With team members still assembled at the Depot from Incident 64, North Yorkshire Police notified the team of a second group of seven walkers (f) missing on Whernside. Inquiries suggested that a group of three had descended into Kingsdale, while the other group of four was on the summit ridge. Two team members in a team vehicle located the group of three on the road near Yordas Cave in Kingsdale. …
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INCIDENT 64/2024. AUG 31ST SAT 22.12 HRS. NEAR INGLEBOROUGH CAVE, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE
North Yorkshire Police requested the team’s assistance to find two walkers (m, 45, f, 13) lost in the vicinity of Ingleborough Cave. Team members used team vehicles to conduct a preliminary search of tracks in the area, while other team members gathered at the Depot to prepare for a more extensive search on foot. A team Land Rover quickly located the missing persons near the entrance to Ingleborough Cave, cold…
INCIDENT 63/2024. THURS AUGUST 29th 16.30hrs. SIMON FELL, INGLEBOROUGH, SELSIDE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
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…
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…