by admin | May 21, 2017 | 2017, Incident
Today at 15:47 the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service for assistance with two casualties who had been climbing at Cadshaw Castle Rocks. With the majority of the available team members involved in a search of Seven Acres Park (see Incident 35/2017),...
by admin | Sep 24, 2016 | 2016, Incident
At 22:00 this evening the team were contacted by the North West Ambulance Service to assist in the evacuation of two casualties who had fallen approximately 10 metres into a steep sided gully. The alarm was raised by a friend who was able to guide the responding...
by admin | Jul 12, 2014 | 2014, Incident
We understand that at circa 16.40hrs today Glossop MRT were called out to the report of an injured climber at Laddow Rocks in the Crowden area of the Peak District. The support of a Sea King SAR Helicopter from ‘E’ Flight, 202 Squadron, RAF Leconfield was also...
by admin | Apr 14, 2014 | 2014, Incident
At 20.10hrs this fine and dry evening, we were paged by NWAS (Greater Manchester Area) EOC Parkway, answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE. Garry was informed of an accident to a climber at the popular climbing / bouldering venue of Brownstones Quarry,...
by admin | Feb 2, 2014 | 2014, Incident
Today a climber got into difficulties at the moorland natural crag of Cadshaw Castle Rocks, at the head of Turton and Entwistle Reservoir. It is our understanding that the 30 year old male climber from Preston, was making a top rope protected ‘solo’ ascent of a climb,...