Stanage Edge

  • Call out for year: 70
  • Date: 4/12/13
  • Time: 2:10 pm
  • Grid ref: SK 241 841
  • Type of incident: Climber Injured(1)
  • Team members involved: 4
  • Time taken: 2
  • Total man hours: 8

Incident report

Buxton team members called as part of the Joint Edale/Buxton Teams’ Snatch Squad to attend Stanage Edge following a report of a man having been injured whilst bouldering.

The man had suffered a suspected femur and pelvic injuries. He was treated on-site by team members and ambulance personnel, and then winched from a difficult location into a SeaKing helicopter.

The aircraft transported him to hospital.

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