A long-distance caller reported that her partner — a 40-year old, competent, experienced and well-equipped fell-walker — having walked over Whernside, had phoned from Ingleborough to say that the weather was such that he was abandoning his Three Peaks walk and returning to his car at Ribblehead. She had heard nothing more and had been unable to contact him in the past six hours. With the team on stand-by, the…
NYP asked for CRO’s assistance with a search in the Clapham area for a missing person who might be at risk. The misper was soon found, unharmed, and team vehicles transported all involved down to CRO Base. Volunteer hours: 22
North Yorkshire Police asked CRO to assist with a search in the Clapham area for a missing person. Following an extensive search team members found the missing person, sadly deceased. Our thoughts are with the person’s family and friends. FATAL Volunteer hours: 287
Just as the Team were clearing from the previous sheep rescue incident, we were again called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a walker (F, 52) who had injured her ankle near Thornton Force, on the Ingleton Waterfalls Walk. Team members attended and administered treatment to stabilise the injury before a short stretcher carry back to Team vehicles nearby. Colleagues from Yorkshire Ambulance Service also attended but, thankfully, were not…
