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.
The team were called following a report that a lone walker was struggling to get down from Kinder Scout without boots. It transpired that she had earlier become stuck with both legs thigh-deep in a bog. Having struggled for some time to extract herself she realised that sacrificing her boots was the only was to...
The team were tasked by the duty controller to a walker near Swinesback, they set off from Edale with a group of friends ascending Jacob Ladder and heading onto Kinder Scout where the walker started feeling very unwell. The walker and a companion decide to head off the hill however due to nature of their...
The team were called to assist a group of well-equipped young walkers. The group had been on a multi-day walking / camping trip and were making their way along the western edge of the Kinder plateau, heading for the downfall. They had been making progress along the edge path in very windy conditions, when a...
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