A runner in the Three Peaks Race (f, 50) sprained an ankle on the descent from Pen y ghent towards High Birkwith and was understood to be ‘one mile from Birkwith’. In the belief that she was on the Sell Gill to Greenfield bridleway, two team members drove the team’s Honda Pioneer along that route, but then Race Control was informed that she was just above High Birkwith Farm. Two…
A three peaks walker (f, 22) was reported to have fallen, sustaining an ankle injury, on the descent from Ingleborough towards Horton in Ribblesdale. One companion remained with her, while the other members of their larger group continued. As they were nervous about nearby cattle, NYP advised them to take shelter a little way off the route. Two CRO members took a team Land Rover in from Selside towards ‘Sulber…
A young person (f 13) twisted her ankle whilst on a day out on the waterfalls walk with her family. The family tried to carry on walking, but called for help when the young person appeared to faint a couple of times. A CRO doctor and team members located the family near to the tea shed, just to the south of Thornton Force. The injured girl was cared for by…
A visitor (m, 31), staying at the campsite in Horton in Ribblesdale, went for a late evening run towards Pen y ghent, but took a bad fall somewhere near Hull Pot, possibly at about 23.00 hrs on Saturday. CRO controllers received an alert at 08.45 on Sunday saying that the misper had fallen, with unknown injuries at an unknown location on Pen y ghent. Just as a PhoneFind message failed…
