Incident report

Buxton and Edale joint snatch squad called to Millstone Edge, near Hathersage, for a fallen climber.

The casualty, a 22 year old man from Oxford, fell 8m whilst bouldering. He landed on a crash mat but sustained a suspected fracture to his ankle.

He was treated for suspected spinal injuries as a precaution by an Edale doctor and EMAS paramedic, then evacuated by stretcher to a road ambulance whch took him to a hospital in Sheffield.