Four dog units, including two from Buxton, responded to an incident involving two benighted walkers.

Please see posting for team call-out for further details.

Early evening, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team and search dogs were called to Barber Booth, Edale.

A lone 54 year old male walker had telephoned his wife to say he had twisted his knee and was lost on Kinder Scout. The couple were on holiday in the Peak District staying locally in the Hayfield area.

Our colleagues in the Kinder Team couldn’t talk to the walker, presuming his mobile phone battery had gone down. However, it was thought he was somewhere in the Kinder Low area. Buxton Team and search dogs were tasked with searching the Jacobs Ladder, Kinder Southern Edges to Crowden …

Two Buxton dog units turned out to help search for a lost male walker.

They were stood down en-route. Please see posting for team call-out for further details.

A Buxton & Edale Mountain Rescue snatch squad was called to Edale in the early darkness of Sunday evening.

A couple from the Bedford area, walking on Kinder Scout had telephoned for assistance on becoming benighted. One person had sustained an ankle injury and was unable to walk rendering both cold from inaction. They gave their location as somewhere between Ringing Roger and Madwoman’s Stones on the south eastern side of the Kinder Plateau.

They were using a smart phone which was connected to the internet and had an inbuilt geographical locator. A system known as SARLOC, developed by Russ …

A Buxton & Edale Mountain Rescue snatch squad was called to Edale in the early darkness of Sunday evening.
A couple from the Bedford area, walking on Kinder Scout had telephoned for assistance on becoming benighted. One person had sustained an ankle injury and was unable to walk rendering both cold from inaction. They gave their location as somewhere between Ringing Roger and Madwoman’s Stones on the south eastern side of the Kinder Plateau.
They were using a smart phone which was connected to the internet and had an inbuilt geographical locator. A system known as SARLOC, developed by Russ Hore, …