On Sunday, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team were on a training exercise in the Rushop Edge area when a call for assistance was received.

The ambulance service were dealing with a 48 year old male from the Nottingham area who had crashed whilst mountain biking in Horseshoe Dale, near Chelmorton. This was a difficult extraction with a severely injured biker. A helimed team was on site, and were able to deal with the incident without additional support. The MRT were stood down on arrival.

The casualty was airlifted to the Derby Royal Hospital.

On Saturday night, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team, with search dogs were called to the Goyt Valley. A search dog team from Woodhead also attended.

A 23 year old vulnerable female from Sale, Cheshire, had been reported missing. She had been walking the Goyt Valley moors and became separated from her companion near to the top of Berry Clough in the early evening. The last contact with her was via a mobile phone call, in which she indicated she was cold, by a wall, and could see street lights.

Following police enquires and considerable concern for her safety the Buxton Team personnel were …

Again to Mam Nick, this time on the northern side of the ridge.

A 33 year old male from Lightwood, Stoke, had slipped whilst descending a track between Mam Nick and Greenlands Farm. He was walking with friends and sustained a lower leg injury.

He was treated on site by team members, including pain relief and splinting, prepared and evacuated by stretcher some 600 metres to the waiting land ambulance at Greenlands Farm. From there he was transferred to the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, for further treatment.

Neil Carruthers, Buxton Team Leader said “Today’s incident was a simple slip that could happen to …

Around tea time, Buxton Mountain Rescue Team members were called to Mam Nick to assist the East Midlands Ambulance Service.

A 39 year old male from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, was paragliding in the Mam Tor area. Coming into land in the fields near to the Rushop Edge road, he took a very heavy impact near to a wall and sustained
injuries to his lower back.

He was treated on site by ambulance service and team paramedics, given pain relief, and after splinting, loaded onto a stretcher and placed into the waiting land ambulance which then transferred him to the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, for …

Following the report of a climber having fallen from Bachelor’s Climb at Hen Cloud near The Roaches, the team responded with 18 members.   The 28 year old climber had sustained a possible fractured leg in the fall and was being treated by West Midlands Ambulance Service.   An air-ambulance was called but declined to land as darkness and poor weather set in.  The casualty was instead carried by stretcher to Roaches Gate where an ambulance was waiting.

Whilst dealing with the previous incident at The Roaches a call was received that a walker in Grin Low Country Park, Buxton, has sustained an injury.  Additional members were called out and others were diverted from The Roaches.  A walker had developed a hip problem whilst walking in the woods and was unable to continue.  The casualty was treated on site by East Midlands Ambulance Service paramedics before the team carried him to Pooles Cavern car park where the ambulance was waiting.

Buxton Team called out to a fallen climber at The Roaches, Staffordshire.

 A 25 year old male had reported fallen some 10 metres from the upper tier.  A doctor was first on scene and called for the emergency services.  The team responded from base and were quickly on scene.  Owing to the failing light and threatening cloud an air-ambulance was unable to assist so the casualty was carried down to the road where an ambulance was waiting.

A Joint Edale & Buxton Snatch Squad call-out to Mam Tor following the report of six people stranded on the face.   On arrival the teams quickly led four of the casualties to safety whilst a fifth need a little more encouragement.  The sixth was seriously stranded and a technical rope rescue was required.

All persons recovered to safety unharmed.  No casualty details available.

This was the third reported incident within two hours and sent Buxton team members scurrying back towards their home patch.  A new call-out was initiated to raise fresh local hands for a call to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service.  A mountain biker was reported to have parted company from his bike and sustained upper arm and shoulder injuries.  The team rendezvoused at The Cat & Fiddle and then sent a vehicle along the Shining Tor track to the incident site.  The rescuers met the casualty walking along the track and gave him a lift the ambulance waiting at the Cat …

Whilst the rescue teams were dealing with the previous incident at Stanage another fallen climber was reported at Burbage Edge South.  Team resources were redeployed to assist the female climber who was reported to be unconscious.   The casualty was treated by MR doctors before being transferred to an air-ambulance