We were contacted to rescue an injured walker with a suspected fractured ankle, in the Edale Rocks / Swinesback area of Kinder Scout. The location was confirmed using PhoneFind technology to obtain it from the GPS in her phone. Hill parties were despatched to stretcher the walker down to our vehicles at the top of...
KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
Saving lives in wild and remote places
To request Mountain Rescue: Dial 999, ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue
KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
Saving lives in wild and remote places
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Kinder Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT), 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 were contacted by the police to assist with the search for a vulnerable young lady in the New Mills and Hayfield area. Having succesfully located her previously on Cracken Edge, a search commenced in that area alongside the police using mountain rescue search dogs. The search then moved to the Birch Vale area and...
We were called by a couple who had become disoriented on the lower slopes of Kinder Scout as night fell. We were able to locate them through our Sarcall PhoneFind system. Two landrovers and a hill party were dispatched. There was a short walk off the hill and a ride down the track in our...
The team have a wonderful Christmas tradition, for one night only every year, of visiting a few select venues in our home village of Hayfield in the Peak District, and treating the customers to what can only be described as a very unique carol singing experience. It’s so good that Noddy Holder was once moved...
We were contacted for our second callout of the day, with a couple lost on the southern edge of Kinder Scout. Their location was pinpointed to Crowden Tower using PhoneFind technology and the GPS in their phone. Two hill parties were despatched to their location to assist them off the hill. It had been a...
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