Mountain Rescue England & Wales publishes a quarterly magazine and CRO’s recent Alum Pot rescue features in the January 2023 edition, out now. The account of the rigging employed is rather more technical than we have shown, ourselves, so have a look at the ‘shopping list’ of gear required! See the on-line edition at Mountain Rescue Magazine January 2023 (flippingbook.com) and see pages 60-63, plus a mention for all the…
Having descended through Lower Long Churn into Alum Pot, a caver (m, 38) fell a distance of up to 5 or 6m from the bottom pitch, sustaining suspected injuries to ankle, femur, lower back and chest. CRO members descended to the casualty, assessed his injuries, used a group shelter and heated waistcoat to warm him, administered pain relief and ‘packaged’ him in a vacuum mattress (whole-body splint) then placed him…
A group of 15 cavers were reported as not having got in touch with their contact by the pre-arranged time of 19.00 hours. The group consisting of one experienced caver, 2 amateurs and 12 first timers had entered the Alum Pot cave system at 11.30, planning only to go as far as the Bridge. A local CRO team member checked for the groups minibus at the usual parking place but…
