(Image: CRO)
A WALKER had to be rescued from the top of Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales on Monday morning after falling and injuring his ankle.
The 69-year-old male fell on a rock, injuring his foot and leaving him unable to walk.
A spokesperson for Cave Rescue Organisation said: “After an assessment by team members, he was carried by stretcher to the team vehicles and transported back to his accommodation near to Malham.”
The 70 metre (230ft) high, gently curving cliff of white limestone has amazed visitors for centuries. Formed along the line of the Middle Craven Fault, it has been eroded backwards from the line of the fault by the action of water and ice over millions of years.
It was the 68th call-out for the Clapham-based emergency service so far this year.