INCIDENT 47/2023 JUNE 17th SAT. 13:19 DESCENT PATH FROM WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A Three Peaks walker (f, 52) experienced severe pain in her left leg while descending the rocky path from Whernside summit, eventually becoming unable to continue.  Her party called North Yorkshire Police, who asked CRO to attend.  Team members ascended to the casualty’s location where a team doctor assessed her.  The casualty was then assisted into a stretcher and wheeled back down the fell to a team Land Rover, which…

INCIDENT 45/2023 (same day) 18:10 SIMON FELL BREAST, INGLEBOROUGH, CLAPHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A well-equipped fell walker (f, 31) on the Three Peaks route twisted her knee on the summit of Ingleborough.  She attempted to continue with her group but was only able to descend as far as the Simon Fell Breast path.  Two team members took CRO4, the team’s all terrain vehicle, up the fell side to the casualty’s location while two team Land Rovers took a support party to an access…

INCIDENT 44/2023 (same day) 15:43 ABOVE THORNTON FORCE, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A visitor to the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail (f, 54) twisted her ankle on the climb up the steps above Thornton Force, leaving her unable to walk.  After assessment by a team doctor, she was splinted and assisted into a stretcher with wheel attached.  Team members carefully eased the stretcher back down the steep steps.  They then wheeled the casualty back down the trail to a team Land Rover for transport…

INCIDENT 42/2023 JUN. 3rd SAT. 11.39 PATH FROM GORDALE BRIDGE TO MALHAM RAKES, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – LOCAL INCIDENT

YAS called CRO after a walker (f, 53) fell and sustained a shoulder injury on the path from Gordale Bridge to the Malham Rakes road. However, it was then decided that she was close enough to the road for an ambulance crew to deal with, so the team was stood down. Then, at 12.16, the YAS paramedics having discovered that the casualty was in too much pain just to be…