INCIDENT 71/2021 – SEPTEMBER 11th SAT. 20.52 – DESCENT FROM INGLEBOROUGH TOWARDS HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A group of five (1 x m, 4 x f; 22 – 41 y.o.) was reported ‘lost on the final peak’ of the Three Peaks Walk. Although NYP elicited their location at the time of the call (at the top of Sulber Nick), the duty controller was unable to get through to any of their three mobile phones, so was unable to guide them off the hill verbally. While one…

INCIDENT 67/2021 – AUGUST 26th THUR. 21.32 – INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A family of six (2 adults & 4 children) had reached the summit of Ingleborough and intended to follow the path to Horton in Ribblesdale to complete their three peaks walk. They reported themselves lost after darkness came. Their call for help went via a mobile phone mast in Lancashire and the police were able to calculate an approximate location for the party; suggesting that they were on the south…

INCIDENT 61/2021 – AUGUST 7th SAT. 19.04 – SIMON FELL (INGLEBOROUGH), CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Three walkers (m, 20, 20, 18) reported themselves lost in thick mist, heavy rain and strong wind while attempting to walk the Three Peaks. NYP were able to provide a grid reference which placed them on Simon Fell, to the NE of Ingleborough. Having called out team members to go to Chapel le dale, the Duty Controller was able, eventually, to speak to one of the ‘mispers’ and give directions…

INCIDENT 47/2021 – JULY 10th SAT. 22.05 – INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

North Yorkshire Police received a call from an obviously distressed Three Peaks walker (f, 32) who said she was lost on Ingleborough. The sound quality was very poor, then the call dropped out altogether. Force Control Room personnel recorded that there had been an earlier call from the group she had been walking with, reporting that she ‘got left behind’. On being alerted, CRO controllers were unable to contact the…