Although Mountain Rescue is male-dominated, about 20% of CRO’s operational members are female, while across England and Wales the numbers vary between 5% and 30%. ITV featured ‘Women in Mountain Rescue’ on Calendar (YTV), this evening. To see the three-minute feature, go to Watch the latest Granada Reports from Monday 19th August – Latest From ITV News and it’s about 13 minutes in.
CRO doesn’t feature in the YTV piece, but here’s a chance shot of some of our members – all with specialist skills – caught at Giggleswick Scar (North) in June last year: