Having just about tidied up from the previous incident, the team were again called out, this time by North Yorkshire Police to a walker (F, 19) who had slipped whilst walking on the Top of South House Moor, near Simon Fell above Selside. She had sustained a painful ankle injury and was unable to continue walking. The location is relatively inaccessible for vehicles, and required a number of team members…
North Yorkshire Police
INCIDENT 61/2024. AUGUST 24th 13.42hrs. HULL POT LANE, PEN y GHENT, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a walker (F, 43) who had tripped whilst on a walk with friends on Pen Y Ghent and sustained a painful knee injury. She had managed to walk a short distance with her companions but was now in too much pain to continue. Team members drove up to the scene in team vehicles and, having assessed her injury, treated her…
INCIDENT 58/2024. AUGUST 15th THURS 14.27 hrs. KINGSDALE MASTER CAVE, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
A caver reported that four companions (m, 59; f, 38; m, 26; m, 26) — two experienced and two less so — were unable to reach their ladder from the streamway up to the Roof Tunnel in Kingsdale Master Cave because of fast-flowing and rising water. As the first rescue team members began to move into the Roof Tunnel, they encountered the mispers making their way safely to the surface.…
INCIDENT 57/2024. AUGUST 8th THURS 13.09 HRS. BELOW BEEZLEY FALLS, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
North Yorkshire Police called the team to assist a canyoner (f, 14) who had fallen about 9 metres into the River Doe. Her group leaders had brought her out onto the bank, where she was complaining of back pain. Team members attended together with paramedics from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service. After a check by the paramedics the team stretchered her back to the YAS ambulance for further assessment, using a…