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.
We received a request for assistance from the North West Ambulance Service to help them with a man who had collapsed on the canal tow path in Marple. Ambulance control were concerned that they would need our help to stretcher the patient back to the ambulance. As it turned out he came round and with...
We received a request for assistance from two walkers who had become stuck in poor visibility while attempting to descend Kinder Scout in bad weather. The descent they were attempting was steep and muddy and had become very slippery in the poor weather. They had reached a point where they couldn’t safely progress any further,...
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