INCIDENT 74/2023 SEP. 1st FRI. 16.21 PATH Nr BEEZLEY FALLS, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A visitor (m, 48), sustained an ankle injury such that he could not put weight on it, following a slip on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail near Beezley Falls. He phoned for an ambulance, but some time later a more experienced walker advised that he should have asked for his 999 call to go to the Police and they should be asked for Mountain Rescue. She then did this on his…

INCIDENT 67/2023 AUG 10th THURS 15.09 THORNTON FORCE, THORNTON-IN-LONSDALE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Just as the Team were clearing from the previous sheep rescue incident, we were again called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a walker (F, 52) who had injured her ankle near Thornton Force, on the Ingleton Waterfalls Walk. Team members attended and administered treatment to stabilise the injury before a short stretcher carry back to Team vehicles nearby. Colleagues from Yorkshire Ambulance Service also attended but,  thankfully,  were not…

INCIDENT 63/2023 JUL. 29th SAT. 18.40 PEN Y GHENT, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker ( stated as f, 14) believed she had ‘a fractured foot’, soon after leaving Pen y ghent summit on the descent towards Hull Pot. A few minutes later, as team members were being called out, a second call was received to a male walker of the same age, also on Pen y ghent, but with a ‘fractured/broken ankle’ and with the nearest location of Brackenbottom. A phone call…

INCIDENT 57/2023 JUL. 8th SAT. 14.49 Nr PECCA FALLS, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A visitor (m, 29) sustained an ankle injury, so that he was unable to put weight on it, near Pecca Falls on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. After splinting his ankle, team members assisted the casualty to a Land Rover, parked nearby. This returned him to the Trail car park for his girlfriend to drive him to hospital, on the way home. Volunteer hours:  18