A couple called 999 because they were lost in the dark. Their phone signal was poor and the only information available was they had set off from Edale 2 hours previously. There was no further contact from the walkers as they presumably took shelter in a mobile phone black spot. This meant our usual technology...

A couple out for a walk reported shouts and whistles around Cluther Rocks on the western flank of Kinder Scout. With the informants’ position at the centre, we drew four search areas. Team members thoroughly searched each area using corridor and line searching techniques. Each team carries a tracker and we also track team members...

Just as the team were getting ready for our Monday Casualty Care training session, we received a call for help from a vulnerable young adult who was lost on the top of Kinder.  The call had initially been received by the Ambulance service and a first attempt to locate his phone had placed him at...

The team was called at 8pm on Saturday night to assist three walkers in difficulty on the Kinder plateau.  They had been following an “AllTrails” route which took them across the top of the plateau between the Downfall and Crowden Clough.  The route description said it was moderately difficult, but didn’t mention that there isn’t...

We received a call from EMAS ambulance control to help with a casualty near the top of Crowden Clough.  A group of walkers had come across a man who had slipped and injured himself while ascending the clough.  As this was a midweek call, our team was very low on numbers, so we asked for...