Kinder Scout Search
- Call out for year: 27
- Date: 18/05/13
- Time: 9:15 am
- Grid ref: SK086870
- Type of incident: Walker Search benighted(1)
- Team members involved: 14
- Time taken: 2
- Total man hours: 28
Incident report
At 09.15 am on Saturday 18th May Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called along with neighbouring teams, Kinder MRT and Edale MRT to search for a man who had been reported lost on Kinder Scout overnight. The man was known to have spent a very wet and cold night on the hillside and was believed to be suffering from hypothermia.
Thick low cloud blanketed the moor making navigation and visual searching very difficult. Dogs from the Search and Rescue Dog Association were also called and search teams commenced work from three different access points.
After an hour and half of searching the 41 year old male was located by members of Kinder MRT near to Edale Rocks and escorted to Hayfield.