Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called by West Midlands Ambulance Service following reports of a rock climber falling and sustaining serious injuries.

A forty-one year man from Walsall, leading on Fern Crack, fell a substantial distance but avoided serious injury because he was wearing a helmet.  Significant damage to the helmet proved that, without it,  the casualty would have suffered serious, possibly life  threatening, injury.  As it was the man suffered a suspected ankle fracture.

An Air-ambulance was able to land on the top of the upper tier of The Roaches and team members carried the casualty on a rescue stretcher back …

Credible reports of screams being heard at the top of the Crowden Brook Gully prompted a four hour search for Buxton Mountain Rescue Team.

The alarm was raised about 4.00 pm when two screams were heard and were thought to be from someone falling in or around the steep sided gully.  Nearly thirty members responded searching the gully and Crowden Towers area in thick low cloud and deteriorating weather.  When nothing was found the search area was widened to take in nearly a kilometre of Kinder Southern Edge but still no trace of any incident was found.

As darkness fell and in …

A report of a 71 year old man from Chesterfield having collapsed on Jacobs Ladder sent members of the joint Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Teams’ Snatch Squad on an urgent mission.   An East Midlands Ambulance crew was first at scene quickly joined by mountain rescue paramedics and doctors near to the top of the steeply stepped path.

After careful assessment the casualty was slowly assisted down the hillside to a team Land Rover at the pack-horse bridge.  The man was then transported to the ambulance waiting at the road-head where he was handed over to the care of East …

Search Dog, Megan, and her handler were called to asssit Edale, Woodhead and Glossop MRTS with a search for a mountain biker who had reported himself lost and cold above the Upper Derwent reservoirs.

An intensive search in poor weather of known mountain bike routes in addition to open moorland was conducted.

The biker was located cold, but otherwise unharmed, by a member of the public and members of Woodhead MRT.

Whilst competing in the Four Inns Walk our “Fastens” team was asked to help a youth group training for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme.  A 17 year old male in their party was suffering back pain and required assistance to continue.

The group had already activated their Distress Locator Beacon causing Glossop and Kinder MRTs to assemble in readiness to respond to the incident.  However, when the Buxton “Fastens” came on the scene it was decided that the youth could continue to walk with help.  The group were lead off the moor towards the Southern Edge whilst team members from …