Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was requested by Staffordshire Police to assist with an incident near to Gradbach Youth Hostel late on Monday night.

A 17 year old female had fallen into the River Dane near Gradbach and sustained an injury to her lower leg. Initial reports indicated she couldn’t get out of the river, and was very cold and frightened. Whilst the team was en-route a further call from the police reported that together with paramedic crews, they had managed to recover the person from the river, and that our resources were no longer required.

The team was stood down.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called to Mam Nick to assist the ambulance service with an injured paraglider, near to Lords Seat, on Rushop Edge.

A 59 year old male, from Sheffield, had landed heavily sustaining a suspected fracture to his left ankle.  He was treated on site by the ambulance service paramedics and team personnel.  The North West Air Ambulance also attended – however it couldn’t shut down on the terrain, and the land crew were able to manage the incident.

The casualty was splintered and given pain relief before being loaded onto a mountain rescue stretcher and carried some 500 …

On Saturday a joint Buxton Edale snatch squad was called to the Monsal Trail to assist the ambulance service.  The incident was near to Headstone Tunnel and the teams accessed the trail from Hassop Station.

A 53 year old lady from the West Midlands area was bike riding on the trail between Great Longstone and Monsal Head when she came off her bike and sustained abrasions and a suspected fracture  to her ankle.  She was treated on site by a community first responder and mountain rescue personnel, including pain relief, leg splinter. She was then evacuated a short distance by stretcher, …

A joint Buxton and Edale snatch squad was called to Leadmill, near Hathersage on Wednesday afternoon.

A local woman, running alongside the River Derwent between Hathersage and Grindleford, had slipped, injuring her ankle. We understand she called for assistance and in addition to ourselves, an air ambulance, and an land ambulance were all en-route to this incident. The Edale team duty leader provided local knowledge which enabled the aircraft to access the casualty site. The land ambulance also managed to access the site via a local track.

Mountain Rescue resources were consequently no longer required, and the teams were stood down.

Buxton Mountain Rescue Team was called to the Roaches on Thursday following reports of two injured climbers. The Midlands Air Ambulance and West Midlands Ambulance Service crews were already on scene and treating the casualties.

The two climbers, both male, aged 15 years, from Buxton, had been climbing on the Roaches Lower Tier, a route known as Prow Cracks. They had completed the route and one of the lads was either abseiling or being lowered from the top when he slipped and fell about 20 feet, pulling the other climber off the belay. Both climbers fell to the bottom of the …

A joint Buxton and Edale snatch squad was called to the climbing area of Burbage Rocks to assist with a crag-fast person.

A 16 year old female from London, part of a group participating in rock climbing and scrambling activity in the Ash Tree wall area, had slipped and was wedged in a narrow gully, 20 feet up from the base of the cliff. Rescue personnel were able to speak to the girl from above, and established that apart from cuts and grazes, she was not injured, although she was slightly struggling to breathe. They made various attempts to wiggle the …

A joint Buxton Edale snatch squad was called to assist the ambulance service with a injured person in Cave Dale.

The casualty, a 61 year old man from Hull, had slipped about 1 metre down the slopes of the grassy limestone terrain after climbing up the steep banks of a small cliff. He sustained a suspected broken ankle. He was treated on site by paramedics and then carried about 300 metres down the footpath by stretcher to the road.

A waiting ambulance transferred him to Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, for further treatment.

On Friday afternoon the team was called to Cut-thorn Farm, just off the A54 Buxton – Congleton Road.

An 18 year old male from Goostry, Cheshire, fell whilst rope swinging in the River Dane and sustained a suspected spinal injury.

The team was stood down en-route when it became apparent that the ambulance service had managed to get the casualty airlifted to hospital.

A Buxton Edale snatch squad was called to Surprise View following reports of an incident on Millstone Edge, near Hathersage.

A 40 year old male climber, from Healey Green, Cheadle, was leading a route and fell about 30 feet, hitting the crag floor as a result of a runner coming out. She was treated on site and found to be suffering pain in her back and hand.

The casualty was placed on a stretcher and evacuated to the waiting air ambulance and flown to hospital for further treatment.

A second call-out for the day for the snatch squad, again to assist the ambulance service.

An elderly male had suffered a medical collapse. He was assessed on site by a team paramedic, and evacuated by stretcher to the roadside.