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.
We received a request for assistance from two walkers who had become stuck in poor visibility while attempting to descend Kinder Scout in bad weather. The descent they were attempting was steep and muddy and had become very slippery in the poor weather. They had reached a point where they couldn’t safely progress any further,...
We were again called by the PDMRO Duty Controller with a request to assist walkers who were in difficulty on Kinder Scout in bad weather. Two walkers on the western edge path between the Kinder Downfall and the top of Sandy Heys were struggling to continue in the conditions. The high winds and rain meant...
We were called by the PDMRO Duty Controller with a request to assist four walkers who were in difficulty on the Kinder plateau in bad weather. The group had ascended from Edale earlier in the day but were now struggling to continue in the conditions. We used the PhoneFind tool to pinpoint their location which...
In the early hours of the morning we were asked to help a gentleman who had injured his ankle whilst out for a night run on Kinder. We located him through What3Words and Sacral PhoneFind on the Edge path near to Edale Rocks. Kinder 1 provided treatment by using a vacuum splint to immobilise his...
As part of the multi-agency response to storm Babet, the Derbyshire Tactical Command Group requested support from the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation to be available to cover requests for assistance in the Duffield area. River levels had been rising as the peak flow pushed downstream to south Derbyshire and several major roads were still...
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