INCIDENT 72/2024. SEPTEMBER 25th WED. 19.23 hrs. CLAPHAM BOTTOMS, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

Three Three Peaks walkers (all m) took the wrong route off the Ingleborough summit plateau and descended to Gaping Gill in thick cloud and ‘horizontal rain’, rather than the path to Horton in Ribblesdale. They were wet, cold and unable to complete their walk, having been walking for almost twelve hours. As CRO members responded, PhoneFind placed the walkers just North of Trow Gill, going on to Clapham Bottoms. They…

INCIDENT 64/2024. AUG 31ST SAT 22.12 HRS. NEAR INGLEBOROUGH CAVE, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE

North Yorkshire Police requested the team’s assistance to find two walkers (m, 45, f, 13) lost in the vicinity of Ingleborough Cave.  Team members used team vehicles to conduct a preliminary search of tracks in the area, while other team members gathered at the Depot to prepare for a more extensive search on foot.  A team Land Rover quickly located the missing persons near the entrance to Ingleborough Cave, cold…

INCIDENT 63/2024. THURS AUGUST 29th 16.30hrs. SIMON FELL, INGLEBOROUGH, SELSIDE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

Having just about tidied up from the previous incident, the team were again called out, this time by North Yorkshire Police to a walker (F, 19) who had slipped whilst walking on the Top of South House Moor, near Simon Fell above Selside. She had sustained a painful ankle injury and was unable to continue walking. The location is relatively inaccessible for vehicles, and required a number of team members…

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ALERT only. JUNE 19th WED. 15.44 COLT PARK AREA, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 3 OF 2024

The team was called by YAS after a walker reported that he had sustained an ankle injury. Telephone communication was poor, but it seemed that the casualty may have been in the Colt Park area, so team members were put on stand-by. Just as the duty controller’s PhoneFind message revealed that the caller had departed the area, NYP advised that he had informed them he was back in his car…