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…
A walker (m, 64) slipped while walking from Ingleborough to Park Fell, sustaining a suspected broken ankle. A ‘hasty party’ (fell-runners with initial equipment) assessed and splinted the injury and put the patient into an insulated casualty bag. After further assessment by the team doctor, the patient was lifted onto a Bell stretcher and sledged/carried down to a team vehicle which took him to the YAS ambulance, waiting at the…
Three Three Peaks walkers (m, m, f) reported themselves lost and benighted on the summit of Ingleborough. PhoneFind confirmed their position and they were asked to remain at the summit shelter. One team, in the Honda Pioneer, drove up onto Little Ingleborough and a second team went to Crina Bottom by Land Rover. Walking up, the teams met the mispers on the summit and escorted them down to Crina Bottom…
