Winnats Pass near Castleton
Call out for year: 52
Date: 26/10/09
Time: 5:05 pm
Grid ref: SK 1378 8277
Type of incident: Walker, Injured, (1)
Number of team members involved: 10
Time taken: 1.5 hours
Total man hours: 15
A joint Buxton and Edale Snatch Squad call-out to assist a 48 year old lady from Sheffield who had slipped on the steep sides of Winnats Pass.
Team members rendezvoused at Speedwell Cavern for a short but steep climb to the casualty site. The lady, who had a suspected
lbroken lower leg injury, was treated on site by team members and helli-med crew. She was then carried by stretcher to the waiting South Yorkshire Air-ambulance for the short flight to a Sheffield hospital.








