The team was called to a caver (f, 18) who was part of a student caving group and had become tired and cold and was unable to continue out of Wretched Rabbit Passage in Ease Gill without assistance. Initially some members of the South & Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team (SMWCRT) who were staying nearby at Bullpot Farm went down with some warm drinks to see if she could be…
The team was alerted by YAS to a female walker (46 yo) who had slipped on rocks on the footpath near Victoria cave. Team members along with two team vehicles were mobilised to the incident. On arrival team members carried out an assessment of the injuries and treated her for a suspected broken left ankle which was splinted before being carried by stretcher to the team vehicles. She was then…
As the team were mobilising to incident 59 (Malham) they were alerted by YAS to a report of a female (66 yo) who had fallen and sustained a wrist injury whilst walking near Thornton Force. This second callout required a split attendance of team vehicles and team members. CRO 1 & 3 were mobilised to Thornton Force with Ingleton based members attending. Following an assessment the casualty was treated for…
The team were alerted by NYP to a report of a male (78 yo) who had fainted whilst walking at the top of Malham Cove possibly due to low blood pressure. As the team was preparing to mobilise to this incident a second call was received to Thornton Force, Ingleton (Incident 60) requiring a split attendance of team vehicles and team members. CRO 2 was mobilised to Malham with Settle…
