2008 summarised

Despite two prolonged spells (five weeks in August / September and seven weeks in November / December) with no incidents, at all, during 2008, CRO members were called out 50 times, during the year.

They went to the aid of 81* cavers, 30 walkers, 3 climbers, 1 person ‘missing from home’, 1 motorist (car carried away by river), 1 show cave visitor, 5 sheep or lambs and 3 dogs.

There was one ‘other’ investigation, which turned out to be a ‘false alarm with good intent’.

This figure is dominated (or distorted, as you will) by the 44 people to whose aid CRO was called on 4 October.

One or both of the CRO team members handling dogs trained through SARDA (England) – the Search and Rescue Dog Association – were called to other teams’ areas on 21 occasions during the year, searching for 16 people missing from home (or otherwise vulnerable) and 6 walkers.

There were two ‘other’ investigations.