Castlebergh is the massive overhanging rock face which towers above Settle to the east. It is a popular place for rock climbing with no less than 24 named and numbered climbs on it, most difficult, ranging through to severe. These were climbed and recorded in 2009 by former police colleague Dave Musgrove and an experienced team.
One of them is a horizontal traverse running south to north, appropriately named The Settle-Carlisle Line.
Yesterday, Sunday 23rd May around 1pm tragedy struck when a climber fell to his death down the entire drop. I was aware that something was wrong when I heard the distinctive two-tone sirens of the Clapham based Cave and Mountain Rescue Land Rovers heading our way, then silence. Shortly afterwards came an air ambulance, followed by another.
Here is the Craven Herald's Report
https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/19323807.climber-dies-falling-castleberg-rock-settle/
Though remote, Settle is very fortunate to have its amazing Cave Rescue Organisation - all volunteers and the Yorkshire Air Ambulances. Sadly, summer weekends in the Dales keep both busy.
It has been a dramatic week weather-wise as this picture of Ribblesdale shows.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Do please leave comments. If nothing else it shows that there is somebody out there.