An aspirant Three Peaks walker (f, 23) was reported to be uninjured but ‘fatigued, unable to make it back down’, three quarters of a mile from the summit of Whernside on the North side. The reporting person, having been advised of the party’s options by the duty controller, agreed to set off to walk the casualty down, even if in short stages, to the Blea Moor aqueduct. Two local team…
A Three Peaks walker (m, 55) suffered a knee injury – possibly caused by the repeated pounding of his feet on the hardened path surfaces (?) – a little way down the steep descent from the top of Whernside, so that he was unable to continue walking. He called North Yorkshire Police and the request for help was passed on to the CRO duty controller. Having splinted the injured leg,…
A Three Peaks walker (f, 20) suffered crippling abdominal pain, causing her to faint momentarily on the summit of Whernside – her final peak of the three. The team responded, also requesting an air ambulance, but the YAS clinical hub decided that the casualty had rallied sufficiently to be classed as ‘walking wounded’. However, she was very cold so was helped into an insulated casualty bag and onto a stretcher.…
Concern was expressed for a walker, described as ‘struggling’ on the steps coming off Whernside. His wife had expected to meet him at the Station Inn, Ribblehead, but ten minutes after the CRO duty controller was alerted, he spoke to the walker who had just phoned his wife to say he was in Horton in Ribblesdale. Volunteer hours: 0.25
