INCIDENT 60/2023 JUL. 17th MON. 21.07 PEN Y GHENT and PLOVER HILL (HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE and HALTON GILL), NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A pair of novice hill-walkers (m,32?;  f,32?) set off to walk up Pen y ghent at 16.30. They called for help as they became lost while trying to descend to Horton in Ribblesdale. The team’s PhoneFind confirmed that they were on the West side of Plover Hill, above the broken line of crags. They were asked to walk up-hill and turn right at the wall towards the Pen y ghent…

ALERT only. MAY 6th SAT. 21.43 NEAR DISMAL HILL, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – ALERT No 4 of 2023

North Yorkshire Police asked for CRO’s assistance following a report that a group of Three Peaks walkers could not locate one of their members who had become tired and had agreed to wait for the others while they finished the route.  While the duty controller was speaking to the police to obtain further information, the group called back to advise that they had found the missing walker. Volunteer hours: 1

INCIDENT 17/2023 APR. 1st SAT. 21.00  LANCASTER HOLE / COUNTY POT, CASTERTON, CUMBRIA, CAVE INCIDENT

Six cavers (4m, 2f; ‘early 20s’) were reported overdue on a trip from Lancaster Hole to County Pot. They had gone underground at 11.30, anticipating re-emergence by 19.30. As another party had seen them, well on their way, earlier in the day, the search was concentrated towards County Pot. With no-one found, Lancaster Hole was checked, in case they had been unable to find their way forward and had returned…

INCIDENT 09/2023 FEB. 18th SAT. 20.32 SOUTH OF SULBER NICK PATH, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Three Three Peaks walkers (all m, 23) said they were lost in the dark, with one of their party struggling to walk, coming off Ingleborough. They said they thought they were about a mile from Horton. The team’s PhoneFind app put them in exactly the same location as in incident no 8, so while other members headed for Horton as a precaution, two local members walked up from Beecroft, found…