A search of Kinder on Saturday night for sixteen students from Nottingham followed by an emergency call to Coldwell Clough near Edale Cross on Sunday afternoon for a suspected heart attack casualty and then, just an hour later, a call to a hypothermic casualty on Kinder Southern Edge left the team kit severely depleted.

Cupboards and drawers at the team base were scoured in a search for dry equipment to replace that taken from the team’s operational vehicles and now in need of drying or repair.  The two Sunday call-outs had both been in bad weather and most of the equipment had been …

There has been a noticeable trend in recent years for the number of late afternoon and evening callouts to rise, particularly just after the clocks have gone back and when schools are on half term. The sudden reduction in daylight hours and the steady deterioration of the weather into winter catches people out.

This week has been no exception with clear freezing nights mid-week and then strong and chilling winds on Saturday, made worse by low cloud and drizzle on the tops for most of Sunday.  It’s a tricky time of year to know what to wear as the weather can be so changeable, from mild and …

Not satisfied with completing The Great North Run earlier this year, our keen supporter and veteran “sprinter”, Bruce Taylor from Taddington, has officially entered in to LONDON 10,000 in May 2009.   Bruce has already raised hundreds of pounds for the rescue team and wants to carry on raising even more.  His supporter’s web page at www.justgiving.com/brucetaylor2is already live and waiting for your encouraging sponsorship.  Bruce says, “Its raising the money that keeps me smiling.” 

Monday 25th May is the big day so Bruce …

Thanks to the generosity of the members of High Peak Golf Club, the oldest golf club in Derbyshire, the rescue team is £370 better off.

Each year for the past twenty-four years club members have held “The F Factor”, an auction in aid of a local charity.  For 2008 the members chose Buxton Mountain Rescue Team and within 15 minutes of the auction starting £320 had been raised.  The club topped up the donation with another £50.  The money will be used towards financing an upgrade of the team’s operational response equipment.

Thank you to all High Peak Golf Club members.

Thanks to the generosity of the members of High Peak Golf Club, the oldest golf club in Derbyshire, the rescue team is £370 better off.
Each year for the past twenty-four years club members have held “The F Factor”, an auction in aid of a local charity.  For 2008 the members chose Buxton Mountain Rescue Team and within 15 minutes of the auction starting £320 had been raised.  The club topped up the donation with another £50.  The money will be used towards financing an upgrade of the team’s operational response equipment.
Thank you to all High Peak Golf Club members.

Mountain Rescue History & Development in the Peak District  written by Buxton team members Ian Hurst and Roger Bennett, is to be reprinted just in time for the Christmas present rush.

The book, first published in December 2007, does just what it says in the title and describes the origins of the modern day service from its very humble beginnings.  It starts with the explosion of British outdoor pursuits in the 1850s when the term “mountain rescue” was something you might only read in the Times relating to exploits in the Alps and beyond.   The book recalls some very early Peak District …

At 7.10pm on Wednesday 15th October the team received an urgent call for assistance from East Midlands Ambulance Service which had dispatched a Paramedic to Castle Naze above Combs near Chapel en le Frith following a report of rock climber having fallen six metres to the ground.

The casualty was thought to have severe neck and back injuries so speed was of the essence.  Castle Naze is only a couple of miles from the team’s base at Dove Holes so the first members were quickly on scene and liaising with the paramedic …

The team welcomed its newest Full Operational Member on Sunday 5th October when Search Dog Cap passed the final tough test set in appalling weather by The Search & Rescue Dog Association in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales. 

Cap’s handler, Malcolm Bowyer, has been a Buxton team member for 30 years and a S.A.R.D.A. handler, instructor and assessor for 20 years.  In that time he has trained three search dogs and has been called to hundreds of rescues all over the Country.   Malcolm proudly said, “This latest assessment involved searching five difficult areas of mountain …

Angela Garton from Woore near Crewe and Bruce Taylor from Taddington near Buxton, both completed the Great North Run on Sunday 5th October and between them raised over £500 for the team.

Angela achieved her personal target of under two hours with a time of 1hour 51mins and 7,594th place.

Bruce achieved his target of “actually finishing” with a time of 2 hours 31 mins and 29,084th place.  Pretty good from a field of over 52,000 starters.

Neither Angela or Bruce had any previous connection to the …

It was in the afternoon of Wednesday 25th June when the Buxton and Edale Joint Team Snatch Squad was called to the Limestone Way at Cales Dale.  A walker, part of a large rambling group, had slipped and sustained very nasty upper arm and shoulder injuries.  Access to this particular part of the Limestone Way is steep and narrow which made the stretcher evacuation quite difficult.  However, within an hour our casualty was treated, offered pain relief and carried up to the ambulance which was waiting at One Ash Grange Farm.  The casualty was taken initially to Chesterfield Royal Hospital and …