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…
A Three Peaks walker (m) was reported to have fallen, sustaining an open ankle fracture ‘3 to 5 miles on the path heading up Ingleborough from Horton’. As team members were alerted, PhoneFind messages were sent to the two mobile phone numbers gleaned by YAS and the CRO duty controller. Unfortunately, both were iPhones with the wrong privacy settings, so could not be located, but the verbal description suggested that…
North Yorkshire Police advised of a Three Peaks walker (m, 22) who said he was lost but uninjured, after ascending the third peak. Six minutes later, Yorkshire Ambulance Service reported a 999 call from the same number, requesting assistance for someone with chest pain. Again, no location other than ‘near some trees’. Although other members and a search dog were sent to key access points, preparatory to searching, the driver…
A walker (m, 86) complained of not feeling very well, then collapsed, having suffered a suspected heart attack on the Ingleton to Ingleborough bridleway, a short distance beyond Crina Bottom. YAS requested CRO attendance and the first team vehicle to arrive carried paramedics to the site. Despite the best efforts of the walker’s companion, a passing walker, YAS paramedics and CRO members in carrying out CPR, the doctor who had…
