A three peaks walker had fallen slightly behind his companions during their descent from the summit of Ingleborough. Whilst jogging to catch them up the walker tripped, fell and sustained a fracture to his left leg. His foot had become significantly misaligned. Two CRO team members and a Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) paramedic were able to travel to the injured walker in CRO’s 4×4 buggy. The YAS paramedic gave the…
lower leg injury
INCIDENT 34/2022 MAY 18th WED. 15.07 IVY BUTTRESS, COMMON SCARS , LAWKLAND, NORTH YORKSHIRE (a.k.a. ‘GIGGLESWICK NORTH’) – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
A climber (f, 54) fell from above her highest anchor, catching one foot on a ledge and sustaining a suspected ankle fracture on Ivy Buttress, Giggleswick North. Arriving on scene, YAS paramedics asked that CRO be called. Following their assessment, a vacuum splint was applied and team members lifted the injured climber into a casualty bag and onto a lightweight stretcher. She was carried down the steep, wooded slope to…
INCIDENT 27/2022 SAME DAY 13.30 WHERNSIDE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
As the members involved in incident no 26 were descending, they were asked to help two more walkers to assist a companion who had also aggravated existing knee and ankle injuries. They were assisted down to the Honda Pioneer, which returned them to the road head. In shuttling injured walkers along Philpin Lane, Chapel le dale, team members came across an incapacitated Three Peaks walker who was said to have…
INCIDENT 24/2022 – APRIL 18th Mon 16.55 Quarry Wood, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Ingleton, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident
A visitor (f, ) slipped, sustaining an ankle injury, in Quarry Wood, towards the end of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. Team members walked in from Storrs Common and, having given mild pain-relief and splinted the lower leg, lifted the casualty in an insulated casualty bag onto a wheeled stretcher. She was wheeled to a team Land Rover, which carried her to the family car after she had opted to go…



