Forty members of Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue Teams, together with four search dogs were called in the early hours to the sleepy village of Ashford-in-the-Water, near Bakewell.   A bizarre scenario of events had started at 21.30 the previous evening when the police had stopped a vehicle on the A6.  Two hours later a man thought to be from the vehicle was seen in the village centre, wet through, and dressed in just his underwear.  The air temperature during the night dropped to below -3 degrees and the police asked for mountain rescue help …

An evening telephone call to the police alerted them to a lost couple that had set off walking from Upper Booth via Crowden Brook and then onto the Southern Edge of Kinder Scout.  The couple told the police that they were ok and didn’t need immediate assistance but were currently unsure of their exact position.  The couple said they would call again when they were safely off the hill but if there had been no contact after two hours, please call the rescue teams. 

This information was passed to the Duty Incident Controller for the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation who, because of the severe freezing …

Kinder, Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue Teams together with two search dogs were called at 18.00 hours to rendezvous at Edale Station car park in readiness for a search of the Southern edge of Kinder Scout following the report of a solo walker becoming benighted on the moor.

The extreme cold and poor visibility prompted a rapid response from the search teams which located the casualty mid way along Grindsbrook at 19.30 hours.  The walker, who was fit and well, had simply underestimated the severity of his intended route and became benighted without …

Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue Teams’ Snatch Squad called at 14.05 hours to the popular Hook’s Car end of Stanage Edge.  A 40 year old male rock climber had fallen 3-4 metres from “Christmas Crack” and had sustained suspected back injuries on contact with the

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ground.

Poor visibility prevented the use of an air ambulance so the casualty was treated on site by rescue team first aiders and a doctor before he was carried by stretcher to a waiting road ambulance.

Buxton and Edale Rescue Teams’  Snatch Squad was called at 11.30 to rendezvous at Odin Mine near Castleton.   A male walker on the ridge between Mam Tor to Hollins Cross had sustained a suspected fractured ankle.  Fortunately an air ambulance was available and was able to airlift the casualty to hospital whilst the teams were still assembling.    Photo:    Back Tor from Odin Mine

Edale and Buxton Mountain Rescue Teams’ Snatch Squad was called at 15.08 to Froggatt Edge, a popular gritstone climbing outcrop to the East of the National Park.  A 20 year old male from Leeds had been leading a route known as Chequer’s Crack (HVS 5b) when the accident happened and he fell an estimated seven metres to the ground.  The casualty was treated on site by ambulance paramedics for a severe leg injury and possible back injuries before being carried by stretcher to the roadhead and a waiting East Midlands Ambulance.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called-out to assist a Macclesfield ambulance crew (North West Ambulance Services NHS Trust) to help evacuate an 87 year old woman from a remote farm house.  The narrow and rough farm track was too much for the county ambulance and with no air-ambulance available, the help of mountain rescue was called upon.  The team responded with its own Land Rover ambulance backed up with fifteen team members.  Calling the extra man-power proved a good idea as the journey back up the track was deemed too rough to transport an elderly lady who had suffered a suspected stroke.  …

A Buxton & Edale Snatch Squad was called to Curbar Edge near Baslow where a 28-year-old male climber from Manchester had fallen 7 metres.  The casualty sustained a suspected fracture to the right lower leg.  Despite his injuries he was able to make his own way to the top of the crag to await assistance.  He was treated on scene by ambulance Paramedics and an Edale team doctor before being carried by stretcher to a waiting ambulance and then onwards to Chesterfield Hospital.

The team was already committed to a search of Alderley Edge when a second incident was reported at Golden Clough, Kinder Scout.

A Hope Valley snatch squad comprising members of Buxton and Edale MRT’s was called at 11.40 am to rendezvous at Edale Station car park.  However, with most of the available Buxton team members already committed the job was mainly left to Edale team.  The incident was sparked by the medical collapse of a young female in the upper reaches of Golden Clough.  Despite treatment on site by Edale members, being light on numbers …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team and Kinder Mountain Rescue Team called at 07.00 to search Alderley Edge Country Park near Macclesfield, following a request from Cheshire Police relating to the sighting by the publican of the Wizard Hotel of a possible vulnerable male behaving strangely the previous night.   The publican and the police made a superficial search during the night but Police and Search Controllers decided to wait for daylight before calling out team members.   Thirty one members of the two rescue teams together …