Jacob’s Ladder, Upper Booth.

  • Call out for year: 19
  • Date: 14/03/15
  • Time: 1:35 pm
  • Grid ref: SK 085 862
  • Type of incident: Walker Injured(1)
  • Team members involved: 12
  • Time taken: 2.5
  • Total man hours: 27.5

Incident report

Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams’ Joint Snatch Squad called to the assistance of a lady from Sheffield who had taken a slip whilstJacobs March 2015 descending Jacob’s Ladder in to the Edale Valley.  The lady had suffered a suspected fracture of the left ankle and, following treatment by team paramedics, the lady was carried by stretcher back to Lee House Farm where an ambulance was waiting to transport her to a Sheffield hospital.

Photo credit:  BMRT.   Casualty stretcher party descending Jacob’s Ladder.

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