Having waited five days for a sheep to leave its ledge and wander up the quarry face to graze the field at the top, a farmer called for help. A small team lowered one member down to the ledge with a bag of sheep-nuts in one hand and a large canvas sack in the other. The shaking of the bag seemed to remind the sheep that it was hungry and,…
The proprietrix of a hotel in Wharfedale expressed concern that two residents who had left to start the Three Peaks at 07.30, saying they would return for dinner by 20.00, had not returned. With no knowledge of their car make or registration mark or their intended start-point and route, then no response to Phonefind, two team members set off to check car-parking sites. As they were doing this, a third…
A climber (f, 23) fell about 10m from the Beezley Crack route (?) on Twisleton Scar, taking her runners with her. She hit her head in the fall, but her helmet saved her head from injury. Although shaken, initially, an ankle injury (unable to bear weight on it) and general bruising were the only injuries evident when team members reached her. With her leg splinted and a mild painkiller administered,…
A climber (m) fell from the top of Castlebergh. Two visitors, who had seen him fall, ran down and attempted CPR for about 15 minutes. When the first team member arrived on scene, with a defibrillator, it told them not to shock the patient. The doctor and paramedics from two air ambulances, a road ambulance and YAS rapid response vehicle confirmed life extinct. Once the necessary formalities were over, team…
