We had just finished our very wet rope rescue training on Mount Famine and had returned to base to debrief, warm up and start drying & sorting equipment. However, within a few minutes, we received two calls to assist two different couples in difficulty on Kinder Scout. The weather was very poor, with rain, wind...

A member of the public found what appeared to be an abandoned rucksack just above Kinder reservoir. Derbyshire police asked us to investigate in case there was someone in trouble nearby. We went to the location provided, but the rucksack wasn’t there. We then conducted a 300m radius line search around the location, with nothing...

Buxton Team were dealing with two simultaneous incidents, so they asked if we could assist them with a stretcher evacuation in the Goyt Valley.  A gentleman had badly injured his knee near the shore of Errwood reservoir. We deployed the team and began to head over.  As we were on our way, we received a...

A pair of ladies were walking in the fields between the bottom of Kinder Low and Tunstead Clough farm.  Unfortunately one of the ladies slipped on the wet grass, leaving her with a very painfully fractured ankle.   As the injury was too painful for her to move, they called us for help. We quickly assembled...

A group of three walkers became lost on the Kinder Scout Plateau, they had become disorientated when the weather changed and mist had quickly descended limiting their visibility, the group were following the Old Pennie Way track, which is difficult to navigated in clear weather conditions. Two hill parties were dispatched to their last known...