Two walkers had become lost in fading light on the Kinder Plateau. The Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation Duty Controller was unable to get a GPS from their phone and we had no meaningful information about their route. The Kinder Plan was initiated to search the whole of the plateau using Kinder MRT, Buxton MRT, Edale MRT, Glossop MRT, SARDA search dogs and coastguard helicopter. The walkers were found just off the old Pennine Way around Crowden Head by Kinder 1. They were uninjured and able to walk off the hill. Kinder 1 handed the walkers over to Buxton MRT at the edge path and they were walked down to their start point at Edale.

• Type – Lost walkers
• Location – Crowden Head area, Kinder Scout
• Time – 17.20
• Team members – 26
• Duration – 4 Hours or   104 Volunteer Hours
• Volunteer hours so far this year –  1654.25

Two walkers had become lost whilst following the old Pennine Way across the middle of the Kinder Plateau in poor visibility Read More…

• Type – Injured walker
• Location – Crowden Head, Kinder Scout
• Time – 14.20
• Team members – 21 KMRT, Buxton MRT, Edale MRT and S92 Coastguard Helicopter
• Duration – 7.5 Hours or   157.5 Volunteer Hours
• Volunteer hours so far this year –  1550.25

We were called to assist a lady with a broken ankle in the Read More…

We were tasked to assist a female walker with a lower leg injury. With initial team availability very low, we requested assistance from BMRT who began making their way to the casualty from Edale as we approached from Hayfield. Helimed was requested but was not able to land at the location to evacuate them, though their doctor was able to get out to do an assessment alongside our casualty carer.

We carried her to the top of Jacobs Ladder where she was loaded into our LandRover and driven back to Hayfield before being passed to a land ambulance for transport to hospital.

Neale Pinkerton

Team Leader