A climber (m, 61) fell a reported 3m at Twisleton Scars and suffered lower back pain. Team members and air ambulance paramedics assessed him then put him into a vacuum mattress (‘full body splint’) and on to a stretcher. Team members carried this down, over the steep, rocky ground, to a more even area where the patient could be lifted into the helicopter. This flew down to the road near…
A Three Peaks walker who had become separated from his walking partner on Pen-y-ghent reported the person missing to North Yorkshire Police, who notified CRO. As the Duty Controller was making preliminary inquiries so that a search could be conducted, the missing walker turned up near Horton in Ribblesdale. Volunteer hours: 1
As it does every year, the team provided safety cover for the Three Peaks Race. Over the course of the day, the team provided assistance to two casualties: one spectator (m, 37) near the Hill Inn with a wrist injury and one walker (m, 76) unrelated to the race on Whernside summit with lacerations to their face and hand. Congratulations to all the participants for a magnificent achievement, and to…
A Three Peaks walker called 999 after his girlfriend (19) fainted, repeatedly, at the beginning of the descent from Whernside towards Bruntscar. The CRO Duty Controller described what then happened: ‘The weather was worsening and it was starting to get dark. They had huddled down and she was in a plastic bivvi bag, to keep warm. Their position was just off the summit ridge on the descent path. A full…
