Incidents

5th Jul 2023

Attendees: 29

Duration : 3hrs 44min

Total Attendance Time : 108hr 16 mins

The team was called to help a young man with a leg injury in Goyden Pot, Nidderdale.. Cave rescue requires considerable man-power and we all work against the clock: rescue speed making hypothermia less likely. We often alert our neighbouring teams to live cave incidents in case extra man-power is needed. The Cave Rescue Organisation and Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team were advised but later stood down as our own team was sufficient to provide swift medical attention to the injured caver as well as technical rope experts to facilitate the extraction. We'd like to thank local cave leaders and teachers who also helped considerably, as well as the casualty who was a true stoic