Late in the afternoon a man rang 999 to report himself lost around the Edale Cross area of Kinder Scout.

The weather at the time was clear so initially only Kinder MRT was activated.  When nothing was found, mobile-phone connection was lost and the weather had started to deteriorate, Buxton MRT and local search dogs were called in to assist.   A further hour on and with all the local paths checked, the onset of darkness and a further deterioration of the weather, the full Kinder search plan was activated calling in Glossop and Edale mountain rescue teams.

As the extra search …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service following the report of a casualty on the footpath leading down into Monsal Dale.

A lady from Nottinghamshire had fallen on the path and sustained a serious leg injury.  Paramedics from East Midlands Ambulance Service were first on scene and treated the lady and administered pain relief.  Team members, assisted by police officers, then loaded the casualty onto a rescue stretcher for a short but steep carry back to Monsal Head where the ambulance was waiting to transfer her to a Chesterfield hospital.

Initial reports had been of a simple accident on the valley path but the reality turned out to be different.

A 45 year old man was competing in the “Edale Beer Barrel Race” when he tumbled approximately 50 feet down the hillside between Upper and Nether Tor above Grindsbrook.   The man was now lying high on the clough-side and is believed to have suffered a reduced level of consciousness for a considerable period.

Buxton and Edale rescue teams were called together but it was Edale M.R.T. which had members immedia…

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called in the late afternoon to The Sloth area of The Roaches in Staffordshire following the report of a climber having injured his shoulder.  To complicate the incident, the climber was now on a belay ledge some 20 metres from the ground.
The climber, a man from Macclesfield, had been solo-climbing on Technical Slab when reaching for a hand-hold caused a suspected dislocation of his shoulder.  Keeping cool and calm in a very precarious position and despite great pain, the climber managed …

Buxton and Edale Joint Team Snatch Squad called to rendezvous at Tipps Car-park, Upper Booth, Edale following the report of a man suffering severe abdominal pain whilst walking on the Pennine Way between Edale and Upper Booth.

Rescue team members were quickly with the casualty as were East Midlands Ambulance Paramedics and the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air-ambulance.  For medical reasons the decision was made to transfer the casualty to hospital by land ambulance so the man, from Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, was carried the short distance to meet the ambulance at Upper Booth Farm.