The party of a walker (F, 40yrs) contacted North Yorkshire Police to say she was having difficulty descending from Whernside to Bruntscar on the 3 Peaks Path due to very painful knees which were getting more painful as she progressed. A small party of CRO members attended and, with assistance from her friends, managed to walk her down to a Team Vehicle at Broadrake. She was reunited with other friends…
A party of three men contacted North Yorkshire Police to say that one of their team had become stuck fast in a bog on the Gragareth ridge, above Kingsdale. CRO despatched a small team to investigate. Prior to arrival of the team, one of the party contacted CRO to inform them that they had managed to extricate their friend, who was thankfully uninjured. The group declined any further assistance and…
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
A three peaks walker (m, 59) collapsed on the steep path onto Ingleborough at Humphrey Bottom. Almost immediately, his wife began CPR and this was continued by paramedics from the North West Air Ambulance, when they arrived. The first CRO members on scene found that paramedics from a YAS road ambulance were also in attendance. When prolonged CPR proved ineffective, a team vehicle returned the YAS paramedics to the road-head…
