WALKERS, climbers and a paraglider all had to be rescued after falling in the Peak District during a busy bank holiday weekend for Edale Mountain Rescue.
The most serious incident happened on Monday when a climber had to be airlifted to hospital with a head injury and potential spinal injury after he fell about 20ft from Left Unconquerable at Stanage Edge.
He was treated by team medics and secure
d in a vacuum mattress before being carried to the top of the crag and taken to Chesterfield Royal Hospital by air ambulance.
On Saturday the team was called out at 4.30pm to a paraglider pilot who had crashed on Eyam Edge, breaking his lower right leg.
His injuries were stabilised before he was stretchered to the roadside and taken by ambulance to Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
On Sunday a climber who dislocated his knee following a fall from Stanage Edge needed the service's help. He was treated at the scene by a team doctor before being carried by stretcher to the ambulance and taken to Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
A second call-out on Monday was to a woman and her daughter who had slipped while out walking in Lathkill Dale.
The daughter had injured her knee and her mother had damaged both ankles. The daughter was taken by air ambulance to Chesterfield, while her mother was carried about 1,200 metres on a stretcher to the top of the track before being taken to hospital by ambulance.
Team leader Ian Bunting said it was a particularly busy bank holiday weekend but did not feel there was any particular reason for the increased number of calls.
He added: "The team has had a very busy year, with July being the busiest month.
"But there seems to be no apparent reason for it."
angela.walsh@derbyshiretimes.co.uk
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