INCIDENT 33/2020 – Jul. 11th. Sat. 09.57hrs – Swine Tail, Ingleborough – Mountain Incident

A Three Peaks walker (m) was reported to have fallen, sustaining an open ankle fracture ‘3 to 5 miles on the path heading up Ingleborough from Horton’. As team members were alerted, PhoneFind messages were sent to the two mobile phone numbers gleaned by YAS and the CRO duty controller. Unfortunately, both were iPhones with the wrong privacy settings, so could not be located, but the verbal description suggested that…

INCIDENT 30/2020 – Jul. 1st Wed. 15.01hrs – Fife Pot, Newby – Animal Incident

A report was received of a sheep ‘stuck down a hole  .  .  to the right of Pillar Holes’ on Newby Moss, Ingleborough. Four members, including two new members, carried out the rescue as a training exercise during the evening, rescuing the sheep from 15m down in Fife Pot. As farmers had cleared the fell of sheep, during the afternoon, this sheep was taken by trailer to the nearest farm…

INCIDENT 23/2020 – Jun. 14th. Sun. 01.52hrs – Ingleborough – Mountain Incident

North Yorkshire Police advised of a Three Peaks walker (m, 22) who said he was lost but uninjured, after ascending the third peak. Six minutes later, Yorkshire Ambulance Service reported a 999 call from the same number, requesting assistance for someone with chest pain. Again, no location other than ‘near some trees’. Although other members and a search dog were sent to key access points, preparatory to searching, the driver…