Incident report

Six Buxton Mountain Rescue Team members responded to assist Edale Mountain Rescue Team with the rescue of a male climber who had dislocated his right shoulder whilst climbing in the Black Hawk area of Stanage Edge. The 22 year old climber from Tring in Hertfordshire was given pain relief before being carried on a mountain rescue stretcher to the roadside. He was taken by an EMAS ambulance to the Northern General Hospital for further treatment.