, at the beginning of the descent from Whernside towards Bruntscar.
The CRO Duty Controller described what then happened: ‘The weather was worsening and it was starting to get dark. They had huddled down and she was in a plastic bivvi bag, to keep warm. Their position was just off the summit ridge on the descent path. A full team of 15 members set off to find and recover them in horrendous rain and reducing clag. They were found, quickly, and the casualty was seen to be in a semi-conscious state. She was assessed and ‘packaged’, then sledged rapidly down the hill-side on a Bell stretcher and carried to the YAS road ambulance, waiting near Bruntscar. Her worried boyfriend was able to walk down, un-aided.’
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