A walker (m, 51) slipped at the beginning of the ascent up the Swine Tail, sustaining a deformed ankle fracture. CRO 4 (Honda Pioneer) was driven up onto Little Ingleborough carrying three team members. They continued on foot to the casualty site above the hand-gate leading to Humphrey Bottom, meeting the Air Ambulance crew who had already arrived and begun assessing and treating the injured walker. CROs 2 and 3…
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INCIDENT 63/2025. JULY 26th SAT 16.35hrs. MALHAM COVE, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The team were alerted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a report of a walker (M, 61) having fallen and injured themselves near Malham Cove. Unable to contact the injured party directly, team members were despatched to the area to carry out a search of the Cove area. A number of passers-by indicated that they may have witnessed an incident, but the injured party appeared to have ‘self rescued’ and left…
INCIDENT 62 / 2025. JULY 24TH THURS 23.35hrs. INGLEBOROUGH, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The Team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist 3 walkers (all F, 67,68,70) who had become disorientated in poor visibility and darkness on the summit of Ingleborough. The walkers, who had fading torchlight and phone charge wisely decided to call us and stay put where they were. We were able to pinpoint their exact location using our PhoneFind tool, and a small party was despatched to find them.…
INCIDENT 53/2025. June 20th FRI. 16:31hrs SCALEBER FORCE, Nr SETTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with a visitor (f,28) who had fallen on the footpath downstream of the waterfall. It was reported that she was suffering neck and lower limb injuries and was having difficulty with breathing. The team assisted YAS paramedics to stabilise the casualty then placed her into a full body vacuum mattress and onto a stretcher. This was then carefully hauled…