A call-out for the joint Edale and Buxton Snatch Squad following the report of a gentleman having sustained an ankle injury whilst descending the steep hillside above Edale End.

The casualty was treated by MR first-aiders before being carried by stretcher down to Upper Fulwood Farm for onward ambulance transport to a Sheffield hospital.

Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue Teams’ Joint Snatch Squad was called out following a report from East Midlands Ambulance Service of casualty in Cave Dale, Castleton.   A mature lady from Huddersfield was on a day trip to the Peak celebrating her birthday when a simple slip resulted in a suspected fracture of the ankle.   The limestone Cave Dale track is notoriously slippery when wet and following heavy overnight rain the path had become a stream-bed.

Onsite treatment was completed by the ambulance service crew at which point the rescue team …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called to attend at The Roaches, Staffordshire where a climber had become stranded on the rock face of a VS 4b grade classic route called Valkerie.  The male climber, from Wilmslow, had been belaying his lead climber from a ledge when a piece of hardware detached itself from the crack.   Sliding down the rope, the hex nut struck the casualty causing a hand injury.  Strong winds made communication from one climber to the other difficult and as darkness fell the decision was made to call for help.

West Midlands Ambulance Service were on scene first but …

Buxton and Edale rescue teams’ Joint Snatch Squad called to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service at Stanage where a man had fallen three to four metres from a boulder.  A possible ankle fracture was treated by ambulance paramedics before the casualty was carried by stretcher to the road for transfer to a Chesterfield hospital.       Photo:  Edale and Buxton team members stretchering the casualty to a waiting ambulance.

Buxton team members called as part of the Joint Edale/Buxton Teams’ Snatch Squad to attend Stanage Edge following a report of a man having been injured whilst bouldering.

The man had suffered a suspected femur and pelvic injuries. He was treated on-site by team members and ambulance personnel, and then winched from a difficult location into a SeaKing helicopter.

The aircraft transported him to hospital.