A climber (m, 34) fell about 6m while bouldering at Attermire Scar. He landed on his bouldering mat and thought he was uninjured apart from some pain in his lower back. A group of walkers came across him and helped keep him warm until a CRO controller arrived to establish the location. A local farmer not only unlocked a gate to allow access but also kindly carried some of the…
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INCIDENT 58/2023 JUL. 9th SUN. 14.03 THORNTON FORCE, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
A visitor (m, 37) slipped, while ‘taking a selfie’ on the ledge which runs behind the waterfall at Thornton Force on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. He fell and slithered the 3+ metres down onto rocks, below and was held there, temporarily by the force of the waterfall. Aided by a friend, he was able to stand and escape the water. He was standing and ‘seemed happy’ when the first CRO…
INCIDENT 76/2022 SEP. 15th THU. 11.34 BANK OF RIVER RIBBLE, SOUTH OF HELLIFIELD, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN* INCIDENT
An angler (m, 76) slipped down the river bank, South of Little Plantation, near Hellifield, sustaining a back injury. YAS paramedics were first on scene and assessed the patient, before CRO team members helped him on to a Titan stretcher and carried him to the road ambulance. He was helped into the ambulance and team members stood down. *Footnote: Although a river bank at 120m O.D. is hardly ‘mountainous’, the…
INCIDENT 60/2022 (same day). 20.11 INGLETON WATERFALLS TRAIL, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
Wednesday being a training evening, a gathering of members at Langcliffe Scar had just dealt with two ‘casualties’ when the controllers’ alert fired off. A group of visitors to the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail had come across another visitor (m, 84) struggling (‘Stranded’, they said.) on the return leg of the Trail. One member of the group returned to the Trail car park to call for help while others stayed with…