As a climbing incident was closing, we were asked to assist the ambulance service with a 29 year old male walker from the Stoke area who had sustained a painful knee injury whilst walking the Roaches Ridge.

The man was treated on site by ambulance service paramedics, placed onto our specialist stretcher and carried by team members some 500 metres to the ambulance waiting at the Roaches Gate.

He was then transferred to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire for further treatment.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called to the Roaches, near Leek last Sunday afternoon. A 21 year old male climber from the Northamptonshire area was leading a route. As he placed his third piece of protection, he fell. It appears his protection failed as he fell and he hit the ground.

Despite wearing a helmet he sustained serious head and neck injuries. He was treated on site by the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance doctor, evacuated by stretcher with the help of local climbers and team members and flown to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire for further treatment.

On Thursday Buxton Team was called to Edale following reports of an injured walker on Kinder Scout.

Further enquires revealed a 22 year old male walker from the Doncaster area had twisted his knee whilst crossing the Kinder Plateau with friends in the Crowden Head area. Team personnel were deployed but due to distance we requested an air ambulance to assist. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance attended and evacuated the walker to Edale Village, where he was met by team members.

He refused hospital treatment and preferred to make his own way home. He was however, advised to seek medical assistance.

Whilst the previous incident at Stanage was ongoing, mountain rescue assistance was requested to assist with a 64 year old male walker, from the Burnley area, who had collapsed whilst walking with friends in Cressbrook Dale.

Team personnel were deployed and as the Stanage incident was closing, the available snatch squad were further deployed to assist. The casualty was treated on site by ambulance service and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance paramedics before being evacuated by stretcher and then a team vehicle to a land ambulance waiting at Wardlow Mires.

The man was then transported to Chesterfield Royal Hospital for further …

An Edale and Buxton team snatch squad was called to Hooks Carr, Stanage Edge, on Wednesday lunchtime. A 21 year old male climber had fallen about 25 feet landing on his face.

He sustained serious facial injuries and was treated on site by an Edale Team paramedic. In the meantime, Buxton Team personnel carried equipment to the incident site, prior to a stretcher evacuation down the hill to a waiting DLR Air Ambulance.

The ambulance flew the injured climber to the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, for further treatment.

An Edale and Buxton team snatch squad was called to Hooks Carr, Stanage Edge, on Wednesday lunchtime. A 21 year old male climber had fallen about 25 feet landing on his face.
He sustained serious facial injuries and was treated on site by an Edale Team paramedic. In the meantime, Buxton Team personnel carried equipment to the incident site, prior to a stretcher evacuation down the hill to a waiting DLR Air Ambulance.
The ambulance flew the injured climber to the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, for further treatment.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team were asked to search for a party of teenagers believed lost in the Goyt Valley area on Sunday.

The group of 5 girls from the Suffolk area were taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh Award practice expedition and were last seen climbing up towards Shining Tor. They had not reported into any checkpoints and were 2 hours overdue.

The party leaders were concerned and provided route details intended for the group. Team members were deployed onto various footpaths, on either side of the Shining Tor Ridge into the Jenkin Chapel and Lamaload areas to the west and …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team together with the East Midlands Ambulance Service were called to Windgather Rocks, near Kettleshume on Wednesday afternoon.

The casualty, a 21 year old male from the Northhants area, had been leading a climb known as “Face Route1” in the Buttress One area of the crag. He came off, his protection failed and he fell about 20 feet to the ground, sustaining pelvic, shoulder and back injuries.

He was treated on site by the ambulance crew and team personnel, including splinting and pain relief. He was then placed on a vacuum mattress, and carried to the roadside on a …

A Buxton Team member was walking the Monsal Trail with his family on Sunday when they came across an injured cyclist. The incident was reported and Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called to assist the ambulance service.

A 40 year old female from Sheffield was cycling along the trail near Bakewell, when a walker stepped out in front of her. The cyclist swerved to avoid the walker and came off her bike, sustaining serious injuries to both arms. She was treated on site by ambulance service paramedics and evacuated on our specialist stretcher a few hundred metres to Bakewell Station. …

A Buxton and Edale snatch squad was called to Speedwell Cavern, Castleton.

A 12 year old boy from Salford, part of a larger group of young people and a leader, were on the steep sided Winnats Pass when he sustained a suspected fracture/dislocation of his ankle.

Team members located the group about 130 feet up the very steep, wet, slippery slope of the pass. The ambulance service paramedics treated the casualty on site. Meanwhile, the other youngsters in the group were becoming increasingly anxious and restless. It was raining heavily, the hillside was becoming increasingly slippery, loose rocks were being dislodged and …