Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called in support of Edale MRT to assist with an 18 year old female who was suffering a series of seizures.  The girl, part of a Prince’s Trust group, was treated by East Midlands Ambulance staff before being carried by stretcher to the waiting ambulance.

Photo credit:  BMRT –  Edale and Buxton team members returning from the call-out.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team placed on stand-by following the report of a walker three hours overdue from a morning ramble.  Two Deputy Team Leaders traveled to Monsal Head to obtain more details of the missing person but on arrival were told that the lady had turned up safe and well.  Team stood down.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist Edale team dealing with an incident in Padley Gorge near Grindleford.  A 76 year old man from Bakewell had slipped whilst walking on an icy path and sustained a lower leg injury.  The gentleman was treated at the scene before being carried on a rescue stretcher to the East Midlands Ambulance waiting at the roadside.

Photo credit:  BMRT  –  Edale and Buxton members bring the gentleman back to the roadside.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called out in probably the worst conditions of the winter so far.  A group of five adults had been on Kinder Scout since lunch time when one of the party started to suffer cramp.  Their intended route off the moor was to descend Crowden Brook but icing made it look too risky and they headed back towards Grindsbrook instead.  As they approached the head of Grindsbrook the pain from the cramp got worst and the man was unable to continue.

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The ongoing winter conditions continued to cause chaos on minor roads when another five inches of snow fell overnight in the Peak District.  Buxton team was called to assist a 68 year old gentleman from the remote hamlet of Pilsbury, near Hartington.  His 4 x 4 had become trapped in the snow and he then spent the next two hours sheltering in a barn.

The team responded with just two members in a Land Rover and managed to collect the gentleman and take him safely home.

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