Incident report

Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams called to rendezvous in Edale village following the report of a lady having slipped resulting in a foot  injury.

A lady from Northwich, Cheshire, stumbled whilst walking in Grindsbrook causing a foot injury which prevented her from continuing her journey.  Being unable to weight bear, a stretcher evacuation was the only answer but no easy task from the confluence of Grindsbrook river and the Fox Holes springs.  Following treatment from team first-aiders the lady was placed on a rescue stretcher before twenty members of the joint teams carried her up the steep hillside onto the Grindslow Knoll path for a return trip to Edale via the Sledge Track.

The injury was deemed not warrant an ambulance but the lady was advised to seek medical attention as soon as possible.

Photo credit: BMRT.  –  Stretcher evacuations are normally down hill but in this case a significant ascent out of Grindsbrook Clough was necessary.