Two people assisted down Jacob’s Ladder after becoming lost whilst following a guidebook walk.  The two had walked from Edale along the southern Kinder edge path arriving at Edale Cross.  They then walked off route on to Brown Knoll and became disorientated.  Following telephone advice they walked down Jacob’s Ladder where they met team members who transported them back to Edale.
Team advice – take a map, compass and torch every time!
More details later.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called following a report to the police of a walker, part of a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award group, having sustained an ankle injury on Rushop Edge.

Initial information as to their exact location was sketchy and mobile phone contact had been lost.  However, the team soon located the group of three in Harden Clough well below Rushop Edge.  Following assessment and treatment the 22 year old lady from London was carried by rescue stretcher to the road-head and transported by team vehicle to Edale Station car park to await an East Midlands Ambulance.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist Edale team dealing with a number simultaneous incidents on and under Kinder Scout.  Some of the incidents resulted from the Edale Skyline fell race and all were complicated by the prevailing strong winds and driving rain.   Hypothermia, in various stages of advancement, was apparent in all cases brought on by the severe wind chill.

One man was assisted down from Grindslow Knoll and another down from Ringing Roger.  A third report of a collapsed man at the top of Grindsbrook caused …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service following a report of a walker having sustained a leg injury in Dam Dale near Smalldale.  A 58 year old man from Knottingley, Yorkshire, was walking with a group of friends when a simple slip in the muddy conditions caused a suspected fracture of the ankle.

The man was treated by E.M.A.S. paramedics before being carried to the nearest farm where the ambulance was waiting to convey him to a Chesterfield hospital.  The team acknowledge the help and assistance of the farmer in the evacuation of the casualty.

An early morning call for Buxton and Edale Snatch Squad. Team members were called to Upper Booth in the Edale valley to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service with a 20 year old male hill walker from Middlesborough.

The man was out walking in wintry conditions. He slipped and fell whilst climbing a stile at Dalehead at the western end of the Edale Valley, suffering a back injury.  The ambulance service paramedic and team members treated him on site, and then carried him a short distance by stretcher to the waiting land ambulance.

The casuality was transferred to Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport …