Friday 1200hrs August 4th.
A 59 year old climber from York had fallen whilst climbing at Peak Scar, one of the highest crags in the area (and 45 minutes from our Base).
We quickly manned and deployed our two Landrover ambulances and made our way down the Bilsdale valley towards the village of Hawnby and Peakscar crags.
The injured man had fallen from around 10 metres up and had swung on his safety rope onto the crag injuring his chest.
He was treated at the scene by the members of the Team before being immobilised on our stretcher and carried, with the assistance of back up ropes, the 100 or so metres up the muddy access path to the waiting ambulance.
He was taken to James Cook Hospital for treatment.
14 team members took part in the incident that lasted around 3 hours.
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CALL-OUT 50/2024
FRIDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2024 (1801 HOURS)
Yesterday saw our 50th call-out deployment of the year. That’s in addition to 25 other incidents dealt with so far (such as casualties at safety cover events, incidents resolved by phone or where we were stood down before deploying etc).
For last night’s call-out, we were initially contacted by Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team and subsequently by North Yorkshire Police to advise us of a family in need of assistance whilst out walking on the Cleveland Way near to the Yorkshire Gliding Club. One of them was unwell and unable to continue their walk back to the carpark at White Horse bank.
Having spoken to one of family by phone to check on the casualty’s condition, we also identified their location using the mountain rescue SARCALL Phone Find system. A limited call-out of one Land Rover crew was arranged, whilst maintaining regular contact with the family. Once they had been located and assessed we transported them back to their car for their onward journey home.
Four Cleveland MRT members were involved for just under 2-hours plus return travel time back to Base. Twenty-one other members were on standby but not ultimately required.
(Library photo)
Should have rang a taxi not the mountain rescue
Total respect!
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