The team were called out to Nettle Pot near Castleton on Saturday the 17th of May 2025. A caver reported that one of their party had fallen on route back from a trip to Derbyshire Hall sustaining possible pelvic injuries. 32 DCRO team members worked for around 8 hours to treat and extract the casualty before passing them over to EMAS for onward transport to hospital. A few days later, the casualty (on crutches) joined team members at our base to help check and repack the equipment used on the rescue. We were pleased to hear that there were no serious injuries and a full recovery was expected.
Author: Admin P
CALL OUT 448: Giants Hole
An instructed party on a trip in Giants Hole had left a callout with a responsible person on the surface. Having not heard from the instructor at the agreed time, and being unable to raise them on the phone, they called DCRO. Local team members were quickly on site and confirmed with other instructors present that the missing group had moved onto another cave earlier in the day. A quick check by another team member at the other cave confirmed the presence of one very embarrassed instructor and their clients. The instructor had forgotten to alter the previous callout with the surface person, a simple case of human error. With the group located safe and well, the team stood down.