A walker (m, 62) phoned North Yorkshire Police and asked for Mountain Rescue after he had slipped, just a short distance from the summit of Ingleborough, having ascended from Ingleton. He believed that he had broken an ankle and said he was unable to walk unaided. CRO 4, the Honda Pioneer ATV, took two members and initial equipment as far up the path as was safe then returned to the Land Rovers near Crina Bottom for equipment and more personnel. Rather than trying to ‘hop’ the walker down to the ATV then drive him down to the Land Rovers in it, the team splinted the ankle and stretchered him all the way down. This would avoid aggravating a pre-existing back injury. A Land Rover then took him to his motor-home near Ingleton and the team stood down.
Volunteer hours: 59