INCIDENT 62/2023 JUL. 25th TUES. 17:13 DEEPDALE SIDE, DEEPDALE, DENT, CUMBRIA – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Cumbria Police requested CRO’s assistance for two young hillwalkers, in separate parties at different locations but part of the same large group, who were going in and out of consciousness.  Initial information was limited but placed both parties on the Deepdale side of Whernside.  Team members located the casualties, assessed them, and brought them down off the hill for further assessment by our colleagues at NWAS and YAS.  While this…

INCIDENT 53/2023 JUN. 25th SUN. 10.33 PATH BETWEEN PECCA BRIDGE AND THORNTON FORCE, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A visitor (f, 62) was reported to be experiencing chest pains and difficulty in breathing on the outward (western) arm of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, between Pecca Bridge and Thornton Force. As a ‘normal’ callout was being arranged, two team members and two medical practitioners from other cave rescue teams* were diverted from Yordas Cave to the casualty site in CRO 4 (the Honda Pioneer ‘side-by-side quad’). YAS paramedics were…

INCIDENT 46/2023 JUN. 13th TUES 13:29 GIGGLESWICK SCAR NORTH, CAVE HOLE WOOD, LAWKLAND, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A climber (m, 75) walked up to the Giggleswick Scar (North) crag, but collapsed immediately on arrival.  Despite the best efforts of his companions at CPR, then the protracted efforts of YAS paramedics, he could not be revived.  With police formalities completed, team members stretchered the deceased down to an ambulance.  FATAL Volunteer hours:  21

INCIDENT 38/2023 (same day) 13.17 WHITE SCAR CAVE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. CAVE INCIDENT

A visitor (m, 60), with known medical conditions, was suspected of having a possible heart attack after climbing the steps into the Battlefield Chamber at the extremity of White Scar Cave. Team members, the two fire officers and a police officer attended and the patient was found to be conscious and breathing. A team doctor assessed him and agreed that he could be walked gently back to the cave entrance…