Two walkers expressed concern for another walker who appeared to be struggling and confused while trying to find a way off the steep ground of Pot Scar and Smearsett Scar. A small ‘hasty party’ of team members ran round and over the area but found no-one. The search was widened a little before the members stood down. Volunteer hours: 9
A walker (m, 30) fell a reported 10m including ‘three somersaults’ while climbing the final rock band at the south end of Pen y ghent, losing consciousness for approximately 30 minutes. His companion and other walkers helped keep him warm until team members arrived. They assessed the casualty and immobilised him in a vacuum mattress before putting him into an insulated casualty bag and on to a Bell stretcher. The…
Despite being quite small, a caver (f, 20) was unable to exit Big Meanie. She had adequate food and equipment but did not know the other way out via Death’s Head Hole, so members of her party called for help. While the first team members went to descend Death’s Head Hole, members of the original party were persuaded to return and try to assist their colleague. In this they were…
A caller from Poland reported her son and a friend ‘scared and lost’ on Pen y ghent. After some confusion, the members who had been at Malham drove up Horton Scar Lane (a.k.a. the vicarage track) in two team Land Rovers while other team members reported their availability from home or work, in case the need for a search developed. When it was learned that the two were near Hull…
