Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called in the early hours of Thursday morning to a serious multi casualty incident in Lathkill Dale.   Two males had fallen some 25 feet over a crag coming to rest on a steep grassy slope.  In total darkness and heavy rain the team worked with East Midlands Ambulance crews and EMAS’s Hazardous Area Response Team to treat the casualties who sustained suspected spinal injuries and a fractured leg.  A third male, who had gone to their …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to rendezvous at Pym’s Chair at the head of the Goyt Valley following a report of a paragliding accident.

Despite Bank Holiday traffic, the team soon had twenty members on their way up to Cat’s Tor Ridge on the Cheshire / Derbyshire border where a 58 year old man from Yorkshire had suffered injury whilst landing the paraglider.   The man was treated by team first aiders and a doctor before arrival of the North West Air-ambulance.   The man, who had suffered a severe lower leg …

Buxton and Edale joint team snatch squad deployed to rendezvous at Rowter Farm at the head of Winnats Pass following the report of a collapsed female casualty on a path around Eldon Hill.  The 13 year old girl was part of a Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition party from a school in Sheffield.   Team members with an Edale team paramedic attended to the girl who recovered sufficiently to be escorted down hill to a farm where an ambulance was waiting.

Buxton and Edale mountain rescue teams’ joint snatch squad called to Upper Burbage Bridge in response to a report of an injured walker.  The casualty, a 66 year old male from Bolton, had tripped whilst walking with a group of friends and sustained an injury to the knee.  Unable to proceed, he was treated on site by team paramedics and stretchered to the road and a waiting ambulance.

The same day, Buxton and Edale mountain rescue teams were again called together to a serious Paragliding accident near to Lord’s Seat on Rushop Edge, Edale Valley.  Initial assessment by team paramedics indicated potentially serious injuries to the 54 year old man from Heald Green, Stockport.
An aircraft evacuation was necessary for a speedy transfer to hospital but the difficult location ruled out an air-ambulance.  Instead, an RAF Seaking Helicopter was called which was able to winch the casualty on board.
Photo:  Casualty in the care of an RAF winchman ascends to the helicopter.

The same day, Buxton and Edale mountain rescue teams were again called together to a serious Paragliding accident near to Lord’s Seat on Rushop Edge, Edale Valley.  Initial assessment by team paramedics indicated potentially serious injuries to the 54 year old man from Heald Green, Stockport.

An aircraft evacuation was necessary for a speedy transfer to hospital but the difficult location ruled out an air-ambulance.  Instead, an RAF Seaking Helicopter was called which was able to winch the casualty on board.

Photo:  Casualty in the care of an RAF winchman ascends to the helicopter.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team  called to the scene of a collapsed walker in The Goyt Valley.   The cause of the 71 year old male casualty from Rotherham’s collapse was undetermined so after treatment by team members at the scene he was carried to a waiting ambulance for hospital examination.

No update yet available.

At 16.00 that afternoon team members were alerted to a party on Jacobs Ladder which had become totally disorientated in the low cloud and had lost their way.   The party of three and a dog had been aiming for Kinder Reservoir and Hayfield but had descended the wrong valley off the moor.   The party had no map or compass and in the serious weather conditions, team members felt obliged to escort the group to a fixed point at Edale Cross where they were pointed in the right direction sticking to a well made track.

Search dog, Megan, along with three other SARDA dogs were requested to assist Derby and Woodhead MRTs with the search for a missing male in the Carr Vale area.

The missing person, a young man of 21, had not been home for several days. Despite an extensive search of the locality, nothing was found.

Police enquiries are ongoing.

At 14.10 in the same day Buxton and Edale mountain rescue teams returned to the Jacob’s Ladder area of Kinder following the report of a walker having sustained a fractured upper arm in a fall.  It was uncertain what had caused the original fall so team members moved quickly to the location. 

The male casualty was found and treated by rescue team paramedics and carried down to Upper Booth for transfer to an ambulance.

Photo:  Buxton and Edale teams assemble at the end of  Lee House farm track ready to climb on foot …