We were called to assist a walker with severe cramp in both legs on the western edge path of Kinder Scout between Kinder Low trig point and the top of Red Brook. Despite analgesia, fluids, food and his best efforts, he was still unable to walk more than a few paces due to the pain....
KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
Saving lives in wild and remote places
To request Mountain Rescue: Dial 999, ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue
KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
Saving lives in wild and remote places
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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 District 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.
The team were called to assist a gentleman with an ankle injury in the Noe Stool area of Kinder. He was one of a party of 5. We were able to locate the casualty party from their flashing lights and from a Sarloc message. After casualty care, including immobilising the ankle in a vacuum splint,...
The evening of Monday 7 September saw the team out at Manchester Canoe Club in Marple for their annual Mod 1 Water Rescue training session; the conditions both in and out of the water were somewhat damp but, then, it is water rescue training after all! The onset of darkness for session 2 added an...
The team were called to assist Buxton Mountain Rescue Team in the search for a pair of missing walkers on Kinder Scout. Buxton team had initially managed to retrieve a location for the missing walkers using one of our phone locator tools which placed them on the southern edges of Kinder. A couple of Buxton...
We were contacted by the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation Duty Controller at 4pm with reports of a group of walkers lost in the low cloud on Kinder Scout. Details were sketchy but indications were they were somewhere near the western edge. Eventually we managed to locate them using our PhoneFind technology, just south of...
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