We were called to assist two young men who were in difficulty on Kinder Scout. Due to poor telephone reception from the casualty site there was very limited information available from the original 999 call. We were unable to contact the casualty party on their phone. We had a starting point for their trip (with...

Whilst walking through the Woolpacks on Kinder Scout a young lady had the frightening experience of becoming stuck in the mud up to her thighs. She was part of a group of four adults. The group were unable to pull her out. Passing walkers were also unable to extract her. With no obvious way forward...

We were called by the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation Duty Controller with a request to rescue six young people who were lost in the Kinder Low area on Kinder Scout. The weather in the afternoon had deteriorated and they had become lost in poor visibility. We located them using PhoneFind technology near the cairn...

We were asked by Derbyshire police to assist walkers in difficulties around Crowden Head on Kinder Scout. Initial information suggested two people, an adult informant and their mother. Mother was reported as suffering from hypothermia and breathing difficulties. We used our standard hypothermia rescue plan: Kinder 1 hill party direct to casualty site to locate,...

The team received a request for assistance from the ambulance service.  A man had had slipped in the mud and badly fractured his ankle while walking in Mousley Bottom.  Although the location wasn’t far from the ambulance, the crew were unable to move him as their trolley is not suitable for these conditions.  Kinder team...