Wednesday being a training evening, a gathering of members at Langcliffe Scar had just dealt with two ‘casualties’ when the controllers’ alert fired off. A group of visitors to the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail had come across another visitor (m, 84) struggling (‘Stranded’, they said.) on the return leg of the Trail. One member of the group returned to the Trail car park to call for help while others stayed with the man.
A small team of CRO members responded, while most from the training went to Clapham for a training de-brief and to ‘stand by’ for the Ingleton incident. The first member on scene discovered that the casualty had continued slowly along, with the support of others. He had a history of sciatica and was suffering from back pain but had made slow, steady progress. A team Land Rover was able to return him to his own car in the Trail car park.
Volunteer hours: 8