Buxton and Edale rescue teams called to rendezvous at Odin Mine near Castleton following the report of an injured walker somewhere under the Mam Tor ridge.

A female from Doncaster out walking with a group on a fundraising event had slipped injuring her ankle.  Edale team was still packing up from a previous call-out and so had hill members immediately available who located the casualty above Woodseats Farm.  She was treated for a fracture to her ankle and carried back to the farm on a stretcher for transport to hospital by a land ambulance.  Buxton MRT’s primary role was to provide …

Following recent heavy rain the tops of Kinder Scout had become a squelchy quagmire setting a serious challenge for anyone attempting to cross the plateau.  An afternoon call to assist in locating a group of London schoolchildren on a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition turned from a normal sweep of the moors into something far more serious.

The original call stated four young people somewhere on the moor, cold, wet and unable to continue.  Kinder MRT was first to be alerted and following difficulties contacting the group escalated the incident …

At 15.45 pm Buxton Mountain Rescue Team received a call reporting that a rock climber was stuck on the face of The Roaches.  The team call-out system was activated and two vehicles were turning out when five minutes later a second call reported the climber to be now safe and on the ground.

Team stood down with no active involvement.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by North West Ambulance Service to assist with the recovery of a deceased person in the region of Shutlingslow.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called by West Midlands Ambulance Service at nearly midnight to assist with the recovery of a 45 year old female from Newcastle=under-Lyme who had dialled 999 asking for help.

The lady had walked alone and with the aid of crutches to the summit of Ramshaw Rocks but was unable to make the return journey.  Staffordshire police and West Midlands Ambulance Service responded in the first instance but had difficulty in locating the lady. Fortunately, an eagle-eyed police officer spotted the screen light of her mobile phone.  W.M.A.S. then activated at Hazardous Area Response Team travelling from Birmingham …

A 31 year old female climber from Sale, Manchester, took about a 4 metre fall from a route in Horseshoe Quarry resulting a significant rope swing into the rock-face.  Fortunately the lady was wearing a climbing helmet which took the brunt of the impact but still left her with suspected head and neck injuries.

Members of the Joint Buxton and Edale Mountain Rescue Snatch Squad assisted air ambulance paramedics to treat and carry the casualty to where the aircraft had been able to land in the quarry basin.  She …

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team called as part of the Joint Team Snatch Squad incident to a 28 year old male who had suffered a medical collapse in Cavedale, Castleton.

The casualty was initially treated by team members and later by paramedics from the Derbyshire, Leicester and Rutland Air Ambulance which landed a short distance away.   The nature of the casualty’s condition indicated that transport to hospital would be best by road ambulance so he was carried on a mountain rescue stretcher down the dale into Castleton.  He was then taken to a Stockport hospital …

Buxton and Edale Teams were called to rendezvous at Tipps Car Park, Upper Booth, near Edale following a reports of an injured walker in Crowden Brook.

A 49 year old man from Biddulph, Staffs had been descending Crowden Brook with his daughter when he fell whilst crossing a stream sustaining a fracture/dislocation of his shoulder and elbow.

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance attended but couldn’t land near to the incident site due to the nature of the terrain.  However, both a doctor and paramedic were dropped off to provide immediate treatment to the casualty.  Team members …

Buxton and Edale Joint Snatch Squad called to Edale for the second successive day.  

A man from Sheffield had been taking part in a fell race when he unfortunately lost his footing on a rocky section of path at the top of Grindslow Knoll. Fortunately he suffered the fall near to a Marshals check-point and they were quickly able to raise the alarm for assistance. Members of Edale team were fundraising at Edale Country Day and were able to quickly respond on to the hill.  Once …

A school field “trip” triggered a call-out for the Joint Team Snatch Squad to the lower part of Grindsbrook near Edale.

A fifteen year old student from Leicester, on a school geography field course, slipped on a boulder causing injury to her leg.  Appropriate first aid was rendered by team members before she was placed on a stretcher for the short carry back through Grindsbrook Meadows to Edale village.  An East Midlands Midlands ambulance soon arrived to take the girl to a children’s hospital in Sheffield.