A walker (f, 69) slipped on wet snow on the path between Langscar Gate and the top of Watlowes (‘Dry Valley’), Malham, injuring an ankle, so that she could not stand. Team members splinted the ankle then took her by wheeled stretcher to a team Land Rover, waiting at the road-head. She was driven down to Malham car park and transferred to a friend’s car for the journey to hospital…
A walker (f, 55) slipped, twisting her knee so that she could not stand again, in a field to the North East of Cleatop Park, South of Settle. The call had gone to Cleveland MRT, who re-routed it to CRO. When team members arrived at the casualty site, the YAA paramedic, assisted by the pilot and two NYP officers had already immobilised the ankle and put the casualty into an…
Three Three Peaks walkers (m,33; m,32; m,31) reported themselves lost on Ingleborough. Information from the 999 operating company put them on Park Fell (They had turned left at the hand-gate above Humphrey Bottom.), then a CRO PhoneFind message had them descending towards Whit-a-Green, near Selside. An off-duty controller walked up towards the mispers’ lights, escorted them to his car and returned them to Horton. They had lights and adequate clothing,…
A lone, novice walker (m, 16) rang NYP to say that he was lost near Gaping Gill. He had been out for six hours and was getting cold, although he said he was in appropriate clothing. With 10% battery on his phone, the call dropped out before the Force Control Room staff could elicit more information. CRO members took two vehicles nearer to Gaping Gill, set off on foot and…
