The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of an overdue caver in the Gaping Gill system. Whilst the Duty Controller was making initial enquiries the reporting person got back in touch to confirm that the caver was now safely back on the surface. No action was needed by CRO.
As the vehicles returned to base from Incident 55, with Incident 56 ongoing the team received our fourth call of the evening, from North Yorkshire Police, alerting us to a party of three cavers (F 39, F 29, M 26) overdue on a trip through Long Churns down to the window in Alum Pot. As the team was already deployed nearby a vehicle headed over to Alum Pot Lane to…
As the team were returning to base from the previous incident one of the Assistant Controllers (Underground) who was staying at the Red Rose CPC hostel, at Bull Pot Farm, alerted the Duty Controller that a party of four cavers (all M in 50s) were overdue from a traverse trip in the Easegill system between Cow Pot and Top Sink. We were subsequently called by Cumbria Police to assist with…
North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist with a report of two cavers significantly overdue on a trip into Stile Pot. As the Duty Controllers placed underground members on standby and gathered further information, NYP called back to advise that the missing cavers were out of the cave and safe. Volunteer hours: 2
