A visitor (m) took a fall on the return leg of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail and was seen to be struggling. One passing walker loaned him a walking pole and another tried to phone for help, but had almost reached Ingleton before she had a signal. Team members walked or ran that half of the Trail from each end without finding the man and his wife. The couple had reached…
A paraglider pilot (m, 57) was reported to have a bruised back and leg as well as being unable to walk off the hill, following a bad landing which included a fall from about 5 metres. Once having found him, team members assessed him, ‘packaged’ him in a vacuum mattress and brought him down to a team Land Rover on a stretcher. He was driven to the road-head and handed…
A walker (m, 19) called the ambulance service saying that he and a companion (f) were lost and cold. The call went to NWAS, via a mast in Lancashire, and information was passed to YAS, who called CRO because their system showed the mispers to be on the summit ridge of Whernside. Team members were alerted but after some communication difficulties it was established that the mispers had been met by…
A visitor (m, 75) was reported to have collapsed in the Battlefield Chamber of White Scar Cave — the furthermost part of the show cave — but was now ‘sat up with a cave guide’ and unable to walk. After a thorough assessment by the team’s doctor, the patient was carried by stretcher to the cave entrance and handed over to YAS personnel who were waiting with a road ambulance.…
