The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to a volunteer member of a working party (M, 65) who was on Pen y Ghent, one of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, repairing the pathway. The man had been taken ill and was not capable of walking off the hill. Whilst other team members were alerted and deployed to a nearby location, we were actually able to drive our Honda Pioneer…
Four members of an original party of twelve Three Peaks walkers had been struggling and were reported overdue on the descent from Ingleborough. With a search plan in place and a handful of team members en route to begin the search, a call was received confirming that the mispers had reached Horton safely. Another party of walkers had guided them off the hill with their lights. Volunteer hours: 5
A walker (m, 64) slipped while walking from Ingleborough to Park Fell, sustaining a suspected broken ankle. A ‘hasty party’ (fell-runners with initial equipment) assessed and splinted the injury and put the patient into an insulated casualty bag. After further assessment by the team doctor, the patient was lifted onto a Bell stretcher and sledged/carried down to a team vehicle which took him to the YAS ambulance, waiting at the…
The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police with information that two walkers (F, 35 and 37) were stuck on the summit of Ingleborough in bad weather conditions. Having established that the two were close to the Swine Tail path near the summit plateau, they were advised to remain where they were whilst team members were mobilised to them. Hasty teams were sent on foot from both Crina Bottom and…
