The team was called by North Yorkshire Police to a missing three peaks walker who had got seperated from his friends on the descent from Ingleborough. Whilst the controllers were making initial enquiries and meeting with the reporting party to get more details about their route the missing walker turned up safe and well. Volunteer hours: 1
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of a sheep that had fallen down Gritstone Pot. When the duty controller spoke to the reporting person it transpired that there was also a second sheep down Boggarts Roaring Hole, but some cavers who were planning to go down that cave were intending to try and rescue it on their way. A small team was assembled and headed…
CRO members have, for several decades, provided rescue cover for competitors in the annual Three Peaks Race. They collaborate with a huge number of other volunteers from the Three Peaks Race Association and RAYNET – The Radio Amateurs Emergency Network – to ensure the safe return of the competitors and others met along the route. Of the five requests for assistance at this year’s race, the first two were fairly…
Two Three Peaks walkers (f, 23; f, 22) reported themselves benighted near the ruinous Nick Pot shooting hut on the route from Ingleborough to Horton in Ribblesdale. The battery of one of their mobile phones was completely flat and the other was failing rapidly; they were using it as a torch, to find their way over a rough section of the path. Two team members drove up Crummackdale and to…
