Karen stayed at home with Steve and Becca as I headed for Matlock Bath for a DCRO Exercise. The story was that a girl had gone caving from her B&B to “Derbyshire Mine” with some rope to try out some gear and had not returned.
I was allocated to man a Heyphone in the Main Chamber in Devonshire Cavern with Andy B. while Mark L. had a team who soon found the casualty (Lisa W.) who was on one of the P bolted pitches with arm, leg and back injuries but still on the rope.
Once the casualty had been carried out in a stretcher we found out there had been “another incident” and we were to return to the vehicle near the New Bath Hotel. It turned out that there had been a “diving incident” in Didos Cave but only a sketchy plan was put together by the controlling team and there was also a requirement to assist at Cumberland Mine/Wapping Mine where ther was another “incident” requiring a stretcher carry.
As a small group of us arrived at the entrance to Wapping Mine, due to the time (around 14:00) it was decided to bring the exercise to a completion and we returned again to the vehicle for a de-brief.
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