The incident happened above Gordale Scar
An injured walker crawled to a waiting ambulance after falling into a ravine in the Yorkshire Dales.
Rescuers were called out today after the incident near Gordale Scar, near Malham.
The Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation received a call about 4.35pm to say a 55-year-old man was suffering from serious bleeding after ‘an extreme fall, into a deep ravine’.
A team spokesperson said: “As CRO members were en route, Yorkshire Ambulance Service advised that he had crossed the beck and had crawled out of the valley, up to the ambulance crew.”
Team members had earlier gone to the aid of an injured lamb in reputedly the largest natural hole in England.
The lamb was rescued from Hull Pot
Walkers reported seeing an injured sheep in Hull Pot on the lower slopes of Pen-y-ghent.
A team spokesperson said: “A small team from CRO hauled out a lamb with a broken leg and delivered it to its owner.”
The 90m (300ft) long chasm has 33 rock climbing routes, graded from Very Difficult to E3, along with sport climbing routes up to 8a, in its 18m (60ft) depth.
Margaret Cliff
08 June 2015Unfortunately some people think they can do overcome any problem/obstacle nature has other ideas, thank God for rescue teams?
Margaret
08 June 2015Many current hill 'users' have little or no concept of self help.
Rescue teams are not now in the old business of assisting fellow climbers who on occasion get into difficulty.
Now they are having to pick up all the varied problems created by the vigorous commercialisation that drives the activity.
Margaret
09 June 2015Many current hill 'users' have little or no concept of self help.
Rescue teams are not in the old business of assisting fellow climbers who on occasion get into difficulty. Now they have to pick up all the varied problems created by the vigorous commercialisation that drives the activity.
ian512
09 June 2015We used to applaud sef reliance.
Mike
10 June 2015"Unfortunately some people think they can do overcome any problem/obstacle nature has other ideas, thank God for rescue teams?"
you wot mate?
Who? the lamb?
heidi
11 June 2015I have no idea what Margaret's comment means.......!