Walker slips and falls 60 feet while taking photo in the Dales

Clapham-base Cave Rescue were called out to recover the walker.

In attempting to take a photograph from the South South Western rim of Hull Pot, a walker ventured just a little too far and fell over the edge, landing on the rock-strewn floor of the 90m-long, open pot, some 18m below. CRO members arriving at the site found that a North West Air Ambulance helicopter had just landed and, also, a local farmer had transported Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) personnel there.

CRO team members rigged and descended the gulley at the Eastern end to reach the casualty. They were soon followed by a YAS paramedic, using CRO safety equipment. While the casualty, who had regained consciousness and was described as quite chatty, was being assessed, other team members rigged a two-line hauling system at the waterfall (Northern) side of the hole.

Once placed in a vacuum mattress and secured on a stretcher, the casualty was carried across the pot, then he and a team Cas Carer were hauled to the surface. He was handed over to the paramedics who, with the CRO doctor, assessed him thoroughly again before he was loaded into the helicopter for the flight to hospital. Superficially, the casualty appeared to have a head injury and a broken collarbone.

The YAS paramedic, team members and all equipment were recovered back to the team vehicles and returned to Horton.