High Tor, Matlock Bath

  • Call out for year: 3
  • Date: 25/01/20
  • Time: 2:32 pm
  • Grid ref: SK 29681 58840
  • Type of incident: Climber Injured(1)
  • Team members involved: 17
  • Time taken: 49 minutes
  • Total man hours: 14 hours

Incident report

On Saturday afternoon the team was called to assist a a fallen climber at High Tor, Matlock.

Derby MRT team were already in the area on a training exercise and were able to quickly assist the climber was was able to walk to the waiting ambulance.

As Buxton Mountain Rescue Team members were arriving on site, it was quickly realised that the call out would be over fairly quickly,so a quick stand down was issued, enabling team members to return to their afternoon activities.

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