Lost Map Sparks Peak Rescue

A lost map triggered a rescue on Kinder at the weekend, just one of a series of incidents attended by the volunteers of the Edale Mountain Rescue Team in the Peak.


A pair of walkers called for help after their map was blown away on Kinder Scout causing them to become lost in blizzard conditions on the high plateau. Edale, Buxton and Kinder team members eventually located them near the trig point on Kinder Low and escorted to safety.

The incident underlines the importance of carrying a spare map in winter, when it's all too easy to lose one with cold, fumbling, gloved hands and fierce winds.

In other weekend incidents, the Edale team were called to a 55-year-old lady complaining of chest pain on Losehill. After a slog through the deep snow she was treated by team members and evacuated to an air ambulance.

Then on Sunday, the team were called out to a 15-year-old girl hurt in a sledging accident near Chesterfield and a group of six off-roaders who'd become stuck in deep snow on the Houndkirk Road - they had to be escorted out on foot after contacting the police.

Finaly the team assisted emergency services clearing ehicles from the A623 over Tideswell Moor that had become stranded in snow - see image above.

More information at www.edalemountainrescue.co.uk