The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police after they had been contacted by lost walkers on the summit of Ingleborough. As the team were preparing a response a further call was recieved to confirm that they were being helped off the mountain by another group of walkers so the team stood down.
Two walkers (m, 25; f, 25) reported themselves lost and benighted on the summit plateau of Ingleborough. Having confirmed that they were at the summit shelter, the Duty Controller asked them to stay where they were and to keep as warm as possible. Team members drove from Storrs Common to Crina Bottom then continued on foot with the necessary equipment (lights, heated waistcoat etc) and escorted the mispers down to…
A walker (m, 48) slipped on ice on the path up Humphrey Bottom to Ingleborough, sustaining a suspected hip injury. The first team members to arrive at the casualty site found that he was just being loaded into an air ambulance, so the team stood down. Volunteer hours:Â 29
The Team was alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to a 3 Peaks walker (M, 44) who was having breathing difficulties and felt like he was going to lose consciousness whilst ascending the final peak of Ingleborough . Contact was made by phone with the walkers’ companions who were starting to descend back down towards the Hill Inn with him due to the deteriorating conditions. A small party of team…
