CRO were asked to help look for a 23 year old man who had called 999 and reported himself lost while walking near Malham Cove. He had informed the emergency operator that he was camping alone and could not find his way in the dark. In partnership with North Yorkshire Police and with Yorkshire Ambulance Service standing by, CRO team members searched all the known paths between Malham village, Malham…
A dog was reported to have been spooked by an unusual noise whilst walking with it’s owners on a footpath near to Ingleton Quarry. The dog had bolted under the quarry boundary fence and fell about 10 metres down the quarry face on to a ledge. The quarry manager was informed, before a CRO team member was lowered on ropes down the quarry face to the ledge. The dog was…
On a wet and overcast day on the Ingleton waterfalls walk, a 73 year old man slipped off the path – falling and tumbling about 20 metres down into the river Doe near to Snow Falls. The man was reported to us as being up to his waist in the water, able to talk, but unable to get out of the water. Before CRO had arrived, officers from North Yorkshire…
Three hours after completing incident number 51 we returned to Ingleton waterfalls walk to give help to a 32 year old woman. She had slipped on a wet rock and banged her head; she was reported to us as being confused and not being able to remember what had happened. After assessing the woman’s injury and responses, CRO team members decided that she was able to walk, with assistance, a…
