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.
As we were carrying out our final admin tasks from the pervious incident, callout three of the day arrived. A group of four walkers were on the southern edge path of Kinder Scout. One of them had slipped and injured his ankle. It was badly swollen and he couldn’t put any weight on it. We...
Our second callout of the day came through to advise that a man had taken a fall and seriously injured his back. We called the informant, who was part of the walking group the casualty was with. He said the man had been taking a photo of the group from a high rock at the...
In the first of three long callouts on the day, the team were called at 4am to assist a pair of walkers who were lost on the top of the Kinder Plateau. The had set off from Edale with the intention of heading from Grindsbrook to the Downfall across the plateau. They were unable to...
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