NYP contacted the team regarding a collapsed walker (m, 51) with central chest and arm pain on the ascent of Whernside. A full team callout was made and CRO2 and 3 were mobilised to Ribblehead. Team members were collected there and transferred to the aqueduct, while three swift team members were sent ahead with medical equipment. Once at the aqueduct members were swiftly sent to the casualty site with further…
North Yorkshire Police called the team to assist a walker (m,17) who had slipped and injured his ankle and knee descending Whernside toward Bruntscar. Team members ascended to the casualty’s location just off the summit ridge, where they assessed and packaged the casualty. The team then sledged the casualty down to the roadhead on a Bell stretcher and handed him over to Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics for further care. A…
The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to a walker (F, 52) in difficulty on Whernside summit. She was suffering from an aggravated hip problem, which was preventing her from walking further. The Team deployed to upper Kingsdale from where we were able to make a rapid ascent up the western (‘rear’) side of Whernside, including access for our ATV to the upper slopes. The casualty was assessed by…
A report was received, describing one or possibly two green lights flashing on Whernside and expressing concern that someone might be in distress. After a check that a Flight Radar application showed no aircraft in the immediate Three Peaks area, a team member agreed to drive to Ribblehead and view the hill through binoculars. This revealed two digging machines carrying out works on a footpath, presumably on behalf of the…
