A motorist called NYP when he and his partner became stuck in the first snow of the winter on the road to Deepdale/Dentdale, above Kingsdale Head. A small CRO team, in a Land Rover, soon recovered them and a supermarket delivery van. ‘CRO makes it!’ Volunteer Hours: 10
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INCIDENT 37/2020 – Jul. 20th. Mon. 14.03hrs – Path across Simon Fell Breast, Ingleborough – Mountain Incident
A walker (f, 75) was reported to have fallen, twisting her ankle and hitting her head while on the path from Ingleborough towards Horton in Ribblesdale. She was then too dizzy to stand or continue walking. While several team members took CRO Land Rovers to Nick Pot (at the top of Sulber Nick) with equipment, two others were able to take the new, lightweight Honda Pioneer all the way to…
INCIDENT 35/2020 – Jul. 12th. Sun. 20.25hrs – New Close Knotts (Gordale), Malham – Mountain Incident
A visitor (m) was reported to be ‘fallen and injured at top of waterfall at Malham Tarn’. It was further reported that he had gone for a walk on his own and was missing for a couple of hours before family members found him. There was no reply to a telephone call, text or PhoneFind message, but it was suspected that this was one of the waterfalls at Gordale Scar.…
INCIDENT 20/2020 – May 30th. Sat. 11.44hrs – Field off Oddie’s Lane, Ingleton, Mountain Incident
Having travelled by train and taxi, to follow the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, a walker (m, 72) found it closed, so tried to bypass the barrier. In a field across the river from the Trail entrance, he slipped and fell. Perhaps because of one of his medical conditions, he was reported to be experiencing breathing difficulty. YAS asked for assistance in locating him and then, when the paramedics had completed their…