The team were called to assist a walker who had hurt their ankle. Their partner had tried to carry them off before finally calling for assistance. The team deployed 3 parties to the location whilst requesting assistance from Helimed. They were able to land and lift the casualty to a local hospital.
Neale Pinkerton
Team Leader
It is with great sadness that the team announces the death of one of our members. Dan Sells died yesterday at the age of 38. He had been a team member since March 2012 and was in the process of training a search dog, Maya (seen with Dan in the Read More…
We responded to reports of a walker who had fallen approximately 50 feet from the top of the Downfall. Due to the nature of the call, immediate assistance was requested from the Coastguard and an air ambulance was also sent straight to the location.
Once on scene, Rescue 912 was able to recover the casualty from their position to the plateau where they were assessed but unfortunately were pronounced deceased.
As this was unfolding and the initial casualty and their party were about to be flown back down to Hayfield, reports came in of another person who was crag fast on the Downfall having bravely tried to down climb to reach the first casualty and then became stuck when coming back up.
Rescue 912 was able to ferry a hill party back up to the location but then had to leave due to lack of fuel. A second hill party had walked in from Edale Cross with rope rescue equipment and they were then able to recover the second casualty who was unharmed and return to base.
The team would like to send their condolences to the family of the deceased walker at this tragic time.
We would also like to extend our thanks to the crews of Rescue 912 and Helimed 29 for the superb team work displayed in assisting both these people. We just wish the outcome could have been different.
Neale Pinkerton
Team Leader
The team were called to assist 2 young walkers who had become navigationally challenged at the end of their walk. They were located using SARCALL and teams sent to their location. They had become very cold during this time so were walked off to our vehicles and warmed up on the drive back to base.
Neale Pinkerton
Team Leader
The team were called to assist a walker who had become exhausted and unable to make his own way back down. Having located him via Sarloc, teams were sent to collect him and return him to our vehicles at Edale Cross where he was then brought back to Hayfield.
Neale Pinkerton
Team Leader
The team were called to assist a group of walkers who had become lost on the plateau. As the Team Leader was talking to them to try and ascertain their location, they were joined by another group who offered to walk them off back to Hayfield. Having established that this group were confident of their route off, the team were stood down. The group later called the Team Leader as requested to let him know that they were safely down.
Neale Pinkerton
Team Leader
The team were called to assist a walker who had hurt their ankle. Their partner had tried to carry them off before finally calling for assistance. The team deployed 3 parties to the location whilst requesting assistance from Helimed. They were able to land and lift the casualty to a local hospital.
Neale Pinkerton
Team Leader
We were called to assist in the search for a gentleman who was reported missing. We searched Read More…
Kinder Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT), is one of seven mountain rescue teams that operate within the Peak District National Park, as part of the Peak Disctrict Mountain Rescue Organisation (PDMRO)
Our 50 members operate on an purely voluntary basis and are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to assist members of the public on the hill or in urban search and rescue situations.
We are almost exclusively funded by public donations, and all proceeds from fund raising go towards equipment and resources used on our call outs.
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