KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
Kinder Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) has been in existence since 1971, and 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.
When John Mottram joined the newly formed Kinder Mountain Rescue Team in 1971, there wasn’t much to join. “We started with absolutely nothing,” he recalls. The team had a rope, an old stretcher and, if they were lucky, access to a borrowed radio. Members brought their own climbing equipment and torches. The rescue base consisted...
The team were called at 21:54 to a report that a walker on Kinder was overdue. With the assistance of the PDMRO controller, a significant search operation was being planned involving neighbouring teams, the Police, and the Police helicopter. Thankfully, just before team members were about to set off onto the hill we received a...
At 23:22 the team were called to assist the North West Ambulance Service with the evacuation of an injured male from near the canal in Marple Bridge. We attended and transported the casualty using our stretcher and wheel to the waiting ambulance. The team were stood down around 01:30, giving us just about enough time...
Just before our monthly Monday training session was about to start, the team received a call reporting a party of 2 lost on Kinder. Thankfully, whilst we were on the phone to the casualty they came across another group of walkers who offered to walk with them back to Edale. We tracked their progress using...
A fell runner had been running across the top of Kinder Scout. His route took him along the edge path. Not long after he passed Kinder Low trig point on his way towards the downfall, he came across an elderly walker who had become too exhausted to carry on. The runner initially attempted to assist...
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