The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist with an incident involving a walker on the summit of Penyghent. Volunteer hours 46
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APR. 26th Sat. THREE PEAKS RACE – PEN Y GHENT, WHERNSIDE and INGLEBOROUGH
CRO members have, for several decades, provided rescue cover for competitors in the annual Three Peaks Race. They collaborate with a huge number of other volunteers from the Three Peaks Race Association and RAYNET – The Radio Amateurs Emergency Network – to ensure the safe return of the competitors and others met along the route. Of the five requests for assistance at this year’s race, the first two were very…
INCIDENT 24/2025. APR 5th. SAT. 16:45 hrs. PEN Y GHENT, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
The team were called to a walker (f,13) who had slipped whilst walking up Pen-y-ghent with her father and dislocated her kneecap. A hasty party was dispatched up to her in CRO 4 (our Honda Pioneer) whilst two team Landrovers took more members up Horton Scar Lane. After an initial assessment and pain relief a team nurse was able to relocate the casualty’s kneecap before splinting her leg. The team…
INCIDENT 18/2025 MAR. 14th FRI. 09.36 PEN Y GHENT, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
A walker (m, 30) fell a reported 10m including ‘three somersaults’ while climbing the final rock band at the south end of Pen y ghent, losing consciousness for approximately 30 minutes. His companion and other walkers helped keep him warm until team members arrived. They assessed the casualty and immobilised him in a vacuum mattress before putting him into an insulated casualty bag and on to a Bell stretcher. The…