INCIDENT 88/2021 – DECEMBER 23rd THU. 15.43  NR. THORNTON FORCE, THORNTON IN LONSDALE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A visitor (m, 20) to the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail was reported to be ‘struggling with fatigue and now feeling unwell’, having been walking for two and a half hours, from Ingleton. Once the duty controller had confirmed with the party that they were on the path above Thornton Force, team members met on the green lane, higher up, and descended to find the casualty and three companions. After being assessed,…

A ringing smartphone

ALERT Only – Nov 14th Sun. 11.20 – Below Attermire Scar, Settle, North Yorkshire – Alert No. 9 of 2021

A walker who found a fully-laden rucksac leaning against a wall corner below Attermire Scar, having shouted around over a period of about 20 minutes and hearing no response, asked for advice. Having then identified the owner as Dutch, he was advised to close up the sac and leave it. A while later, the duty controller asked a group of walkers who would be going past to let him know…

INCIDENT 79/2021 – OCTOBER 19th TUE. 12.53 – KETTLEWELL AREA, UPPER WHARFEDALE, MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (m, 74) was reported overdue from a walk beginning at about 09.00 on Monday. NYP found his car in Kettlewell and after carrying out its own enquiries continuedd searching and called out UWFRA at 02.57 on Tuesday. UWFRA later called in RAF Leeming MRT, CRO and Swaledale teams, plus a Coastguard helicopter to assist. Low cloud hampered searching by helicopter and searchers on foot were treated to thick…

INCIDENT 74/2021 – SEPTEMBER 21st TUE. 11.20 – Off THWAITE LANE, AUSTWICK, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

YAS called CRO when a walker (f, 45) was reported to have been ‘trampled by cows’ in a field, just off Thwaite Lane, between Clapham and Austwick. When the first team members arrived, they found two road ambulances and an air ambulance already on scene with the paramedics assessing the patient’s injuries and giving her pain relief. While the rest of the team stood down, those on scene waited, then…