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Jun 2022
Last Updated: 01/06/2022
Boy, 8, rescued at Brimham Rocks
The boy jumped a gap between rocks but needed help when he realised the jump back would be much harder.
An eight-year-old boy has become the latest person to require rescuing at Brimham Rocks.
Seven members of Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association were called to the National Trust-owned site near Pateley Bridge when the boy got stuck at the top of a rock outcrop.
The association's website says:
"He had managed to jump the gap to get onto the rock before realising that the jump back would be much harder."
North Yorkshire Police summoned the rescuers at 11.30am on Monday and they managed to assist the boy to safety.
The volunteer-run association has attended several incidents at Brimham Rocks already this year.
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