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 with callouts 70 & 71 last Saturday, this relatively straightforward callout turned into something much more complex. It was a beautiful clear & cold day on Kinder, perfect for a walk. Two well equipped and experienced walkers had come up from Edale to enjoy the scenery. Unluckily, one of them slipped on a patch...
What started as a relatively straightforward job suddenly became very complicated. We were called to help a pair of walkers on the southern edge path. One of them had aggravated her knee, was in significant pain and was unable to continue. We deployed two parties in our Land Rovers up the Edale Cross track. However,...
The team were called out to assist four walkers who had become lost on Kinder Scout. The walkers had driven up from Bristol and were undertaking a route including the old Pennine Way, they became disorientated in the Red Brook area after navigating across the plateau. A couple of the walkers had experienced the difficulties of...
Callout five of this week was to assist Glossop Mountain Rescue Team with a casualty in Torside Clough on Bleaklow. Their Facebook post with details is here: Kinder Mountain Rescue Team is staffed by volunteers who give their time free of charge and is funded entirely by public donations. https://www.justgiving.com/kmrt – Time: 14:15 – Type:...
After a busy weekend, Tuesday evening saw our forth all out in four days, 2 walkers had set of from Edale in the late afternoon planning on spending the night wild camped on the Kinder Plateau. As the evening progressed one of the walkers started to fell unwell, they made the sensible decision to turn...
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