INCIDENT 11/2023 FEB. 24th FRI. 12.37 FEIZOR, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (m85) heading towards Austwick on the track from Feizor collapsed due to a suspected cardiac arrest. Despite the best efforts of the walker’s companion, Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and CRO, all attempts to revive the walker were sadly unsuccessful.                       FATAL Volunteer hours: 20

INCIDENT 10/2023 FEB. 21st TUE. 14.00 GIGGLESWICK QUARRY, GIGGLESWICK, NORTH YORKSHIRE – ANIMAL INCIDENT

A Border Collie dog fell 25 or 30m from the top of Giggleswick Quarry, landing on a ledge which is covered in loose rock. NYF&RS’s Settle firefighters attended, then members of CRO were called. When one member began roping down, the edge was found to be rather loose, so there was a delay while the team’s Larkin Frame* was brought from Clapham. This was erected and fixed in position. The…

INCIDENT 09/2023 FEB. 18th SAT. 20.32 SOUTH OF SULBER NICK PATH, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Three Three Peaks walkers (all m, 23) said they were lost in the dark, with one of their party struggling to walk, coming off Ingleborough. They said they thought they were about a mile from Horton. The team’s PhoneFind app put them in exactly the same location as in incident no 8, so while other members headed for Horton as a precaution, two local members walked up from Beecroft, found…

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ALERT only. FEB 17th  FRI. 13.28 – PEN Y GHENT, NORTH YORKSHIRE – ALERT No 2 of 2023

Two people with two dogs reported themselves stranded on the path down over the crags at the southern end (‘the sharp end’) of Pen y ghent in very strong wind. They asked the Police for Mountain Rescue, but as members were preparing to set out, the duty controller received a call to say that they had been assisted by other walkers and were returning to the summit before taking the…