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Injured man rescued from How Stean Gorge
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Volunteer rescuers came to the aid of a man who broke his leg in How Stean Gorge, near Pateley Bridge, yesterday (June 7).
Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association had just returned from helping a 52-year-old woman cyclist who injured her shoulder after going over her handlebars in Timble Wood when it was alerted to the incident at the limestone gorge.
The association’s incident report said:
Our vehicles had literally just returned to the hut from the Timble Woods callout when the second call came in.
Three team vehicles were mobilised, along with our water technicians and also water technicians from our friends at Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team.
Once on scene, the casualty was assessed and loaded onto the rescue sled for evacuation. Thankfully the operation moved faster than expected, and we were able to stand down the Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team water techs before they even reached the scene.
The casualty was successfully extracted from the gorge and handed over to a waiting ambulance.
The report praised the “fast response” of staff at How Stean Gorge.
The association, which is a charity that relies on volunteers, has been rescuing people and animals from the caves, mineshafts, fells and crags of Wharfedale, Nidderdale, Littondale and Mid-Airedale for 75 years.
You can donate here or take park in a three peaks fundraising walk on June 27.
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