INCIDENT 54/2023 JULY 1ST SATURDAY 13.20 PATH NEAR SUMMIT OF PEN-Y-GHENT, HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to advise that the party of a walker (F, 27yrs) had become cragfast* on steep rocky ground, in blustery winds, on the path leading up to the summit of Pen-y-Ghent on the 3 Peaks Walk. Following contact with the party, a small group of team members were diverted from a local school fete,  where they were on fundraising duties, to assist the…

INCIDENT 48/2023 (same day) 14:41 DESCENT PATH FROM WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A group of Three Peaks walkers called North Yorkshire Police when one of the group (m, 33) went missing between Whernside summit and Philpin Lane after experiencing some difficulties.  A team vehicle checked Philpin Lane up to the Hill Inn but failed to locate the missing walker.  CRO team members, already on scene for Incident 47, were redeployed to search paths and ridges that the missing walker could have taken. …

INCIDENT 47/2023 JUNE 17th SAT. 13:19 DESCENT PATH FROM WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A Three Peaks walker (f, 52) experienced severe pain in her left leg while descending the rocky path from Whernside summit, eventually becoming unable to continue.  Her party called North Yorkshire Police, who asked CRO to attend.  Team members ascended to the casualty’s location where a team doctor assessed her.  The casualty was then assisted into a stretcher and wheeled back down the fell to a team Land Rover, which…

INCIDENT 45/2023 (same day) 18:10 SIMON FELL BREAST, INGLEBOROUGH, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A well-equipped fell walker (f, 31) on the Three Peaks route twisted her knee on the summit of Ingleborough.  She attempted to continue with her group but was only able to descend as far as the Simon Fell Breast path.  Two team members took CRO4, the team’s all terrain vehicle, up the fell side to the casualty’s location while two team Land Rovers took a support party to an access…